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I Trick My Kids Into Eating Healthy Foods By Turning Them Into Their Favorite Characters (24 New Pics)
My name is Laleh, I have a son Jacob and a daughter Charlie. Sometimes we like to turn our healthy meals into art pieces!
In May 2015, I turned my son's 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 shoutouts 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!
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!
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#1
Spongebob From "Spongebob Squarepants"
Ravioli with mushrooms and cream sauce.
Final score:
81points
KatKaleen 6 years ago
That's really cool! I have so many questions, though. No, not the cucumber "J", not the tie, not how that solid looking cream sauce could coat the ravioli, but how did you make the irises blue?! I need more info!
Fairy Kat 6 years ago
Ah, She said she uses Blue Spirulina (a type of algae, I believe... Pretty And Healthy!
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Pseudo Puppy 6 years ago
if it's fresh, and not over-processed, mass-manufactured, full-of-chemicals 'ravioli'.... then yes... it is healthy.
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Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 3 years ago
The eyes look like they are made out of nori (dried seaweed)
Load More Replies...All the meals are edible - some are made to be eaten, others commissioned and others as art pieces. They are made from scratch and dyed using only natural ingredients! We love to use fresh, healthy products and no refined sugar or preservatives.
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#2
Jessie From "Toy Story"
Mashed potato, red lentil pasta, flatbread, eggs.
Final score:
80points
Non-New-Toni-An 6 years ago
This looks marvellous. But I would debate how healthy it is, because I don't see enough salad or vegetables!
boredkitten 3 years ago
Yeah I noticed this too as I used to cook red lentil pasta and they look different when cooked.
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Demonic Darkness 6 years ago
Mooooooom, I'm hungry I want lunch! Okay sweetie, it'll be done around supper time.
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Monkey
Braised lamb shank with mash potato, tomato and broccoli.
Final score:
70points
I started making these meals for a bit of fun, Jacob at the time was 2 years old and his excitement was priceless.
There isn’t really a difficult part to the process - the most enjoyable part is creating the piece as I zone out.
#4
Genie (Will Smith) From "Aladdin"
Mashed potato dyed using blue spirulina, black bean noodles, egg, yellow capsicum and wild rice.
Final score:
67points
Wendy C 6 years ago
This is awesome and I love Will Smith, but in my heart the genie will always be Robin Williams!
KatKaleen 6 years ago
I admire your talent and inventiveness, but the Disney live-action remakes can go burn in hell. YOU get the upvote, not Disney.
#5
Gloria From "Madagascar 3"
Poke Bowl (rice dyed using activated charcoal and tamari sauce).
Final score:
63points
Non-New-Toni-An 6 years ago
I'm happy to see plenty of colourful veggies and salad items in this one. Excellent! :-)
KatKaleen 6 years ago
Wait, isn't activated charcoal used to induce vomiting in poisoning victims? Honest question. Maybe I'm confusing something. This bowl still lacks some kind of lubricant to chew down on the herbs and red cabbage. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume that the sauce was just not in the picture.
Dani 6 years ago
Nope, activated charcoal is actually used in a lot of foods these days for flavor and color. However, regular charcoal can make you sick, I believe.
Load More Replies...My kids love these meals - a lot of it is not content - they are so supportive of what I do. Charlie, my little girl, is my harshest critic - she will let me know if the character didn’t turn out right.
Each meal is different - if they are made for eating i.e. fruit/pasta they can take between 25-40 minutes to make. It’s all about time management - whilst the hot elements are cooking I make all the features and then plate everything.
The creations that are sculpted (mashed potatoes) aren’t made for eating. They can take anywhere between 1 hour to 6 hours!
#6
Patrick From "Spongebob Squarepants"
Wild Australian Salmon with couscous, spinach, corn, red capsicum and salmon skin shells.
Final score:
63points
Fairy Kat 6 years ago
Since I cannot find any description on Google, I'm going to make a Guess here, which I'm usually pretty good at... IT'S the skin from the fish, looking like it's been rolled to resemble a Shell, and most likely cooked until it's crispy. I Hope She Starts Cooking REALLY EARLY, because it must take SOME TIME TO CREATE THAT ART!
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#7
Anger From "Inside Out"
Pasta with Napoli sauce.
Final score:
57points
I don’t make these kinds of meals every day - just a few days a week.
During Covid, our creations brought so many smiles to people's faces during such a hard time. I would get so many messages so that our creations had made their or their children's day - and that’s what makes it all worth it!
#8
Queen Grimhilde From "Snow White"
Mash potato, black Funghi, vermicelli noodles, apple, egg, peas, capsicum.
Final score:
57points
Nadine Shepherd 6 years ago
these are great pieces of work but they are not healthy meals for children. No one eats uncooked rice noodles
#9
Krusty The Clown From "The Simpsons"
Noodles with honey and Tamari marinated chicken, eggs, tomato and broccoli.
Final score:
50points
Emily Karl 6 years ago
My guess would be that she would lean towards appearance for these photos, then focus on taste when the kiddos eat?
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#10
Winnie The Pooh Dressed As The Easter Bunny
Whiting with sweet potato mash, tomatoes, parsley and capsicum.
Final score:
49points
#11
Woody From "Toy Story"
Chicken with mashed potato and vegetables.
Final score:
46points
Great Mushroom God 3 years ago
I feel suicide but no one will know because this is from three years ago
#12
Forky From "Toy Story 4"
Turkey mince, egg and vegetable burrito bowl.
Final score:
43points
#13
Tyrion Lannister From "Game Of Thrones"
Mashed potato, wild rice, jasmine rise, pasta, lettuce, kale.
Final score:
41points
Leekun 6 years ago
Just gonna ask, how old are the kids? Cause GoT is not a show I would show children age 13 or below
Dani 6 years ago
She explained in some earlier articles that she also just enjoys making the plates, so I'm guessing that it was just fun for her to make, even if her kids wouldn't know the character.
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KatKaleen 6 years ago
The intro text explains that she started out with simple stuff, but now she also makes art projects. I guess this is one of the latter. It's still really cool.
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Bookmaiden 3 years ago
Maybe I should try this for my husband so he'll eat something more adventurous that chicken nuggets and Mac and cheese!
Full Name 6 years ago
Another non healthy one. This is mainly mashed potatoes (usually filled with cream etc) and is regular pasta.
SkyTheImaginer 6 years ago
People can make mashed potatoes however they want, they're kids, they don't need whole wheat pasta if that isn't what the mom wants to give them.
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#14
Mickey Mouse
Final score:
40points
sequoia hawes 6 years ago
you could probubly sell theese im a restaraunt or somehing or freeze them and sell
#15
Melman From "Madagascar"
Organic Hokkien noodles with honey soy chicken, sautéed mushroom, radish and broccolini.
Final score:
39points
#16
Jafar From "Aladdin"
Mash potato, lentils, black fungi, black beans, wild rice, red capsicum and tortilla wrap.
Final score:
34points
#17
Cyborg From "Teen Titans Go!"
Cocoa spelt pancakes with chia seeds, cream cheese (dyed blue using blue spirulina) strawberry and plum.
Final score:
31points
#18
Minnie Mouse
Gnocchi with Napoli sauce.
Final score:
30points
Julie Shaffer 6 years ago
I ate Brussels sprouts and every single other veggie I was fed when I was 2 without a fight so it IS possible. plus I ate birdseed as a kid so.... lol
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#19
Dumbo
Mash potato (dyed using activated charcoal) flour, beetroot juice, black funghi, rocket, lemon, cucumber.
Final score:
28points
Zoe 6 years ago
I believe this is just dumbo from the live action movie - he is just wearing makeup 5beddae048...50-562.jpg 
#20
Peter Rabbit
Rice, ham, flat bread, olives
Final score:
26points
#21
Mei-Mei (Panda) From "Turning Red"
Vermicelli noodles, eggs, olive, apple
Final score:
18points
#22
Mei-Mei From "Turning Red"
Mashed potato, eggplant, apples, flatbread, eggs, cucumber, watermelon
Final score:
17points
#24
Bruno From "Encanto"
Mashed potato, funghi, rice
Final score:
13points
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F. H. 6 years ago
I can't stand those titles. Who on earth really believes it's a mom doing it for their kids so they eat their food? It's an artist, doing it for artistic reasons. Sure that artist can be a mom, and I bet kids would love it - but that's not the reason. It just sounds more quirky.
F. H. 6 years ago
Not to mention that most of these plates would taste kind of strange as food.
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DaVo 6 years ago
I don't for one second believe you do this for your child. For the picture maybe.. Well stop it! We've seen it before, it has been done, nobody cares.
DaVo 6 years ago
Plus the Minnie Mouse gnocchi would quite literally kill you if those are indeed poppy seeds...
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John Dorrell 6 years ago
Nice though they look, I'm calling BS on this. Most of it is raw. None are 'healthy meals'. It's just art using food as a medium for instagramability.
Full Name 6 years ago
The artistry is amazing, but stop with the titles. Many of these are not healthy. Lots of regular pasta, and lots of mashed potatoes that are so smooth that for sure there's lots of cream or whatever in them. No wonder there's an obesity epidemic if we can consider the mashed potatoes and ravioli healthy.
Miss Cris 6 years ago (edited)
I'm sure neither the artist eat any of them. They are beautiful to eyes but disgusting to taste, not only raw and unhealthy.
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Jesper Rasmussen 6 years ago
Why dont I do this? A) I dont have the skills needed for making this. B) I dont have the time for making this (I have a job). C) I want to serve hot food for my kids - not food thats been sitting on a plate for an hour becoming art. D) Its silly. E) I teach my kids to eat normal healthy food.
F. H. 6 years ago
I can't stand those titles. Who on earth really believes it's a mom doing it for their kids so they eat their food? It's an artist, doing it for artistic reasons. Sure that artist can be a mom, and I bet kids would love it - but that's not the reason. It just sounds more quirky.
F. H. 6 years ago
Not to mention that most of these plates would taste kind of strange as food.
Load More Replies... DaVo 6 years ago
I don't for one second believe you do this for your child. For the picture maybe.. Well stop it! We've seen it before, it has been done, nobody cares.
DaVo 6 years ago
Plus the Minnie Mouse gnocchi would quite literally kill you if those are indeed poppy seeds...
Load More Replies... John Dorrell 6 years ago
Nice though they look, I'm calling BS on this. Most of it is raw. None are 'healthy meals'. It's just art using food as a medium for instagramability.
Full Name 6 years ago
The artistry is amazing, but stop with the titles. Many of these are not healthy. Lots of regular pasta, and lots of mashed potatoes that are so smooth that for sure there's lots of cream or whatever in them. No wonder there's an obesity epidemic if we can consider the mashed potatoes and ravioli healthy.
Miss Cris 6 years ago (edited)
I'm sure neither the artist eat any of them. They are beautiful to eyes but disgusting to taste, not only raw and unhealthy.
Load More Replies... Jesper Rasmussen 6 years ago
Why dont I do this? A) I dont have the skills needed for making this. B) I dont have the time for making this (I have a job). C) I want to serve hot food for my kids - not food thats been sitting on a plate for an hour becoming art. D) Its silly. E) I teach my kids to eat normal healthy food.
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