Hearty Rice

Something a little different this time. Instead of bread, my wife used rice. She can do this only in winter because in summer the rice would go bad due to the heat.

You can probably substitute some soft diced up potato instead of rice if your kid is not into rice.

Hearty Rice

How to:

• Cook some rice - make sure it's not too soft and not too dry. You can use any rice that is not to flakey.
• While the rice is warm, spoon them into a mold. Here my wife used heart shaped molds. The steam from the warm rice will stop the rice from sticking to the mold.
• The face bits can be hand-cut from seaweed or punched out using a special craft punch. You can get it on Amazon or eBay (Australia).
• The red bits are cut up Vietnamese meat patties called nam - you can substitute cut up salami if you want.

What-is-it score:

• Girl: I like this love heart Mama!
• Boy: Is two love hearts.
• Dad: Nice. Makes me hungry.