Foods Beginning with the Letter C

Earlier this week, I blogged about one of my creations - a Letter C lunch, which contained foods that ALL began with the Letter C. In hindsight, I should have put in a Chocolate Chip Cookie, which (if we were playing Scattergories) would have earned me 3 points. Alas, there were no cookies OR chocolate chips in my house this week. Oh, well!

Below is a pretty extensive list of foods beginning with the letter C. Choose an item or two from each category, and craft your own lunch. Perhaps YOU will even throw a CCC (Chocolate Chip Cookie) in for "extra points".

I'd love to hear about your creations. Leave a message to let me know!

Breads and Grains:

Cereal

Chex

Corn Chips *** Extra Scattergories point***

Corn tortillas

Cream of wheat

Croissant

Couscous

Dairy:

Cheddar Cheese *** Extra Scattergories point***

Cheese

Cream Cheese *** Extra Scattergories point***

Desserts:

Carob Chips *** Extra Scattergories point***

Cake (Chocolate Cake for more points!)

Cannoli

Caramel

Cheesecake

Chocolate

Churro

Cookie (Chocolate Chip Cookies for 3 points!)

Cruller

Cupcake

Fruits:

Cantaloupe

Carambola (starfruit)

Cherry

Clementine

Coconut

Craisins

Cranberries

Currants

Meats and Proteins:

Calamari (fried squid)

Canadian bacon

Cashew
Caviar

Cheeseburger

Chestnut
Chicken salad

Chicken nuggets

Chorizo

Clams

Cod

Cornish hens

Crab legs

Vegetables:

Cabbage

Caesar salad

Carrots

Cauliflower

Celery

Chickpeas

Coleslaw

Collard greens

Corn

Courgette (zucchini)

Cress

Cucumber

Combos:

Calzone

Casserole

Chili

Chimichangas

Clam Chowder *** Extra Scattergories point***

Club sandwich

Cuban sandwich

Crepe

Curry

C is Not Just for Cookie

Cookie Monster says, "C is for Cookie". But C is also the letter of the day for this bento. I didn't include a dessert in this lunch, but if we were playing Scattergories, I should get extra credit for the Cheddar Cheese - 2 C's in one item!

Nestled in between slices of Cheddar Cheese and Carrot sticks, lies a tasty scoop of homemade Chicken salad, topped with Cilantro sprigs. The other layer of this lunch contains a miniature, flaky Croissant, along with a fruit salad of Cantaloupe Chunks and Craisins.

In order to preserve the integrity of each lunch component, it is oftentimes necessary to contain or separate certain problematic ingredients. For instance, the mayo of the chicken salad would create a sliminess on the cheese, so I placed a baran divider between the two. (Baran is a "decorative food divider".) Similarly, I place the fruit salad into a silicone cup, so that the delicious juiciness remained contained, without making the croissant soggy. Because who likes a soggy croissant, ya know?

Let your Creative juices flow. See what type of "Letter C" lunch you can come up with. And I'll post a more extensive list of C foods later on this week.