CuteZCute panda lunch...

I love using cute cutters to make a lunch special. And I especially love the CuteZCute line of food cutters and stamps. The CuteZCute animal friends deco cutter kit has to be one of my favorite fun food tools to use. With this kit, you can cut a sandwich into the shapes of a panda, frog, cat, or a pig. They are all absolutely adorable, and this cutter is very easy to use (which is key for me as I don't like to create lunches that are difficult or labor intensive.) I have chosen the panda cutter for today's lunch.

I also used the CuteZCute Animal Palz  kit to make the frozen yogurt panda. I froze the yogurt into the panda shape and added it to the other yogurt in his lunch. It will thaw before lunchtime, and the frozen yogurt helps to keep the other yogurt cold. I love doing this with yogurt. You can freeze it into any shaped mold (silicone ice cube molds work great) that you may have, then add the frozen shape to the lunch. Presto!!.....cold and cute yogurt at lunchtime.

This lunch is packed in Easy Lunch Boxes.
*CuteZCute panda peanut butter and all-fruit spread sandwich
*baby carrots and red cherry tomatoes with ranch dressing in the little panda pot
*Halo mandarin orange with panda pick
*pretzel snaps
*Yoplait lemon dye-free yogurt (the frozen panda is Trix strawberry-kiwi. We love Trix yogurt as it has no artificial colors or flavors.)
*linked to: BentoLunch.net/ What's for lunch Wednesday
                  Polkadots on Parade/ Wow Me Wednesday
                  Five Little Chefs/ Fantastic Thursday


Some of the things, or similar things, that I used to make this lunch:


The large green silicone cup can be found HERE.

A mess of Monkeys.....

I was given the opportunity to try out CuteZCute's newest creation.... the Animal Palz mini sandwich and egg press. I really like this product. Like the original CuteZCute, there are several cute options in one kit. With this system, you can create a monkey, a bat, a panda, or a sheep mini stuffed pocket sandwich. Or, it can be used to mold boiled eggs into these same animal shapes. I decided to make the monkey pocket sandwich my first time using it, and they turned out adorable (even though I stuffed them a bit too much). I used the panda to make some molded boiled eggs (my hubby ate them before I got around to snapping a pic), and they were almost too cute to eat......almost!!!! I hate that Z doesn't eat boiled eggs......I'd sure be using this like crazy. The Animal Palz system works great, and we are definitely going to enjoy using it.

This lunch is packed in Easy Lunch Boxes.
*3 peanut butter and all-fruit spread monkey sandwiches
*cheddar cheese pretzels
*carrot rounds and purple cherry tomatoes
*applesauce
*strawberries and red and green grapes

Some of the things I used to make this lunch:
CuteZCute Animal Palz mini sandwich and egg press
Baking buddies silicone baking cups
Monkey picks