April Fool's Day!

April 1st is a very popular day here.  The girls love to play tricks on us.  They also like having special meals, like breakfast-for-dinner, or cupcakes that are really cottage pie.

Today's lunch was requested weeks in advance.  It's a partial duplicate of one Peanut took to school a few years ago.  The reactions from her classmates were priceless.  We will have to wait 'til lunchtime to see what happens this year.

Blue Moose Pasta with Green Cheese!

The "moose" are actually Elk pasta from IKEA (it's organic), cooked in coloured water.  The cheese is mini bocconcini (fresh mozzerella) dyed green.  I used a purple cabbage leaf to hold the pasta and cheese, instead of our usual romaine lettuce.  It has such deep colour that the edges look almost black in the photo!

Kiwi, blueberries and yellow pepper slices finish out the rather garish colour scheme.  I do rather like the natural blue and green contrasted with the artificial blue and green, though.

And of course, napkins folded to look like shirts.



added to What's For Lunch Wednesday