Kids Encourage Their Mom To Post Her Food Art On The Internet, And She Goes Viral (30 Pics)
Jolanda Stokkermans is a married mom living in Koersel, a small village in Belgium, with two children and two Jack Russells. One of her superpowers is meal prepping. Roughly a year ago, Jolanda started creating easy recipes and taking pictures of them, and got so carried away with it, she began presenting the food on a plate in the shape of famous actors, gorgeous flowers, and adorable animals.
Jolanda, aka De Meal Prepper, forms the edible pictures in a realistic style and even paints them, too. Doing both requires immense attention to detail. For example, while balancing different components, the mother goes as far as using spices as watercolor pigments to add depth to the piece.
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"When I started 'De Meal Prepper', it was meant to be about preparing food for several days in advance one afternoon, convenient for busy people and families," Stokkermans told Bored Panda. "Trying to search for nice stock photos on the Internet, I decided to take my own."
Stokkermans said she really got into the project, and the plates started getting out of hand. "Eventually, I ended up with human portraits, landscapes, and animals. My children told me to post pictures of my creations on Instagram. I listened, joined the platform, and now am at 14,000 followers."
The mom constantly has numerous ideas running through her mind. "In the beginning, I look in the fridge to see what ingredients we have. Sometimes I notice a special vegetable or pasta, and I come up with something new."
"I mostly use vegetables, tomato sauce, natural food coloring, soy sauce and spices to color the dishes. Everything on the plate is edible."
Each meal takes Stokkermans about 2-4 hours to create, depending on the difficulty of the subject and available ingredients, of course.
The mom said it's hard to choose which of her own pieces she liked best, but if she had to, it would be either the lion, the unicorn, the zebra, or the white tiger.
She also added that nobody should feel sorry for devouring her creations. "All of the plates are meant to be eaten."
Right now, she's working on several workshops, mostly online due to coronavirus and is planning to make a calendar.
I didn't think I could come up with a favorite but I guess I was wrong! I used to see pig's heads stareing at me from atop the butcher counter when I was a kid. This is the closest facsimile ever! I want to know what it's made out of but it doesn't matter.
Load More Replies...I might have to pass on that one....those sweet little eyes would make me feel guilty
That just makes me sad and angry. If you like animals, don't kill them or pay someone to kill them (aka buying their flesh in a supermarket).
omggg so ute, whoever you are who did this, you are one amazing artist
This must've taken so much patience and careful effort; kudos to the artist!
I’m not sure “food” is the right description. Grains and leaves maybe. These have more in common with pasta collages than meals.
So grains and leaves are not food? Only meat, dairy, and eggs are? .... only consumption of animal protein is a sure way how to sabotage your body's natural defenses, and stay healthy to very old age.
Load More Replies...I just bought fresh food for my kid, served it diversified but as it comes along and teached her to appreciate it how it grew - pure, clean, worthful. I hope I#m still a good mum. (To be honest, I give a ***+ if or if not, at least in most ppls opinion)
Think about how much detail she put and time it took her to get it so smooth and perfect,now this is a person who has a lot of patience.
What is so great about this "food" art? Please find another, inedible media.
Some of these are so superbly crafted, I'd feel guilty chowing them down.
These are indeed great, and they don't claim to be meals. I think the children's lunches made to look like animals, etc., are more interesting because they need to be healthy and tasty.
I’m not sure “food” is the right description. Grains and leaves maybe. These have more in common with pasta collages than meals.
So grains and leaves are not food? Only meat, dairy, and eggs are? .... only consumption of animal protein is a sure way how to sabotage your body's natural defenses, and stay healthy to very old age.
Load More Replies...I just bought fresh food for my kid, served it diversified but as it comes along and teached her to appreciate it how it grew - pure, clean, worthful. I hope I#m still a good mum. (To be honest, I give a ***+ if or if not, at least in most ppls opinion)
Think about how much detail she put and time it took her to get it so smooth and perfect,now this is a person who has a lot of patience.
What is so great about this "food" art? Please find another, inedible media.
Some of these are so superbly crafted, I'd feel guilty chowing them down.
These are indeed great, and they don't claim to be meals. I think the children's lunches made to look like animals, etc., are more interesting because they need to be healthy and tasty.