Aussie mum transforms son's meals into works of art

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00:00A mother from Melbourne, Australia is turning healthy food into children's favourite characters.

00:16Inspired by her son Jacob, Laleh Momedi started out by creating delightful works of art out

00:21of her son's meals.

00:23She would transform her son's pancakes into animals such as lion and post pictures on

00:27Facebook.

00:28Even last year I turned my son's spelt pancakes into a lion and he absolutely loved it so

00:32it progressed from there.

00:33And so every night after that he would say, oh mum can you make me say, you know, Buzz

00:37from Toy Story.

00:38So I'd make him that.

00:39So I'd think about, you know, what colours are in Buzz and I'd think about what fresh

00:42produces I could use to create that character.

00:46After receiving an overwhelming response, she decided to create an Instagram account

00:50she called Jacob's Food Diaries to share her designs with other moms.

00:54With over 60,000 followers in just a few months, Jacob's Food Diaries became an instant success.

01:00I have my son involved in every food creation that I make so I get him involved, I talk

01:04about the ingredients and I find that he's more receptive to eating, you know, the food

01:08that we make if he's made it and knows what ingredients are in there.

01:11Recently, Momedi visited Dubai to hold a series of workshops at Inc. and Azarkal Avenue, teaching

01:16mothers how to bring their children's favourite animated characters straight onto the plate.

01:21Irish Eden Beleza for tabloid.

01:26I encourage parents just to have a go, you don't have to be creative, children eat with

01:29their eyes so as long as they see a smiley face they're more likely to eat it than, you

01:33know, just the normal food.

01:35I just encourage parents, just give it a go, it's a bit of fun with your child and yeah, that's it.