Eyebombing food – Are inedible eyes okay?
Now I’ll be the first to raise my hand if you ask me if it’s okay to play with your food. Of course it is! Change it into silly shapes. Add smiley faces. Make it look like other objects. Switch the ingredients around into something unexpected. Do whatever you feel like really.
At the same time, I’m a little torn on adding items to food that you can’t actually eat. Yes, it can make it look even more awesome and I’ve definitely done it my fair share of times when when I can’t find something appropriate to use that’s still edible.
It almost feels like cheating at times, though. And it sort of spoils it to have to deconstruct the dish before you can eat it by removing all the parts that are inedible. It’s like having to remove toothpicks from stuffed foods….but even less fun because you immediately kill whatever creation was on the plate and make it less quirky.
Then again, look at this one:
Am I really going to complain that I can’t eat the eyes? No way! It’s too cute!
But I’m definitely not going to bother with that bowl of cereal… ;)
P.S. – Candy eyes are sooo much better for this sort of thing, at least when it comes to sweet dishes. You can buy them at the store or make your own like cookplayexplore does.
Pizza pancakes – When sweet dishes go savory
Pizza pancakes are pretty self-explanatory, but in case you’re not sure what you’re looking at…. those are Bisquick mixed with standard pizza toppings like pepperoni, sausage, and mushrooms, fried until cooked like normal pancakes, and then topped with marinara/pizza sauce and cheese.
This may be a brand new concept for some people, but if you’ll remember, I’m already acquainted with adding meat to waffles when my sister makes them for our dog. He’s never complained before and considering he’s the pickiest animal I have ever met (and then some!), I know they must be good. :P
As for the pizza ones, I’m a fan of using pizza toppings/flavorings in/on vehicles other than a pizza dough crust that takes at least an hour of rising time. I like quick and easy, ya know? So tortilla pizzas (like Hello Kitty, to boot), crockpot pizza, pizza biscuits, and even pizza zucchini appetizers are all fair game.
I’m not really feeling the pancakes specifically, though. I’m sure they taste great, but I kind of prefer the “set it and forget it” style for pizza alternatives, so standing over a griddle, making dozens of pancakes (as if I ever make just one, pfft), doesn’t exactly sound that enticing.
I do love one of the suggestions in the comments, though. One of her picky eaters used them as a lunchable style snack, microwaving them the next day with sauce and mozzarella in between. To think of them as quick snacks for any time is actually a great idea!
Miracle Whip dipping sauces -Twisted minds think alike
For starters, I’m not affiliated in any way shape or form, nor was I asked to write about this. I just happened to get an email for a coupon for these and they caught my attention.
I don’t buy Miracle Whip. I have no use for it. It’s too sweet to be a mayo substitute and I can’t think of any other reason to ever use it.
But they could sway me into at least trying their new sauces, I think. After all, I do kind of have a thing for trying new dips, right? The real kicker was the image used in the newsletter, though:
I suppose it was literally a ‘kicker’ who grabbed my attention, with a ninja karate kickin’ onion, farmer cow-pig thing (erm, what is that?) and a killer tomato. The tag line was “new dipping sauces from the twisted mines of Miracle Whip.” Okay, yeah, I’ll bite. Those are cute!! The power of advertising actually sucked me in on this one.
Has anyone tried them yet? I think there’s still a $1.50 coupon floating around out there if you’re interested. I haven’t tried them and I’m a little hesitant, despite the twisted mascots, simply because I’m betting they’re loaded with chemicals, but it’s still worth a shot.
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