Since I'm not really a blogger, just who or what am I? Well, I'm a Domestic Goddess and Chief Boo-Boo Kisser to 3 of the most amazing, challenging, smart, and crazy little devils; aka Alex (7), Noah (5) and Zoe (2). Alex and Noah just started school a week ago so I've been trying out new things for their lunches.
Today was one of those "new" things. I wanted an under the sea type theme so I decided to try something a friend had done for her son's birthday; Octodogs! I needed small ones to fit into the lunchbox so I used the ends for the octopi and then the middles I made crabs. They turned out cute but...will they eat them? I don't know how room temp hot dogs are going to go over with my little culinary cuties but it was worth a shot.
For the Octodogs I cut off the ends and then cut slits to create the legs. The crabs were the middles of the hot dogs sliced lengthwise and then the legs cut into them. Once they were all sliced and formed, I dropped them into a boiling pot of water to curl the legs. It didn't take long, maybe a minute tops.
Ahhhhhh. That's how you do that! I tried this last week and just cut the 'tentacles!' It resulted in....um, amputated tentacles! I couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong! I wasn't boiling them! Thanks for the tip!
ReplyDeleteHoly Shit. I am a terrible mother. I just don't see flowers or octopi in my future :( That being said, I LOVE that little bento box. Can you linkky where you get your cool carriers? Also, while I might never make tentacles, this still gives me solid lunch ideas. Thanks lady!
ReplyDeleteWow, do they finish all that food? It's too cute!
ReplyDeleteThe finished every speck! The only time they don't is if they really don't like something or they were talking too much and ran out of time. Both boys can eat an entire Chipotle burrito in one sitting. You should see my grocery bill!
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