Friday, August 31, 2012

Edible Geekery : Doctor Who Bentos Are Cool

We're all so excited about the return of Doctor Who this Saturday night! Yes, the sproutlets are fans just  like their mum & dad; they've grown up watching it as a family, so even 3 year old Birdie is a little Whovian :)  Bella's even planning to have a Doctor Who & Sarah Jane Adventures 10th birthday party - wish me luck with that theme! Better yet, give me ideas ;)

For today's Hop, I made Bella a lunch full of Doctor Who-isms:


Bella's PlanetBox bento lunch contains:
  • Bacon "That's bacon! Are you trying to poison me?" skewered on a Stetson pick "I wear a Stetson now, Stetsons are cool," and on a Union Jack flag, like Rose Tyler's t-shirt.
  • "Hello Sweetie" ham on a brightly coloured lips pick, like River Song's when she put on her hallucinogenic lipstick, and on a bow tie pick "Bow ties are cool." 
  • "Come Along Pond" in mozzarella cheese.
  • A smiley face apple, like Amelia Pond's mother made.
  • A satsuma orange, which the 10th Doctor once used to save the Earth from alien invasion. I stuck a little tiny sonic screwdriver of sorts into the satsuma, for fun ;)
  • A very cool handmade TARDIS print cloth napkin, from Shannon of Molly's Lunch Box
  • A couple of "Jammie Dodger" sammies
  • And Jelly Babies! 
 Yes, those are real Jelly Babies :) The blackcurrant ones are my favourite.


I don't actually care for Jammie Dodgers though, so I made my own Sammie Dodgers with wheat bread, cookie cutters, and lemon curd:


They were meant to be made with raspberry jam, but I discovered at the last moment that we were out! It was almost tragic until I remembered I had food colouring. Lemon curd to the rescue! Yum :)


I love this Doctor Who lunch! How can you not smile back at that apple? And I just know the Doctor would love it too... I can almost hear him... 
"I eat bento lunches now. Bentos are cool." :)


I had a Whovian lunch as well!  Not a bento though. I had a delicious ginger carrot soup, topped with Bad Wolf in mozzarella. Poor Doctor, he's always wanted to be ginger... With my soup I also had a satsuma - and a good cup of tea, just like the newly regenerated 10th Doctor :)  


I can hardly wait until Saturday night and the return of the Doctor et al in the Series 7 premiere!  I think I'll make some jammie dodger ice cream sammies for a sweet treat during the show :) Then again, who knows what fabulous food ideas I might get from my fellow bento bloggers in this hop! 

I bet Astrid of Lunches Fit For A Kid has something special to share. Click on the TARDIS button below to hop through the vortex and see...


      

UPDATE: When this lunch was shared on a Doctor Who fan page on Facebook, the most common comment was "Where are the fish fingers & custard?" The answer is, here:

Click the pic to jump to this post for a Whovian lunch Linky Party!

16 comments:

  1. So much fun! I love how you wrote in the soup with mozzarella.

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  2. Anonymous8/31/2012

    Love it! My husband wants to know why I never made hm a whovian lunch before! Now I have ideas! Thanks

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  3. AAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is epic!!!!!!!!!! So much Doctory goodness in one place!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  4. you are so creative!!! I love it all, but I absolutely adore the ginger soup!

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  5. I totally TOTALLY love the Jammie Dodger Sammies!!! This was so far beyond awesome all of mine together feel a bit inadequate now ;)

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  6. And a BOW TIE PICK?!?!? I don't have a bow tie pick :(

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  7. (Last comment - honest! But I couldn't keep trying to ignore the actual Jelly Babies. Closest I ever get are Sour Patch Kids and I HATE Sour Patch Kids!)

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    1. Sour Patch Kids shred my mouth. And there's no blackcurrant. Jelly Babies are softer - but not like gummies, more like a softer jujube... almost like Turkish Delight especially with the powdered sugar.

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  8. Anonymous8/31/2012

    Always bring a banana to a party. Can't go wrong with more fruit!

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    1. If only my daughter liked bananas! But there are some in the rest of the Hop ;)

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  9. Love your Tardis napkin and your lunches! Somehow you always manage to keep your lunches neat and artistically done. Your awesome-ness doesn't disappoint.

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  10. This is nuts! I love all the details.. makes me want to marathon run the episodes so I can connect all the dots!

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  11. So cute! The bento is great - but I am In Love with your BAD WOLF soup.

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  12. Absolutely brilliant! I love how very many elements you've included from the different Doctors' eras. You're right, he so would eat bentos now. Bentos are cool.

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  13. How on earth did you write bad wolf on your soup??!! You're amazing.

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