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Japanese Mom Of 3 Is Incredibly Skilled At Preparing Beautiful Meals For Her Kids (30 New Pics)
InterviewIf you haven't had breakfast, lunch, or dinner yet, we advise you to get a snack before you delve into this article because Bored Panda is back with Etoni Mama! This Japanese woman became a master at turning food into works of art that are almost too cute to be eaten.
Etoni Mama started creating dishes with fun and playful details to make it look more appetizing for her 3 lucky children (a 13-year-old, 11-year-old, and 9-year-old daughter). The woman revealed that the food she makes for her kids should not only look good but be delicious as well, and watching these photos we are sure that her creations tick all the boxes.
Has your mouth started watering yet? Have a look at these delicious works of art. If these images won't quench your hunger, check out the previous article featuring Etoni Mama's cute meals by clicking here.
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Etoni Mama revealed to Bored Panda that she used to work for a big company for about 20 years, but she found it difficult to raise children while working full-time, so she got a qualification as a childcare worker. Now she is a part-time nursery teacher.
"I started making artsy food in order to interest my second daughter, who has an unbalanced diet, and that was the reason I started making such dishes."
Etoni Mama has mastered the art of kyaraben (character bento), which is the practice of decorating food to look like popular personas, animals, people and plants. In her creations, one can find Woody from Toy Story, Minions, Nemo and many more well-known and lovable characters.
The mad chicken from Moana! [Edit: As informed by my fellow pandas in the comment section below, that mad chicken is called Hei Hei]
To our surprise, Etoni Mama spends around one hour making and decorating one meal. This proves the incredible skills and experience Etoni has gained through the years preparing food for her children. The woman admitted that if she is not that busy with other activities she can spend more time improving the appearance of her meals.
Etoni finds inspiration just by looking at the ingredients. She comes up with a character for her meals depending on what kind of products she has. From the little mermaid to Mr. Potato Head from Toy Story, the woman can craft pretty much any character. However, the taste of the food still remains the most important thing.
Doesn't matter how incredible these meals look, Etoni shared that her children are already used to them. Sometimes they don't even spare some critique if they don't like something about the dishes.
Etoni revealed that her goal is to make kids eat a lot, even when they are grown-ups. We could only wonder what she will be preparing for her grandkids!
Etoni's love for this interesting craft has resulted in her not only sharing playful and delicious creations with her kids but also with other people. Right now, she has 180,000 followers on Instagram who cannot hide their appreciation and admiration of Etoni's skills.
The woman has also released a cooking book in which she shares her knowledge on how to make ordinary meals look playful and more appetizing. A real life-saver for other parents!
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Who has time to cook like this for their kids? Some of these creations look like they would take hours and hours to pull off.
NO ONES...VAIN LIKE GASTON, CAUSES PAIN LIKE GASTON, FALLS TO HIS DEATH IN THE RAIN LIKE GASTON!
Seriously impressive but wondering if some of the food gets cold while decorating.
Thought the same --- Kids: "Mama can we have hot food?" Mom: "We have hot food at home!" Hot food at home: (see above).
Load More Replies...She definitely needs to consider a career in food design and/or styling because she has incredible talent.
And then there's me who's like "here's your Lunchable , I got the good one with Oreos " lmfao
So no one's gonna talk about how the kids are gonna be traumatized having to eat their favorite movie characters? 🤣
Thoase look incredible but I do wonder where she finds the time. I consider it success if I manage to fix something else but cereal.
I upvote this, and add I think it's awesome she finds time to do something she is obviously passionate about. We all need that, and everyone is different. ...I personally use my "me" time doing anything other than cooking or cleaning, but it takes all types. :)
Load More Replies...For the kids? No. For social media fame. Very talented, but let's be honest.
She does do those for her kids because they were picky, her social media fame is just a plus. Not everything is a conspiracy to get likes...
Load More Replies...gorgeous... but kids would take twice more time to eat it while it takes you twice more time to prepare it
Why would it take twice the time to eat these?
Load More Replies...The only thing that would have made these better is if she had listed some of the main ingredients that she used for each pic. Cuz I'm sitting there scratching my head over a few of them. Very creative
I'm wondering if she is a stay at home mom. I wish more moms had the opportunity and love of food like this. I love to cook and bake this kind of stuff when my kids were little. Now they are 19 and 16 and eat everything. I mean every single thing. A sure way to get your kids to eat everything is to feed them everything when they are little. Reality for this extent isn't possible though. Shame really.
If I would fill the lunchbox of my son with this highly decorated food, I would need to get up soooooo early, just to make it in time. So very beautiful, yet very time consuming.
She prepares the detailed parts beforehand and places them on after cooking the majority of the meal, so no, the hot food isn't served cold.
Load More Replies...I can see you don't get pampered at all. Which is really sad because everyone deserves to be treated with pampering, kindness, and having someone in their life pay attention to not only them but details as well. It takes effort to show those you care about how much you love them. That can be done in so many ways. Saying buckle up and be safe, saying you are proud of them, showing them by cooking a meal, and so many other ways. There's nothing wrong with pampering, loving, showing affection, and doing things for those you love and everyone else you come in contact with. So if no one has showed you or told you today that you are cared about. Let me be the one to tell you I hope you sleep well and your day is good tomorrow. :)
Load More Replies...Seriously impressive but wondering if some of the food gets cold while decorating.
Thought the same --- Kids: "Mama can we have hot food?" Mom: "We have hot food at home!" Hot food at home: (see above).
Load More Replies...She definitely needs to consider a career in food design and/or styling because she has incredible talent.
And then there's me who's like "here's your Lunchable , I got the good one with Oreos " lmfao
So no one's gonna talk about how the kids are gonna be traumatized having to eat their favorite movie characters? 🤣
Thoase look incredible but I do wonder where she finds the time. I consider it success if I manage to fix something else but cereal.
I upvote this, and add I think it's awesome she finds time to do something she is obviously passionate about. We all need that, and everyone is different. ...I personally use my "me" time doing anything other than cooking or cleaning, but it takes all types. :)
Load More Replies...For the kids? No. For social media fame. Very talented, but let's be honest.
She does do those for her kids because they were picky, her social media fame is just a plus. Not everything is a conspiracy to get likes...
Load More Replies...gorgeous... but kids would take twice more time to eat it while it takes you twice more time to prepare it
Why would it take twice the time to eat these?
Load More Replies...The only thing that would have made these better is if she had listed some of the main ingredients that she used for each pic. Cuz I'm sitting there scratching my head over a few of them. Very creative
I'm wondering if she is a stay at home mom. I wish more moms had the opportunity and love of food like this. I love to cook and bake this kind of stuff when my kids were little. Now they are 19 and 16 and eat everything. I mean every single thing. A sure way to get your kids to eat everything is to feed them everything when they are little. Reality for this extent isn't possible though. Shame really.
If I would fill the lunchbox of my son with this highly decorated food, I would need to get up soooooo early, just to make it in time. So very beautiful, yet very time consuming.
She prepares the detailed parts beforehand and places them on after cooking the majority of the meal, so no, the hot food isn't served cold.
Load More Replies...I can see you don't get pampered at all. Which is really sad because everyone deserves to be treated with pampering, kindness, and having someone in their life pay attention to not only them but details as well. It takes effort to show those you care about how much you love them. That can be done in so many ways. Saying buckle up and be safe, saying you are proud of them, showing them by cooking a meal, and so many other ways. There's nothing wrong with pampering, loving, showing affection, and doing things for those you love and everyone else you come in contact with. So if no one has showed you or told you today that you are cared about. Let me be the one to tell you I hope you sleep well and your day is good tomorrow. :)
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