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!
#1 Spongebob From “Spongebob Squarepants”
Ravioli with mushrooms and cream sauce.
#2 Jessie From “Toy Story”
Mashed potato, red lentil pasta, flatbread, eggs.
#3 Monkey
Braised lamb shank with mash potato, tomato and broccoli.
#4 Genie (Will Smith) From “Aladdin”
Mashed potato dyed using blue spirulina, black bean noodles, egg, yellow capsicum and wild rice.
#5 Gloria From “Madagascar 3”
Poke Bowl (rice dyed using activated charcoal and tamari sauce).
#6 Patrick From “Spongebob Squarepants”
Wild Australian Salmon with couscous, spinach, corn, red capsicum and salmon skin shells.
#7 Anger From “Inside Out”
Pasta with Napoli sauce.
#8 Queen Grimhilde From “Snow White”
Mash potato, black Funghi, vermicelli noodles, apple, egg, peas, capsicum.
#9 Krusty The Clown From “The Simpsons”
Noodles with honey and Tamari marinated chicken, eggs, tomato and broccoli.
#10 Winnie The Pooh Dressed As The Easter Bunny
Whiting with sweet potato mash, tomatoes, parsley and capsicum.
#11 Woody From “Toy Story”
Chicken with mashed potato and vegetables.
#12 Forky From “Toy Story 4”
Turkey mince, egg and vegetable burrito bowl.
#13 Tyrion Lannister From “Game Of Thrones”
Mashed potato, wild rice, jasmine rise, pasta, lettuce, kale.
#14 Mickey Mouse
#15 Melman From “Madagascar”
Organic Hokkien noodles with honey soy chicken, sautéed mushroom, radish and broccolini.
#16 Jafar From “Aladdin”
Mash potato, lentils, black fungi, black beans, wild rice, red capsicum and tortilla wrap.
#17 Cyborg From “Teen Titans Go!”
Cocoa spelt pancakes with chia seeds, cream cheese (dyed blue using blue spirulina) strawberry and plum.
#18 Minnie Mouse
Gnocchi with Napoli sauce.
#19 Dumbo
Mash potato (dyed using activated charcoal) flour, beetroot juice, black funghi, rocket, lemon, cucumber.
#20 Peter Rabbit
Rice, ham, flat bread, olives
#21 Mei-Mei (Panda) From “Turning Red”
Vermicelli noodles, eggs, olive, apple
#22 Mei-Mei From “Turning Red”
Mashed potato, eggplant, apples, flatbread, eggs, cucumber, watermelon
#23 Marty From “Madagascar”
Salmon poke bowl
#24 Bruno From “Encanto”
Mashed potato, funghi, rice
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