母亲为女儿做“爱心童话餐”

母亲为女儿做“爱心童话餐”

母亲为女儿做“爱心童话餐”

母亲为女儿做“爱心童话餐”

母亲为女儿做“爱心童话餐”

母亲为女儿做“爱心童话餐”

母亲为女儿做“爱心童话餐”

母亲为女儿做“爱心童话餐”

母亲为女儿做“爱心童话餐”

母亲为女儿做“爱心童话餐”

母亲为女儿做“爱心童话餐”

　　A Malaysian mother has become an Instagram star thanks to the creatively-styled plates of food she prepares for her two young daughters。一位马来西亚妈妈最近变成了图片分享网站Instagram的红人，这都是她为两个小女儿准备各种创意美食的功劳。

　　Top dog: Food artist Samantha Lee's depiction of Snoopy toasting marshmallows over a roaring fire on a starry night. The fire is made from strawberries, while snoopy himself is a slice of toast。优胜史努比：美食艺术家萨曼莎·李的这件作品描述的是一个布满星星的晚上，史努比在火堆上烤棉花糖。篝火是用草莓做的，而史努比则是一片土司面包。

　　Samantha Lee has acquired over 200,000 followers on the photo-sharing site thanks to her culinary interpretations of Lady Gaga, Batman and Snoopy。萨曼莎·李的创意美食里有Lady Gaga、蝙蝠侠和史努比的造型等等，美食照片上传到网上后，她的粉丝数飙升至20万。

　　Dark Knight: Batman's logo is made from cheese and nori, while his body is white rice。)黑暗骑士：蝙蝠侠的标识使用奶酪和紫菜做的，而他的身体则是白米饭。

　　'I've never been to any cooking class or training before. I'm a very ordinary stay [at] home mom,' she told Today.com. '[I] didn't expect it to grow so much. I'm thankful for what is happening to me at the moment.'她对Today.com网站说：“我从来没上过烹饪课或其他培训，只是个很普通的家庭妈妈。真没想到美食会这么吸引人，很感激现在发生的一切。”

　　Mrs Lee said she started creating her food characters to help engage her eldest daughter, then two, who ate very slowly at mealtimes。李夫人回忆说，当时她2岁的大女儿吃饭很慢，所以她才想出做美食人物的办法帮孩子改掉不良饮食习惯。

　　Ain't no mountain high enough... Especially not when it tastes of cream cheese, Nutella, and is being climbed by a peanut butter bear。)没有翻不过的山……当这座山由奶油干酪和巧克力酱制成时更是如此。旁边还有只花生酱轻松小熊在爬山。

　　Her idea worked a treat, and now both her girls adore making up stories about the whimsical faces on their dinner plates。她的办法很奏效，现在李妈妈的两个可爱女儿都喜欢根据餐盘上的奇特人物编故事。

　　'They don't feel bad eating the cute food,' Mrs Lee says. 'They would make up some stories while eating. It makes meal time fun.'“她们不介意吃掉这么可爱的美食，” 李夫人说，“她们还会一边吃一边编故事，餐桌时间变得十分有趣。”

　　Angry Bird: Mrs Lee's very tasty-looking take on the popular smartphone game, using a burger patty... let's hope it was made from chicken meat!愤怒的小鸟：李夫人的美食看着就好吃，这个内容取材于很流行的手机游戏，小鸟是用汉堡肉饼做的，希望这是鸡肉！

　　Mrs Lee says that each dish takes about an hour-and-a-half to create, and uses relatively simple tools, such as scissors and toothpicks, to bring her ideas to life。李夫人告诉我们，制作每个餐盘大约要花一个半小时，而且只需要剪刀、牙签等最基本的工具，就能把她的想法赋予生命。

　　She even posts adorable how-to videos on her Facebook and Instagram pages to show fans how to recreate each plate。她甚至还在脸书和Instagram网站上发布了一个可爱的教程视频，教会网友如何自制创意美食。

　　Fairytale magic: Mrs Lee also made Snow White, complete with poison apple。童话魔法：李夫人也制作了白雪公主，还没忘记放上毒苹果。

　　Top tips include using mayonnaise as glue, and adding tomato ketchup to fried rice to make it pink for faces. In another how-to, she uses cling wrap to shape the rice, and a toothpick to draw shapes on a slice of cheese。主要的几点有：蛋黄酱可用作胶水，把番茄酱涂在炒米饭上就能做出粉嘟嘟的脸蛋。另一份指南中，她先用保鲜膜包裹米饭，制作出想要的形状，然后用牙签在一片奶酪上画画。

　　Food fight: A Nutella Ninja wields an apple sword at the orange and apple slice sun。水果之战：桔子和苹制成的太阳下，巧克力做的水果忍者挥舞着一把苹果剑。

　　'I love to make something practical. Something for everyone to be able to follow,' she says. But it's not all for show - taste is as important as appearance, and Mrs Lee uses plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables bursting with flavour。她说：“我喜欢做实际的东西，所有人都能学会的东西。”但是光好看可不行，味道和外表一样重要。所以李夫人用大量新鲜水果和蔬菜增添口味。

　　The Hello Kitty plate, for example, has balloons made from sugar-dusted fruit and a pathway made from nuts and seeds。比如说Hello Kitty的餐盘里，气球是用撒白糖的水果制成，脚下的小路则是用各种坚果拼出来的。

　　Hello Kitty grasps a bunch of fruit balloons, floating in a cream cloud sky.Hello Kitty 抓着一大把水果气球飞上了天，天上还有奶油做的云彩。

　　The Nutella Ninja wields a sword made from apple, while the Little Mermaid's fishy sidekick is simply a Mini Babybel with a blueberry eye and strawberry fins。用巧克力酱做出来的水果忍者挥舞着一把苹果剑，小美人鱼身边的伙伴是用芭比贝尔奶酪做的，它长着蓝莓眼睛和草莓鱼鳍。

　　'I learned that food art for kids shouldn't just look decorative and fancy. It should also taste as good as it looks,' Mrs Lee told Today。李女士告诉Today网站：“我知道给孩子做的食物不仅要看起来精致漂亮，还要吃起来美味可口。”

　　Fishy business: The Little Mermaid's orange hair appears to be risotto, while her eyes are blueberries。人鱼小姐：小美人鱼的橘黄色头发是意大利调味饭做的，眼睛则是小蓝莓。

　　The mother-of-two, who has appeared on several Malaysian television shows recreating her designs, typically does familiar cartoon characters such as Hello Kitty and Miffy。这位有两个孩子的妈妈已经在好几个马来西亚电视台上做过节目，展示如何做创意美食。通常都是Hello Kitty和米菲一类孩子熟知的卡通形象。

　　Mysterious creatures: The whiskers for Japanese cartoon My Neighbor Totoro were made of toasted spaghetti。神秘生物：日本动漫龙猫的胡须是用烤意大利面做的。

　　But she has also proved herself adept at popular culture, having turned her hand to Lady Gaga, The Addams Family and Nikki Minaj。但这位母亲还向我们证明她对流行文化也很在行，从Lady Gaga、亚当斯一家和尼基·米娜为主题的创意美食上便可得知。

　　Born this way: Lady Gaga is served with a side of asparagus and red peppers。)生来如此：Lady Gaga 旁边的是芦笋和红辣椒。

　　A current theme she has been working on is her 'Go around the world' series, which sees her take inspiration from global landmarks。最近她的美食主题是“环游世界”系列，准备把全世界著名地标景点全都做一遍。

　　So far she has featured Amsterdam, San Francisco, Paris's Eiffel Tower and even Barcelona's Sagrada Familia on an iced cookie。目前她已完成了阿姆斯特丹、旧金山、巴黎埃菲尔铁塔的作品，甚至还在冰镇点心上完成了巴塞罗那的圣家堂美食。

　　Salad days: Mifffy creation sees her wear a greenkale dress and carry cherry tomato balloons。沙拉日：米菲穿着一件绿色蔬菜叶裙子，还拿着圣女果气球。