itty bitty fish » a day in the life http://ittybittyfish.com the [appetizing] stylings of onefish, twofish, redfish & bluefish. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:53:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 be my valentine http://ittybittyfish.com/2010/02/a-day-in-the-life/be-my-valentine/ http://ittybittyfish.com/2010/02/a-day-in-the-life/be-my-valentine/#comments Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:44:42 +0000 redfish http://ittybittyfish.com/?p=244 IBF_6108

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]]> http://ittybittyfish.com/2010/02/a-day-in-the-life/be-my-valentine/feed/ 2 olympic niblets http://ittybittyfish.com/2010/02/a-day-in-the-life/olympic-niblets/ http://ittybittyfish.com/2010/02/a-day-in-the-life/olympic-niblets/#comments Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:20:14 +0000 redfish http://ittybittyfish.com/?p=232 To celebrate the start of the Vancouver Olympic Games, I put together a red [strawberries], white [pita triangles] and blue [blueberries] snack tray for the bitty ones. As you can see, there was also yellow [hummus], brown [honey roasted peanuts] and green [Snapea Crisps - the ONLY vegetable twofish will eat].

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Onefish and twofish polished off the entire spread during the qualifying rounds of the men’s ski jumping.

]]> http://ittybittyfish.com/2010/02/a-day-in-the-life/olympic-niblets/feed/ 1 has it really been two weeks? http://ittybittyfish.com/2009/10/a-day-in-the-life/has-it-really-been-two-weeks/ http://ittybittyfish.com/2009/10/a-day-in-the-life/has-it-really-been-two-weeks/#comments Sat, 03 Oct 2009 20:44:40 +0000 redfish http://ittybittyfish.com/?p=143 Please forgive the lack of updates. We were on vacation at the beach this past week swimming with the itty bitty fishies. [And some sharks and dolphins. Yes, seriously.] Since we’ve gotten back, onefish and twofish have been monopolizing my photo editing/blog writing time. I promise many fun updates this coming week. So, stay tuned…

]]> http://ittybittyfish.com/2009/10/a-day-in-the-life/has-it-really-been-two-weeks/feed/ 0 waffle crazy http://ittybittyfish.com/2009/09/a-day-in-the-life/waffle-crazy/ http://ittybittyfish.com/2009/09/a-day-in-the-life/waffle-crazy/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:42:21 +0000 redfish http://ittybittyfish.com/?p=136 As this was my week to do snacks for onefish’s preschool class, I decided to make my [itty bitty kitty] honey waffles. I also made some banana flowers. You know, just in case someone didn’t want waffles.

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What I didn’t plan on was how long it would take me to make an entire class-worth of [itty bitty kitty] waffles. Prepping and mixing [which I did the night before] only took about 15 min, but the actual cooking of the waffles was about an hour in the morning. It takes 4+ minutes to cook each batch of 4 [itty bitty kitty] waffles, and then about a couple minutes to take them out and refill. And, I made over 30 waffles each day. Both days, the plate came back like this:

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The first day the plate came back completely empty, I was worried I hadn’t made enough waffles for the kids, but the teachers exchanged a slightly impish, knowing glance and admitted they had finished what was left over. I also overheard some of the kids talking their parents about the waffles. So, yeah… totally worth the effort.

]]> http://ittybittyfish.com/2009/09/a-day-in-the-life/waffle-crazy/feed/ 3 flowers for bluefish http://ittybittyfish.com/2009/09/a-day-in-the-life/flowers-for-bluefish/ http://ittybittyfish.com/2009/09/a-day-in-the-life/flowers-for-bluefish/#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:40:28 +0000 redfish http://ittybittyfish.com/?p=130 I love bluefish. He works hard day in, day out and never expects meals to be made for him. However, I do enjoy feeding him and making things he likes to eat. So, it’s been a pleasure to see him devour almost everything I’ve made since I started this blog. One thing he loves [but doesn't make for himself because of his work schedule] is fresh cut vegetables. So, today I gave him some veggie flowers:

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They were not hard to make. I just peeled and cut some carrot sticks, cut up some avocado for the “grass”, used my flower veggie cutter for the blossoms [Xan enjoyed some carrot blossoms today, as well!] and I served it with a side of sweet honey Catalina dressing. And, don’t worry about the leftover carrot being wasted. I enjoyed those pieces while I was fixing the snack!

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[You know you've been wondering what to get us for Christmahanakwanzika.]

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* When do you make these; night before, nap time, or with itty bitty helpers?

All of the above. And, it’s not as time consuming as it might seem. I actually find cooking even semi-complex recipes more time consuming than creating fun bento lunches/meals.

* Where did you get the plane and train shaped cutters? Did you use mini size cutters or regular size cutters?

Most of my food cutters are mini aluminum cookie cutters made by Fox Run (which I buy through Amazon.com), but R & M makes some really cute mini cutters, as well.

* What do you do with the extra bits of turkey you have left after cutting out your shapes?

I (or bluefish) eat them. Yum.

* Where did you buy the bento boxes?

My favorite place to get bento boxes is Happy Japan. They’re in Nashville, TN (in case any of you are local to that area), have tons of cute bento accessories, very reasonable/fast shipping, and great customer service. They’re currently back-ordered on some products which they said should have in stock in the next couple of weeks.

* Is there an English website that sells the egg yolk shapers?

Yes! You can get them from Happy Japan (though I believe they’re out of stock right now) and JBox.

* Where did you get that camera?

Heh. I shoot with a Canon 5D mark II. If you’re looking to get a DSLR, I would get it from a reputable seller like B&H Photo.

* Would you come be Personal Chef for my kids and me?

I bet you can cook WAY better than I can! And, bento is fun and easy to learn. It’s especially fun to make it with your little ones!

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Twofish likes any and all noodles. Especially noodles with really messy sauce on them. However, she was also quite happy to nosh on these not-so-messy noodles.

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