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I Turn My Son’s Food Into Healthy Meals That Look Like Cartoon And Pop-Culture Characters (30 New Pics)
My name is Laleh and I am 35. I have a son Jacob (6) and a daughter Charlie (19 months old). In May 2015, I turned my son's spelt pancakes into a lion for a bit of fun and he loved it! Every few days he would ask if I could make him a character from a movie, book or toy that he had seen. Jacob and I would get creative in the kitchen and discuss the ingredients that we were using and the benefits. For example, when he was 3, we would talk about how Kale was a superfood. He would ask why, and I would say 'because superheroes love eating it' - that was a winner for him!
I started posting our creations on my personal Facebook page and had such a positive response that I thought I would create an Instagram account to inspire other parents to get creative in the kitchen.
Within a month our page went viral and gained media attention from all over the world with media coverage from Time Magazine, Huffington Post, The Today Show USA, The Today Show Australia, Sunrise, ABC TV, Disney Channel Australia, and shout outs from celebrities, such as Martha Stewart and Ashton Kutcher to name a few. Ellen DeGeneres has even shared an artwork that I made of her on her show!
Within the last two years, we have been lucky enough to work with some amazing companies including Disney, Nickelodeon, Universal Pictures, Barcelona FC, Jamie Oliver, 20th Century Fox to name a few.
We would never in a million years have thought that our little kitchen creations would turn into a full-time business but we love every minute of it!
We love to use fresh, healthy produce and no refined sugar or preservatives. All our creations are dyed using vegetables and natural powders such as activated charcoal.
Check the other meals that I've shared on Bored Panda.
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Carl & Ellie
Mash potato, chicken, noodles (made for Valentine's day - not for eating).
Hei Hei From "Moana"
Organic eggs with salad.
Lady And The Tramp
Spelt and cocoa pancakes with fruit.
That looks amazing! That's a lot of talent! But with those dishes that are supposed to be warm..wouldn't they be a tad cold once finished?
Carnage From Venom
So you're feeding your kid a plate of dried chilis? I'm pretty sure this isn't "healthy" or normal.
Anger, Joy, Disgust
Fruit skewer.
Dobby From Harry Potter
Carl Fredrickson
Avo on toast.
Micky & Friends
An assortment of toast.
Bob Minion
Veal ravioli with carbonara sauce.
The Grinch
Spatchcock roast with spinach mash potato and roast vegetables.
Pooh
Sweet mash potato with couscous, turkey meatballs and veggies.
Daisy Duck
Toothless From How To Train Your Dragon
Rapunzel
Pasta with mash potato and avocado.
King Triton
Snoop Dogg
Mash potato, wild rice (not made for eating).
Mama Coco
Mash potato with vermicelli noodles, purple cabbage, shrimp.
This is possibly my favorite artistic creation. Your work is beautiful. As for "not for eating", people make demo cakes using foam forms. Nothing different about that in my eyes.
Sadness From "Inside Out"
Dragon fruit smoothie bowl with homemade granola (glasses), coconut, blueberries, apple and rockmelon.
Diane a, where is your negative comment on this one?? Can't say anything can you cause this is clearly edible. Didn't know you could be speechless... sorry to everyone else, her comments have been so rude and infuriating.
Cruella De Vil From "101 Dalmatians"
Spelt pancakes with blackberries, apple, blueberries, shredded coconut, whipped cream and cocoa cream cheese.
Scar From The Lion King
Mike Wazowski From Monsters Inc
Dylan And Dolly
Cream cheese on wholemeal wrap with black sesame seeds and fruit.
Giulia From Luca
Dumbo
Ursula From The Little Mermaid
Vanellope Von Schweetz From "Wreck It Ralph"
Mash potato, eggplant, lettuce, pickles, white tortilla wrap and red capsicum.
Amy Winehouse
Mash potato, fungi, cashews (not made for eating).
Red
Fruit.
Freddy Krueger
Mash potato (dyed with beetroot juice) bocconcini, toasted tortilla wrap, chia seeds, eggplant skin and red capsicum.
Pickle Rick
Flounder
Vegetarian ravioli with pipi and carbonara sauce.
Nice! And for those who think weird for toddler to eat shellfish, the recommended age to try shellfish is after 12 months. So its completely fine to let 19 months old and 6 years old to try to eat shellfish.
Abu
Braised beef with mash potato, eggs and sautéed mushrooms.
Ladybug
Crumbed chicken with mash potato and veggies.
MIRACULOUS! Simply the BEST! Up to the test when things go wrong! Miraculous!!!!!! 🐞+⚫️🐈=❤️
Sebastian
Watermelon, feta, bread.
Disgust From "Inside Out"
Kale, spinach, macadamia pesto with broccolini and cucumber.
Rafiki From 'The Lion King"
Smoothie bowl - yoghurt, honey, strawberries, peach, blueberries. chia seeds, black sesame seeds and coconut.
Princess Jasmine
Noodles with fungi.
Wow! I love this one but not too sure I will like fungi. I will give it a try.
Peter Rabbit
Prince Eric
Spelt pancakes with blackberries.
Flower, Thumper & Bambi
An assortment of toast.
Captain Hook
Spelt pancakes with plums, dragon fruit and apple.
Cogsworth & Lumiere
Cauliflower and lentil soup with a spelt bread roll.
Ash From Pokémon
Spelt pancakes (dyed with beetroot juice) with watermelon, honeydew, blueberries and moon grapes.
Sing
Bagels.
Marty The Monkey
Snack bars and cereal.
This was s commissioned piece for a brand/ the monkey was their logo :)
"To make my son eat healthy"..... anyone else wondering how old his kid has to be to be persuaded to eat healthy and appreciate Snoop Dog or Amy Winehouse? Starting to wonder if she is retired and her son is a 43 year old man.
I like how you guys point out Amy Winehouse and Snoop Dog as being totally unacceptable..but then make it seem like Freddie Krueger is normal for a child... Please people..read the article before scanning the pictures...
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The food plate art stuff is well done - god help her kids - either not allowed to touch it - or eat it stone cold after she has played about with it for an hour to get "the instagram pic". Just actually feed your children real food when they are hungry.
Hi Diane, I find it really strange that you have all this time to sit here and basically TROLL all over my creations. You have managed to make a negative comment on most of my creation. I don't understand where all this hatred is coming from but let me reply to a few of your comments: If you read the description it clearly says that this is now career for me - (lucky me right! ) so some of these creations are made as commissioned pieces - that's right I get paid to do this!! Isn't that amazing! These creations weren't made for my little girl for his 19months old they were made for my son JACOB - hence Jacob's Food Diaries. A lot of them were for him to eat but CLEARLY the ones that celebrity ones that are made were as tributes and NOT for him to eat. I make only 3 creations a week so the other remaining meals are "normal" meals so please don't stress my kids aren't and wont grow up to be brats
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While these are super cute & creative, I don't think kids should need their parents to make these to eat the food their parents provide. To me, that's a brat.
That would be a brat if you ONLY ate food designed as a character you like. However, every once and a while it’s a nice treat if your mother came and gave you a lunch that looked like Elsa or something. ☺️
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"To make my son eat healthy"..... anyone else wondering how old his kid has to be to be persuaded to eat healthy and appreciate Snoop Dog or Amy Winehouse? Starting to wonder if she is retired and her son is a 43 year old man.
I like how you guys point out Amy Winehouse and Snoop Dog as being totally unacceptable..but then make it seem like Freddie Krueger is normal for a child... Please people..read the article before scanning the pictures...
Load More Replies... The food plate art stuff is well done - god help her kids - either not allowed to touch it - or eat it stone cold after she has played about with it for an hour to get "the instagram pic". Just actually feed your children real food when they are hungry.
Hi Diane, I find it really strange that you have all this time to sit here and basically TROLL all over my creations. You have managed to make a negative comment on most of my creation. I don't understand where all this hatred is coming from but let me reply to a few of your comments: If you read the description it clearly says that this is now career for me - (lucky me right! ) so some of these creations are made as commissioned pieces - that's right I get paid to do this!! Isn't that amazing! These creations weren't made for my little girl for his 19months old they were made for my son JACOB - hence Jacob's Food Diaries. A lot of them were for him to eat but CLEARLY the ones that celebrity ones that are made were as tributes and NOT for him to eat. I make only 3 creations a week so the other remaining meals are "normal" meals so please don't stress my kids aren't and wont grow up to be brats
Load More Replies... While these are super cute & creative, I don't think kids should need their parents to make these to eat the food their parents provide. To me, that's a brat.
That would be a brat if you ONLY ate food designed as a character you like. However, every once and a while it’s a nice treat if your mother came and gave you a lunch that looked like Elsa or something. ☺️
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