Do you love skiing? Have you taken a family trip to Colorado to hit the slopes this year? Even if you haven’t gotten to go in person, celebrate the fun of winter sports with this cute little lunch.
Cottage chesse is a favorite in our home. Any lunch with cottage cheese as one of the elements is sure to be gobbled up quickly!
To create this lunch, take a baby carrot and slice it in half lengthwise so it lies flat on the plate. Chop off one of the rounded edges from the bottom. This will be your skier’s body. Next, slice the other half of the carrot you didn’t use for the body into small sticks to serve as the arms and legs. Create the look of bended knees by cutting what would be one leg in half and laying on the plate to look like it is bent.
Take some thinly sliced celery and cut to desired length for skis. Add two small pretzel sticks for the poles.
Now, take a spoon and spread the cottage cheese onto the plate to look like it is sloping upward on one side as a mountain would.
I decided to add a fun touch in the background by using some string cheese for a chair lift. Use a small rounded edge of a carrot for a little guy, and give him one leg (that you are seeing from the side), and one ski.
Give each skier a cap to keep warm. I used turkey breast cut to shape with a little puff of cottage cheese on top.
Your kids will love this protein and fiber filled snack.
Check out some other winter snacks:
Cottage Cheese snowman, Snowman Popcorn Cups, Snowman Milk Chugs, Snowman party poppers.
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I pinned this to my “Grandma Ideas” Pinterest! Cute!
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Great idea! I’ll bet your grand kids will love it! I remember my grandparents giving us liverwurst when we visited them! Ha!
I have almost everything to make this! I might try it today!
You totally should! Plus, lots of the ingredients can be switched out for other things you have on hand! Let me know how the little ones like it!!
Amy
So cute! My daughter would get a kick out of something like this
I want to eat it too! Reminds me of my cross country skiing days!
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Beth @ The First Year Blog
I love this! You are an awesome mom!!
~Tamar @LadiesHoliday
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This is so cute!!
I absolutely love the skier. It is such a cute idea. I’ve pinned it!
Yay! So glad you like it! Thanks for pinning!
Very creative and very CUTE!
I do love skiing and eating healthy. I can’t wait to make these for my mom next time I see her. Awesome. I pinned it!
Oh so fun! Yes, who says the snacks only have to be for kids?
All I have to say is this is so darn cool! We are huge skiers here and going to AK in March to heli and cat ski so this would be GREAT in prep for our trip!
So cute and clever — love the hats! Thanks so much for linking on Busy Monday!
Of course! I love partying!
Very cute! Thanks for sharing your creativity at Mom’s Library Link up!