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I am excited to share the new CuteZCute cutter with my readers! One lucky reader will win a CuteZCute kit of their own. This contest is open to readers worldwide. This tool takes the guesswork and time out of detailed cute lunches. I was given a kit to try out and review. I have received no other compensation for this review.
The CuteZCute Food Deco Cutter kit comes with 6 pieces. There is a face frame for the template, 4 animal feature cutters including a panda, frog, pig and cat and a great pick for poking out small pieces from the templates. My favorite feature aside from the awesome possibilities and ease of use is that each facial cutter has a side for cutting through on one side and for simply imprinting on the other which takes the guess work out of hoping you don’t ruin a bunch of bread. Many cutters also come with intricate designs but don’t offer a way of getting the pieces out without ruining what you’ve cut. This Panda Assistant poker makes it very simple to get out the eye, ear, nose and mouth pieces without poking small holes in what you’ve cut.
This panda lunch was the first lunch I made with the CuteZCute cutter for a lunch. I used whole wheat bread and cut the face features from Stretch Island fruit leather strips. For each creation, you simply cut the face shape from whatever you’re using. I’ve seen pizzas, rice, cookies, english muffins, bread, tortillas cheese and you could even use pie dough for individual pies.
I also did this almond butter and jam pig lunch with the cutter. I can tell you after a couple of years hand cutting shapes, this kit is a dream. I spend about 10 minutes tops making the lunches with the CuteZCute.
The above frog quesadilla was made with green tortillas and Daiya brand non-dairy cheese shreds. The frog is on a Wholly Guacamole lily pad. From start to finish this took me less than 10 minutes.
Some examples of the different faces you can make with the cutter are below. 
My blogging friend also has a link up party on her blog of dozens of cute ideas for the different uses of all the possibilities with these cutters. Click below to see all the fun CuteZCute lunches:
Lunch With Eyeness CuteZCute Ideas
I decided to come up with a few holiday ideas for the CuteZCute on my own just to show how quick and easy it can be to have fun.
Now that Halloween’s over, there are still fall festivals happening so I thought a scarecrows would be fun. I used the face template for the face. I hand cut the hat and used the bread crust scraps to make hair. The facial features are the frog eye cutter made from fruit leather. I used the pig ear cutter on a mini carrot slice for the scarecrow’s nose, the pig’s eyes are the cheeks made from apple skin, and the frog’s mouth cutter is the scarecrow’s mouth from fruit leather. I used 2 pretzel rods for the scarecrow’s arms.
I made a reindeer out of pumpernickel bread and the face template. The eyes and nose were the panda bear’s eye cutters. The reindeer eyes are the bread scraps from the scarecrow as is the reindeer’s mouth made from the panda mouth cutter. The red nose is also using the panda bear’s eye cutter used to cut a small piece of apple. I used the bread scraps and the panda mouth cutter to make the antlers for the reindeer.
Other reasons to love the CuteZCute:
*It’s owned and operated in the U.S.A.
*It’s made from durable, food safe plastic and packaged in recyclable packaging.
*It’s so simple your kids can use it.
*It’s a perfect birthday gift, holiday gift and stocking stuffer.
*At $8.99 it’s affordable to almost everyone considering how many options the kit gives and available for sale at both my favorite bento supply site All Things For Sale and on Amazon.
The Rules:
Contest opens 11/2/2012 and ends at 12:01am on 11/9/2012. Winner will receive one CuteZCute Food Deco Cutter Kit.
Contest is open to all people worldwide.
One entry for each item:
1.”Like” CuteZCute on Facebook
2.Pin a photo from this giveaway to Pinterest, and leave a comment with the URL to the Pin in my blog comments.
3.Tweet about the giveaway and leave your twitter username in my blog comments.
Winner will be chosen by random.org and posted on 11/10/2012. Winner will have 72 hours to respond to request by email. If first winner doesn’t respond in the given time, a new winner will be chosen. Please make sure you leave me a way to get a hold of you. Good luck!
Funny face tutorial
Posted on: March 1, 2012
- In: bento | Foods | kids | Vegan | Vegitarian
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For today I thought I might do a basic how to for faces using the basics from my kitchen. People assume that I spend a lot of time making the kids’ lunches. I don’t, and this is how to make things simply and fast. I used a set of circle fondant cutters at the top left, on the right side are 3 biscuit cutters and the tools, a sharp paring knife, a straw and a vegetable peeler.
Cut out two pieces of bread with the larger circle cutters.
Next I peeled a strip of cucumber skin with the vegetable peeler, and use the straw to poke 2 small holes for the pupils of the eyes. I used the smallest fondant cutter for the whites of the eyes and then a small dried cranberry (raisins work well too) for the nose.
To make things like eyes and noses stick to the bread, I use honey, agave nectar, cream cheese or a peanut butter substitute since the girls’ school is peanut free. I used one of the circle cutters to cut a mini carrot into hair pieces and the mouth. You can also grate a carrot for hair. I sometimes use leftover spaghetti for hair as well.
And TA-DAH! It’s a boy. Add 2 more carrots on the side for a girl. I used a crinkle cutter to cut the edges of the hair.
I did this all in under 10 minutes. I also use the facial features as a way to get my kids to try something they may not normally eat without wasting a lot of food. Now it’s your turn to try!
Truth in bento
Posted on: July 7, 2011
- In: bento | eating local | Foods | kids | lunchbox | mom | mother | obento | snacks | toddler food | toddler lunch | yum
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Anyone can do this. I had never heard of the word bento until 2005 when I moved to Portland, Oregon for a short spell. I didn’t know what a bento was. More traditional bento is Japanese in descent. It usually includes a takeout container or small box sized portion of a variety of foods like rice, fish, vegetables and meat. Again, this is traditional bento. My dear friend in San Jose, CA piqued my interest in the bento idea while she was posting fabulously fun meals for her boys. I have two little girls that aren’t always the best eaters so I wanted to try some fun encouragement of my own. I also wanted to Americanize my bento using regular ingredients already in the house so that my kids would eat it. After a ton of interest from friends on Facebook, I decided to attempt to teach others how to do the same. And since imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, copy away my friends! It’s how I learned. Please let me know if you have questions, suggestions, positive feedback or recommendations for me. I appreciate it!
Today’s lunch is a fancy shoe cookie cutter with pink sprinkles on it (apply honey first). Leftover Annie’s whole wheat macaroni shells, strawberries, blueberries (with gem picks) and strawberry mushroom biscuits for a treat.
I also made my husband a turkey & provolone bagel sandwich with spinach and stuck some royal icing eyes on for fun.
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