Friday, May 6, 2011

Leaf Picks! And Breakfast Bento

The other day my friend Julie came over to drop off the rest of my present. Really cute Leaf Picks!!!! I love them so much, and I couldn't wait to try them out. Unfortunately I wasn't able to try them out until today because yesterday was a very busy day.
The person she ordered them from online was late sending them out, so as an apology she sent two packages instead of one. So Now I have two packages of adorable leaf picks! Aren't they so cool?
All together I have:
  • 6 Dark Green Leaf Double Picks
  • 4 Light Green Leaf Double Picks
  • 4 Dark Green Leaf Single Picks
  • 6 Light Green Leaf Single Picks
I can't wait to have a big picnic where I can use all these picks. That would look really cute, and it makes eating fruit a lot easier then having a set of chopsticks for everyone at the picnic.

Here are some ideas for what you could skewer using the leaf picks:
  • Cherry Tomatoes
  • Olives
  • Melon (cubes, balls, or cut into shapes like flowers)
  • Cheese
  • Grapes
  • Cherries
  • Strawberries
  • Blueberries (if they are large ones)
  • Citrus Fruit (Small Clementine, Mandarin Orange, etc.)
  • Vegetables (cut into shapes like flowers)
  • Quail Eggs
  • Meatballs
  • Tamagoyaki (Rolled Omelet)
  • Mini Hotdogs (cut into tulips or other flowers shapes)
Here is my breakfast today. I had my usual yogurt, fruit and cereal, but I dressed it up with one of my new leaf picks!
  • Sliced Strawberries
  • Small Strawberries (on Double Leaf Pick)
  • Newman's Own Sweet Enough Honey Flax Flakes Cereal
  • Yoplait Very Vanilla Yogurt Light
  • Milled Flax Seeds (I tried to shape it into a flower, but it failed. I guess it's not a good shape to try with flax seed. The hearts and stars I've done before are much easier and nicer looking)

2 comments:

  1. CUTE! Do you know where your friend ordered these from? You're right, they'd be perfect for summer!

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  2. Hi Mel, I am not sure were she ordered them from, I think it was either Amazon.com or Ebay.

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