Day 323

Day 323 - I just could not get out of my own way this morning.  I was also completely lacking any creative ideas!  I just threw together this quick simple lunch.  It will at the very least hold her over till she gets home!  The top tier has some corn chips and salsa/cheese mixture in a mini dipper.  The bottom tier has a clementine and turkey/muenster cheese roll ups.

Day 322

Day 322 - Making use of some leftovers.  From the top L, D has some cookies, red and yellow grape tomatoes, roasted potatoes and some roasted chicken.  I have been asked before about sending leftovers like this and things that seem like they should be hot.  D is ok with eating her "hot" foods cool/room temp.  I packed this with an ice pack so it will be cold when she eats it.  She is ok with that.  I only use her thermos for things like soup, shepard's pie or hot pasta dishes.

Day 321

Day 321 - I so enjoyed my blogging break.  It was a very busy "vacation", trying to juggle the kids being home and working.  I am still trying to navigate this new phase of our lives.  There is a learning curve but I'm enjoying it!  So D's lunch today is a pb and honey sandwich, some red and yellow grape tomatoes and a very happy clementine.  D's sandwich is cut out with an icecream Lunchpunch and decorated with some honey and sprinkles.

Day 320

Day 320 - It's A Christmas Story!  Come on, you know you secretly love the leg lamp!  This is my desperately need to go shopping A Christmas Story lunch!  Today D has homemade yogurt, blueberries, a toasted pb & j sandwich and some Kashi granola.

I used my Leg Lamp cookie cutter to make an impression in the bread before I toasted it.  Then I just went over the impression with a food safe marker after it was toasted.

Day 319

Day 319 - DIY lunchable.  Ham, american cheese, a couple of cookies and a cereal bar cut out with a holly cutter and some melba toast rounds.

Here is D's lunch sitting on top of her new drawstring lunch bag.  This lunch bag was a gift from my Bento Bloggers and Friends Secret Santa.  She sent us a box full of bento goodies but D couldn't wait to try out her new Hello Kitty bag.

Here it is all tied up and ready for school!  So beautiful isn't it??  My "Secret" Santa also sells these in her Etsy store!

Day 318

Day 318 - Today's lunch was inspired by Chef Corey and Momables.  I had some leftover chicken in the fridge and if not all the ingredients then some reasonable substitutions!  I mixed some homemade yogurt with Ranch Dressing seasoning.  I use Penzey's.  I probably used 1/2c of yogurt and a teaspoon of seasoning.  Then I added in some Real Bacon Bits.  I like to keep those on hand and use them quite often.  They are much more lean than regular bacon and pack huge bacon flavor!  I tossed in the shredded chicken and mixed them up.  I spread a thin layer of cream cheese on the wrap to keep it from getting soggy.  I put 1/2 the chicken mixture (probably just under 1/2 c) on one of the short ends of the wrap.  Topped it with a generous hand full of alfalfa sprouts,  a light sprinkle of shredded sharp cheddar cheese and rolled it up tight.  I also made some blue cheese dressing for her to dip her celery sticks in.  I just mixed together some homemade yogurt, blue cheese crumbles and enough milk to thin it out a bit.  She also has a tangerine.

Day 317

Day 317 - Today D has a Lunch Punch Elephant ham sandwich, string cheese, xmas tree cereal bars, homemade yogurt with a green sugar xmas tree and clementines.

I left the cookie cutter in when I took the picture because sometimes when I remove the cookie cutter the design kind of goes kaput.  Today it worked out pretty well.  I removed the cutter and it still looked like a tree!