At what age did playing with your food become wrong?
Maybe when people started staring…
Stares don’t bother me. When I look at my plate of delicious in the middle of a long work day, I want to smile! For the 3rd day of giveaways, I reached out to the party animals at Hefty Zoo Pals to ask if they would share the fun with you all.
Never mind the fact that their website clearly states these plates “were specifically developed for kids.”
Now everyone can have a Zoo Pal! Ok, not everyone…
Hefty agreed to send 10 of you vouchers for a FREE pack of Zoo Pals plates! Pleasssssse tag me if you Instagram them. I’m so exited or the Zoo Pal takeover! (Giveaway at bottom of post.)
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Rather than a true WIAW (I’m literally eating out of baggies on an airplane), I wanted to share a fun day of eats off of my favorite plates!
Read on for my animal plate eats, and then check out Jenn’s blog to check out what everyone else is enjoying this week.
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Play with your food!
1. The fun doesn’t stop with the plates. I also eat Dora edamame with my Turbot (it’s a fish) wrap
2. Baked Turbot with injera and my Quinoa Tabbouleh Salad
3. Sea Bass with a raw zucchini and asparagus salad marinated in salsa and nutritional yeast
4. Swordfish with cucumbers and hummus
1. Zucchini, watermelon radish, and Dijon Baked Chicken with lentil hummus
2. Sea Bass with roasted cauliflower and sweet potato (topped with the cinnamon I store in my desk).
3. Eat more veggies says Reggie! Celery, snow peas, and more Dijon Baked Chicken (I keep it in the freezer for emergencies)
4. Bison off of a lion plate seems appropriate, no?
1. Tortilla overstuffed topped with lean ground beef, yellow tomatoes, spinach, and avocado
2. Turkey burger sandwich on Ezekial bread with Quinoa Tabbouleh Salad
3. Salmon sashimi with lavar, Ezekial bread, and my Creamy Asian Kale Salad
4. Swordfish with more kale salad and a Tomato Brownie
Are you ready to play with your food?
If you reallllly want to know that craziness I’m eating on the road, check out my Instagram feed.
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Don’t forget to enter the Muesli giveaway for $50 to use in their store!
Do you play with your food? I know a lot of you guys are Instagram food stylists!
What is the best part about meal time for you?
GiGi Eats Celebrities says
Wait, Wait, Wait! Playing with your food has an age cut off??? I am going to pretend like you didn’t question that… Because I definitely still play with my food and I eat with my hands. Yes, yes I do. I am one sexyyyyyy homosapien.
LMFAO – Bison off the lion plate sort of seems appropriate, HOWEVER these plates need to come in a BISON variety, DUHHH!! OMG I just had a GENIUS IDEA……. What if you and I…. created a paper plate company that will make plates in the shape *and with a photo of* your FACE!!!! BAHHHHHH HA HA AH AHA H! So then even when you’re eating alone, you will feel like you’re eating with someone!! UHHH YESSSS!! Seriously, email me – we gotta make this happen! LOL!
Laura says
They DO need a bison!!! I’m going to email them. I’m not sure I want to eat off my face though… I prefer to eat my face OFF!
Heather @ Kiss My Broccoli says
“Eat more veggies says Reggie!” Hahaha! Omg, you’re such a dork! Butttttttttt…I still love you anyway! AND? I just said butt! Haha! I can’t believe they agreed to the giveaway…seriously hilarious!
You know me, I spend WAY too much time prettifying (aka playing) with my food! And what do you mean the best part about meal time? EATING ALL THE FOOD! Lol
Laura says
Ummmmmm… exsuuuuuuse me miss i’m-going-to-post-in-sing-song-rhyme. 😉
Heather @ Kiss My Broccoli says
Well, that’s EXPECTED from this little weirdo over here in Broccoli Land…you just caught me by surprise! Lol
Natalie @ Lift,Sleep, Eat says
I loveeee those plates!! So cute! I think food tastes so much better out of a pretty/cute dish – around Christmas time we have Santa bowls/cups/plates and I’m pretty sure that my morning oats are just much tastier than out of a plain boring black bowl!
Khushboo says
Er hello- isn’t one of the prerequisites of blogging about food making it look pretty? Your uploads of these plates always make me smile! Who needs good lighting if the props used make up for it ;)!
Angela @ Happy Fit Mama says
I love seeing your pics with the zoo pals – makes me smile for sure! 🙂
CCU says
Your food is so colourful 😀
I love the gorgeous flavours as well, I want to eat my screen!
Cheers
CCU
Arman @ thebigmansworld says
Love looking through instagram and seeing these awesome plates- Although I do stand by what I think it is- a racoon covering their lady lumps. 😉
Hope the plane ride wasn’t painful post leg day buddy!
Laura says
LOL! I’ll pass that feedback along to Hefty.
Tiff @ Love Sweat and Beers says
Haha, this cracks me up. I’ve seen those in the grocery store (quite eye-catching), but I haven’t made the purchase yet myself. Guess it’s about time because it’s kinda fun to play with food. I guess I get most of my play time in when cooking.
Laura says
You’re going to need to buy them for the little one soon!
Linz @ Itz Linz says
haha this post makes me laugh! just last week i made my breakfast in the shape of a smiley face…. raspberries for the eyes, sunflower seed butter for the nose, and banana slices for the smile! 😀 #yesim5yearsold
Laura says
I need to start making faces in my oats!!! #isoktobe5
Amanda @ .running with spoons. says
Not gonna lie — I’ve seriously been coveting those plates whenever I see you post them on IG. I swear that I’m a 12 year old stuck in a 28 year old body 😉
As for how I play with my food… impatiently. As much as I enjoy blogging about my eats, taking the time to make them presentable is a little annoying when all I want to do is dive right in.
Whitney W says
I love to eat food with my hands–silverware is so overrated 😉
Laura says
Yes. Silverware and pants.
Autumn Wieland says
well, I don’t play with my food but using zoo plates sounds like a good place to start!
Lisa says
Those plates are awesome!!! I totally want some.
I totally am a kid at heart…definitely do not feel my age.
Playing with your food is totally still acceptable…I’m just sticking to that fact.
Meghan@CleanEatsFastFeets says
I fully and happily admit to playing with my food. People can stare all that want; it won’t deter me.
I still think the first plate is a cross between a koala and a raccoon. That guy is too happy to be a sloth.
Laura says
Obv. #publicbanana
Kierston @candyfit says
I definitely do!
I love baked dijon chicken too! I like to add mustard grain to it too…with rosemary or dill 🙂
Lauren says
I like eating things in bowls all mixed up together!
Cat says
Bahaha those plates are too awesome! I totally agree my meals become so much more fun when I have interesting cutlery etc! I would be more of a food player, but my patience is lousy. The quicker I can get it in my piehole the better 😉
Laura says
Hahahaha.. Pie hole.
Alex @ therunwithin says
you are the queen of those adorable plates!
Laura @ Mommy Run Fast says
Having a 3yo around is a great excuse to play with our food!
Laura says
True… can I borrow L?
Kaitlin says
Divided plates are THE BEST! I love having the chance to sit down and eat and make random combinations. When in doubt, I add cheese and sauce 🙂
Hayley says
I love making my food look all pretty and presentable!
Megan (The Lyons' Share) says
I cannot tell you how many times I’ve laughed out loud when I see your Zoo Pals plates on Instagram. I know what to expect … but it never gets old. What an awesome find!
Hannah @ CleanEatingVeggieGirl says
LOVE these plates!!
I play with my food by putting them into fun shapes, like smiley faces! 🙂
Eating 4 Balance says
We used to get those plates at my grandma’s for the 4th of July when everyone else got “big people” plates 😉 I was so sad when my cousins and I were too old for them. The ears were just PERFECT for dipping sauces.
Laura says
You’re never too old! 🙂
Kayla says
LOVE the plates.
… and now I’m just used to the receptionist oogling at how much I eat throughout the work day. Hahaha
Laura says
LOL! I think the people at my office are amazed too.
Hannah says
Well, i eat pretty much everything, including ice cream, with my fingers if I can get away with it. Does that count?
Laura says
That counts for extra. How do you eat ice cream with your fingers?!
Hannah says
Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
She Rocks Fitness says
I noticed that you eat a lot of fish and was wondering where you get it all from. I love getting my salmon from Costco and actually picked up a big bag of their salmon burgers, which are surprisingly delicious and not loaded with JUNK. I’m always up for new ideas without breaking the bank. 😉 Safe travels home to ATL.
Laura says
We have a couple of giant international markets here that have really reasonably priced protein. They even let you pick your (whole) fish and then they filet it for you!
Jess Guthrie says
I love eating anything can eat with hands and honestly…I still make smiley faces with food on my plate 🙂 And can’t help if eat orange do that funny smile thing.
Michelle says
Playing with your food just puts more joy in eating it! Looove zoopals!
yuli says
way toooo cute!!! lol who doesn’t play with their food? or wait are we the weird ones? love creating different shapes and arranging it a certain way for it to look all pretty..Im even guilty of sometimes using a fork and sometimes just eating a salad or something with my fingers..Im starting to realize I may be the weird one here :/
Laura says
Not at all! I have been know to eat spinach standing in the fridge door. 🙂
Lee says
I still make mustard into smiley faces when I put it on veggie burgers. That’s like playing with your food, right? Kinda sorta.
Laura says
Totally counts! All condiments should smile.
Jody - Fit at 55 says
I eat my food so is that playing with it? 😉 BTW, when I tweeted, it still said your last giveaway & not the plates…
Paige Callahan says
I love zoo pals, I have the cups right now and totally miss the plates, I always play with my animal crackers before I eat them 🙂
Laura says
Whoa… I haven’t seen the cups!
Danielle @ It's A Harleyyy Life says
I don’t really play with my food but I love these plates!
april says
ahh i love those zoo pals plates! so cute!
Juli @1000lovelythings says
Nothing wrong about playing with food! Food is fun so where’s the point in not playing with it! These plates are super cute 🙂
Laura says
Cheers to that! Pretty food tastes better. 🙂