In today's post I'm sharing a really fun Easter food idea - a super cute bunny rabbit Easter salad! Read on to find out how we went about creating this fun and healthyย rabbit themedย egg salad!
I recently spotted a competition on the Tots 100 website to design a 'Foodimal' (an animal made from food), andย I couldn't wait to give it a try.ย Fun food is what the Eats Amazing blog is all about, so this is right up our street!ย The competitionย isย in celebration of theย release of 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2' on Blu-Ray and DVD, and the prize is a Sony home cinema system worth ยฃ500 - eeep! Whilst it would be amazing to win a prize like that, we are entering the competition mainly for the fun of it -ย any excuse to have fun with our food!
Update: We won the competition! On reflection though,ย I decided that we really didn't need the ginormous TVย (much to Mr Amazing's dismay!) so weย donated it to a local charity Naomi House.ย I hope that it brings a littleย joy to some very poorly children.
I sat down with Small Child and asked him what he thought we should make.ย He really wanted me to make one of my egg rabbits, which I have made to go inย his fun bentoย lunchesย before, but the competition stated that the entry had to be a meal, so we decided that we would make a whole pile of egg rabbits, and use them in a salad for the whole family to enjoy.ย We planned how we were going to go about it, gathered our supplies, and got to work!
Be sure to check out my quick tutorial video so you can see just how easy the egg bunnies are to make!
I first hard boiled the eggs,ย then prepared some vegetables forย Small Child to cut into flowers.ย We used stripey beetroot, purple carrot, orange carrot and cucumber.ย Small Child used some of our mini bento cutters to make a variety of flowers.
In the meantime I peeled the eggs (after cooling them in cold water), andย turnedย them all into rabbits, with the aid of a sharp knife, edible marker pens (for the eyes) and some tiny pieces of beetroot (for the noses).ย For full instructions for making these cuteย egg rabbits, see my boiled egg bunny rabbitย tutorial.
Once all the rabbits were made, and the flowers cut out, Small Child arranged the salad leaves on a large platter.ย He started with a base of plain lettuce leaves, then added some rocket, watercress and baby leaf spinach.
I popped the rabbits onto the platter, then he added the vegetable flowers that he had cut out.ย ย We also (rather mischieviously) added some blueberries to finished the salad off.ย He was very proud of our joint efforts!
The rabbits looked very happy, hobnobbing among the salad leaves, with carrot flowers to nibble on - it seemed a shame to eat them!
So here, without further ado, is our entry into the Tots100 #Cloudy2Competition!
'Leafy with a chance of Rebbits!'
For more boiled egg fun for Easter (or all the year around!), check out my otherย boiled egg animalsย and my tutorial forย how to use boiled egg mouldsย to create fantastic shaped eggs!
Or for more fun food ideas for Easter,ย head over to theย Fun Easter Foodย section here on the Eats Amazing blog or pop over and follow my Easterย Pinterest boards for lots more fun ideas from around the web;ย Fun Easter Food for Kids,ย Healthy Easter Foodย andย Easter Fun.
Grace
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Madelein says
Wow, such inspiration! Cute bunnies!
Grace says
Thank you! I was really pleased with how it turned out!
Oh!Bento UK says
Sooo cute!!!
I wish you the best of luck, you deserve it!!!
Grace says
Thanks Keith! ๐
Donna says
That looks amazing!!! Off to check out your rabbit egg tutorial! x
Grace says
Thank you! It's very easy, honest!
Jenn says
Looks amazing! The rabbits are so cute and the salad looks tasty!
Grace says
Thanks lovely Jenn! ๐
Deb E says
Looks too pretty to eat. Great job and shared to show it off.
Grace says
Thank you! I felt a bit mean biting into a cute bunny, but Small Child had no such worries!
thebeesleybuzz says
fantastic bunnies. We will be remembering that for making our boiled eggs interesting in future! I love the stripey beetroot - will look out for that as I've never seen it before - it is so pretty. x
Grace says
Thank you! You can do mice in the same way too - add dry spaghetti for whiskers! That beetroot is gorgeous isn't it, I love it!
Amy Masterson says
So cute Grace! I love them!
Grace says
Thanks Amy!
Jackie Loving Lunches says
Congratulations on your win! Such an adorable salad!!
susen @Dabbling Momma says
I've now seen it all! These bunny eggs are A-dorable!! Pinned!
Grace says
Thank you! ๐
Allison Banks says
This is absolutely adorable!!