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Lunch for May 20, 2016

So, yesterday wasn’t a great day. It was emotionally and physically draining, and I was left both with the strong desire to have a nice lunch and a lack of energy to actually make said lunch.

As a result, today’s lunch is brought to you by leftovers! I paired rice and leftover tikka masala with apple slices and tomato halves topped with cottage cheese, garlic, and basil.

Because last night’s episode of Steven Universe was Lapis-focused, because I love Lapis, and because I’ve got a self-inflicted tradition to uphold, I decided to pull in my love of Steven Universe by referencing Lapis’s cracked gem. The gem is made of nori and provolone cheese colored with food coloring.

Lunch for January 7, 2016

Keeping things basic for the day. I found a lovely vector fan art of Lion that I used for reference, so I created lion out of cheese, chicken, nori, and food coloring. Under Lion is a base of lightly salted white rice. The sides are coleslaw and meatloaf leftovers.

Lunch from January 6, 2016

Sometimes, things don’t work out the way you want them to. In today’s case, my egg ended up looking almost grey and entirely wrong for what I wanted to do with it. Instead of remaking the egg, I grabbed some cheese, chicken, nori, and food coloring and went to work making another character who would look good with the colors of my pad thai: Jasper.

I’m actually really pleased with how Jasper turned out, even if she wasn’t the character I’d originally planned to feature.

The cups up top are filled with leftover coleslaw decorated with some carrot slices.

Lunch for January 5, 2015

Honestly, I was so pleased with last night’s episode that I can’t even tell you. Well, that’s not entirely true. I think making a lunch with these space rock cuties tells you what you need to know.

Ruby and Sapphire are made with hand cut nori, swiss cheese, and sliced chicken with food coloring. They are placed on salted white rice with some veggies hidden under it. The heart is made with sriracha sauce. The side is spinach, for which I had some ranch dressing.

A compilation of this week’s lunches!

This week was a really fun week in fandom, and I’m glad to have been just one of the creative people celebrating what rebeccasugar and stevencrewniverse have created.

Day 2 of Stevenbomb 3. Moms!

The Crystal gems here are all made out of beef rice and topped with cheese colored with food coloring. Garnet is wrapped in nori.

They’re surrounded by spinach. Side dishes include blueberries, baby carrots, corn, and a sausage heart stabbed with a sword of a familiar color (symbolism!).

My lunch for tomorrow. It’s Steven Universe themed.

Because it’s been a long and gloomy week, my Friday lunch is a little extra fun. I made “cookie cat” sandwiches and tiny fruit kebabs with sparkly, gem-topped food picks to hold them together.

skarrin, it’s your fault that I got into this show and I hope you’re happy. Because I am.