Flower Idlis

~ Flower Power ~

Making cute food is my passion - its so fun

making all the cute colorful edibles . The biggest

reward for all this funlicious food is surely the million

dollar smile that I see on my lil ones face ...Healthy food

week is going on at her school so kiddos are expected to

get food from the set menu .Today was Idli day n she

wanted something different - "Mom u already made the

cartoon idlis last time -pl i want something new like flower

idlis" ( ah poor me!!) .So I spent an hour last night thinking over

the execution .....& guess what- I ended using the newly made

plastic stencils ( which of course i had made to stencil paint

a table cloth) on these foody creations .......Should I call

it flower power or pretty food power that my hubby dear

who is not that fond of idlis was tempted to eat these

for breakfast too !!!

Flower Food

Idlis - (steamed rice cakes ) (linked recipe video ) .

To create flower idlis-

cut a stencil of the desired pattern on a hard plastic

sheet or tetra pack carton. Keep the stencil on the

idli n put desired food color with your finger or

a cleaned unused brush. ( natural colors - like beet ,

spinach juice or dissolved turmeric works fine too )

Tiffin Garden

Idlis , beet juice extract as color for the

stenciled flowers

This edible stencil printing works well with breads , tortillas ,

rotis n crepes too .

Also see my previous Idli creations - Cartoon Idlis

- The Lion Idli & the Mousy Mania

Elmo Fruitoon

~ Elmo's World ~

These days my lil one is deeply in love with her

new cuddle toy - the furry little orange nosed monster

Elmo from the Sesame Street (aka Gali Gali Sim Sim).

Elmo- the fire engine red dynamo with positive

attitude & infectious giggle is one of her favorite

cartoon characters, so while downloading some

Sesame Street coloring pages , a foody rather fruity

idea clicked my mind n I decided to treat her

on some Elmo Fruitoon too ................

Elmo Fruitoon

Watermelon slice ,cucumbers, olives & carrot

See previous post on Sesame Street too-

link

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Artsy Crafty Challenge ( July'10)

Kids Crafts esp Crafts made from trash

are a great way to teach our tiny tots

about recycling and re-using. Sending our

entry Junk Ceramic planter for Artsy crafty

Challenge at Mindful meanderings .

Junk Ceramic planter

( While walking down the road a couple of days back ,

a junk ceramic insulator ( the brown one which is widely

used on electric poles) lying at a junk shop caught my

attention .I somehow found it so attractive that I got it home

unaware of how we will transform this mundane object into an

object d' art After removing all the dirt n grime i planted

a small creeper in it. Aloha !!!! My recycled planter was ready,

with some stones arranged around it it simply adorns my terrace !)

Award Time

A very warm thanks to Sumathi of

Ammavin- adupankarai for this lovely award .

I'm so happy to receive it n with all love I pass

it on to all my blogger buddies .......

Rainy Days

~ Rainy Days ~

Raindrops, Raindrops ! Falling all around

Pitter patter on the rooftops ,Pitter patter on the ground

Here is my umbrella ; It will keep me dry

When I go walking in the rain, I hold it up so high .

- Raindrops

These foody creations are for all the lil ones who love

to go out in the rain , splash in the muddy puddles ,

make paper boats , collect the popping mushrooms

and kiss the dripping raindrops from the umbrella....

Ahhh childhood ...... Wish to be a kid again !!!!

Its Raining Men ....

Watermelon , olives, cucumber , jelly sticks /shoestring licorice

( Divide a slice of watermelon in half , using a circular cookie

cutter or a bottle cap cut out semicircles from the straight side

of the melon , use finely cut strips of cucumber to make

umbrella divisions & raindrops . Bend a jelly stick to

make the handle . )

Magic Mushrooms

Carrot , baked potato

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Award Time

A very warm thanks to Shruti ,the creative brain behind

Mindful Meanderings for sending me the lovely prize -

"Art Attack- How to PapierMache "(User choice award - Apr '10)

Do check out her blog for more rocking arty competitions .

Purple Love

~ Purple Love ~

I'm back after a long vacation ... feel so refreshed

( Lols -but a little lazy to head back to kitchen ).

The first shower of rain has flooded the markets with

luscious purple Jamun (jambul /Indian blackberries).

With a box of yogurt n lots of jamuns in hand I couldn't

resist myself from trying out some whacky combination..

The Purple Yogurt ( Smoothie )

Making this is surely a breeze - blend together a cup of

chilled yogurt, 2 tsp sugar , 6-7 deseeded jamuns . To

make jamun flowers - leaving the bottom intact

split the fruit into 4 sections )

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Event Time

I'm happy to send this edible art creation to

Tropical Temptations @ Yasmeen's HealthNut

Vacation Time

~ Vacation Time ~

I'm going to be heading off on holidays shortly .

I probably won't be posting anything here for the

next one month . Feel free to browse the archives

while I'm away . Will catch u up by the end of June

with lots of new posts ......- Take Care !!!

Choo Chooo Train .....

Bread, cheese , carrot , pickled gherkin .

Artsy - Crafty Challenge ( May 2010 )

@ Mindful Meanderings

Sending our Birdy cups for the May Artsy Crafty

Contest .Couple of months ago while browsing the net

for party ideas I came across some party animal faced

tumblers . Truly admire the brain behind the fabulous

object d' art !!!!!!!Although this idea is all over the net

yet not even a single site tells the name of the creator

to appreciate his/her design.

Being inspired by these designs my lil one &

I create these beaky cups ..........

Mothers Day

~ Happy Mothers Day ~

"Mother is such a simple word ,

But to me there's meaning seldom heard .

For everything I am today ,

My mother's love showed me the way .

( -What Mother Means by Karl Fuchs )

Little Food Junction wishes all mothers a very

Happy Mothers Day . Hope your day is full

of warmth ,sunshine, love & flowers .....

Say it with Flowers !!!

Watermelon , papaya, grapes, cucumber , falsa

( Indian berry ) , kakdi ( armenian cucumber ).

Gadgets- flower shaped cookie cutter ( large n

small), melon baller , skewers .

To Mamma - with Love

The daddy daughter duo got up early in the morning

to make a beautiful surprise for me ... OMG this

lovely grape stick ( pl read bouquet ) is worth

a billion roses ✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿...

Skewered green & black grapes & a slice of orange

zoo sandwiches -3

~ Zoo on my plate ~ 3 ~

Summer holidays are fast approaching n kids are

already in the vacation mood . With all their sporty

attitudes it seems the motto for the current month is

'Less of studies and more of play ' Lol . I'm happy

that kids will get a break from the structured routine

but still pondering over multiple ways to keep holiday

boredom at a bay . The overwhelming response from

all of you for Zoo sandwiches motivated me for some

more yummy foody fun animal creations ......Hope

you like these too , do let me know ......... :) :) :) :)

Fishy fishy fishy

Bread, cheese , carrot, cucumber , olives

Jumbo Dumbo

Bread,cheese ,cucumber ,olives ,egg, armenian cucumber (kakdi

Miss Piggy Wiggy

Bread, cheese , carrot, cucumber , olives , egg, pepper corns

Sandwich Cowtoon

Bread, cheese , carrot, olives , egg

Monkeys for Lunch ?????

Bread, cheese , carrot, cucumber , olives , egg, tomato sauce

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Award Time

I'm beaming with joy . Our creation paper mache

Babushaka has won the User Choice award at the

Artsy Crafty Challenge @ Mindful meanderings .

Thanks a lot to Shruti n all of you for liking &

voting for our creation .

A warm thanks again to Shruti , the creative brain

behind Mindful - meanderings for passing on

this award to me ........:) :) :)

The award asks for listing 3 things I love abt myself .

- ha ha need to think ovr before answering !!!

Also calls to post a pic that i love -

of course it has to be of my lil one

Zoo sandwiches -2

~ Zoo on my plate -2 ~

Searing heat continues to scorch North & central India .

Dreadful summers with temperature soaring to about 45ºC

& dry dusty winds have made life miserable . Kids are the

ones most effected with this gruesome weather . This post

was scheduled for Thursday but my little one had a heat

stroke n severe dehydration coz of which she was in the

hospital . Today shes back home but looks so weak ...

Coz of all those intravenous drips her little hands are

still paining terribly. Finally sound asleep after so

many days..zzzzzzz........!!!!!!!.With such sizzling

heat & temperatures schools should definitely

give an early summer break ..................

Anyways these quick n easy to make healthy

sandwiches will surely give we mommies a

break from tiring cooking chores .....:) :)

A Dog's Story

Bread, cheese , carrot, cucumber , olives

Papa Bear

Bread, cheese , carrot, cucumber , olives , egg

Sharking Around

Bread, cheese , carrot, cucumber , olives

Mouse Mania

Bread, cheese , carrot, cucumber , olives

Little Birdie Blue

Bread, cheese , carrot, cucumber , olives