Bagel buoy boy – Summertime swimmer art

A bagel made to look like it's a person in an intertube raft buoy. Legs and arms made of cream cheese with red pepper flippers, green pepper sunglasses, cheese hair, red pepper snorkel

Now that I’m really inspecting and admiring this, the cream cheese does look a little gross, eh? Ah well, it’s still awesome!

Also, the recipe suggests adding nutella to the cream cheese for a darker skin complexion. I’m not sure I would’ve considered doing that at all, but I love the idea. <3

….and there’s the realization yet again that the simplest things make me giddy. To be sitting at my computer, smiling at a screen while I type, at the thought of adding chocolate to make a cream cheese swimmer a more accurate color for some people? Uh, yeah, I might have issues. Oops.

Fun Olympic foods – Work what ya holiday gave ya

Bagels and cream cheese with fruit toppings to look like Olympic rings - blueberries, blackberries, strawberries, pineapple, green grapes - blue, black, red, yellow, green 
 
Cookies with icing to look like Olympic rings -  blue, black, red, yellow, green

Pizza with pepperoni circles to look like Olympic rings

Cake with  blue, black, red, yellow, green M&Ms candies to look like Olympic rings
The great thing about the Olympic rings is that there are tons of round foods to work with. Doughnuts, cupcakes, any food arranged in ring-shapes (think cucumbers or olives…not everything has to be color-specific even), plates, candies (lifesavers!)….don’t limit yourself!
And while the Olympic rings are iconic, of course, so is the torch, so don’t forget some ice cream cone fun, too:
Ice cream cone to look like London Olympics 2012
2012 Olympic game torches made out of popcorn ice cream cones
And a cookie medal!
Little girl posing with Olympics torch made of paper plate, toilet paper roll covered in gold foil, red tissue paper flame - Gold medal with cookie covered in foil
Sources:
http://babybudgeting.co.uk/how-to-make-olympic-ring-bagels/
http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/Olympic-Rings-Pizza
http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Olympic-Rings-Fruit-Pizza
http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Holiday—Celebration-Recipes/Olympic-Games-Menu
http://www.makeandtakes.com/lighting-the-ice-cream-cone-olympic-torch
http://asmallsnippet.blogspot.com/search?q=olympic
http://alphamom.com/family-fun/holidays/olympic-medal-cookies/

Ruby red flippers – There’s no place like trout

Bento box with whole fish legs, red pepper skirt, red pepper heel Dorothy ruby slippers, rice and salad

Okay, so it’s not trout, but do you have any idea how hard it is to identify fish based on just the middle whole portion? Not easy!

I wish I had a source for this, but even when I tried to search for it to figure out the fish type, no luck. Send me a link if you know the owner!

Otherwise, enjoy the red heel peppers and fishy legs bento. Cute idea!