Day 20

Today for lunch M brought pizza left over from last night's dinner, cucumber slices and a strawberry/oat bar.  D's snack is strawberry/oat bars, vanilla gold fish crackers and fruit leather stars. 

D and A are having Ham/bean soup, cheddar gold fish and cucumber spears.

Strawberry Oat Bars.
I saw a recipe here, then tweaked it to fit my needs.
First I doubled the recipe and used a 9x13 in pan.

3/4 cup brown sugar
1 C ap flour
1 C white whole wheat flour
1/4 C ground flax seed (optional)
2 C rolled oats
1 C butter
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
10 oz jar Polaner All Fruit Strawberry.

Put all ingredients in the bowl of a food processor (except Jelly) pulse until combined.  Line your baking pan with foil and spray with non stick cooking spray.   Press about 4 cups crumb mixture into the bottom of the pan.  Spread the jelly evenly, leaving a small border around the edges.  Cover with remaining crumbs and press down evenly.  Bake in a preheated 350 oven for 30-40 minutes...until lightly browned.  Let cool completely, cut into squares.

Day 19

Yay!  It's Friday!!

M has mini deep dish pizzas (one pepperoni and one meatball) ceasar salad, in the white container top left is salad dressing, croutons and under the bear is some parmesean cheese, on the right is a banana oat muffin, clementine and grapes.  For D's snack she has 3 mini banana oat muffins and a couple of grapes.

D and A had vanilla yogurt with blueberries, walnuts and quinoa crunchies, black bean, steak & cheese quesadillas, edamamae and grape tomatoes.

Day 18

Just in from clearing another 10 inches of snow from my driveway.  No school again today.  At this rate the kids will still be going to school in August!

D and A are having linguine with tomato sauce and parmesean cheese, clementines, grapes and garlic crostini.

Day 17

Last night M wanted to wait till after dinner to see if there would be any left overs that she could take for lunch.  So the result is, I have no picture of her lunch, but she did take one!  She had Shredded Buffalo Chicken Sandwich on a homemade roll, Apple Spice Rice Krispie treat and some grapes.  D's snack was greek yogurt with blueberries and Kashi Go Lean Crisp.

D and A are having breakfast for lunch today.  Scrambled eggs, sausage hearts, grape tomatoes and cinnamon pita chips.

Shredded Buffalo Chicken
4 Chicken Thighs, bone in skin removed
3/4 C Buffalo Wing Sauce or Frank's Red Hot
1 tsp Buttermilk Ranch Dressing Mix (or 1/2 packet of Hidden Valley Ranch seasoning)

Put it all in the crock pot on low for 4 hours (longer is fine too) take the chicken out, shred the meat and remove the bones.  I skim the fat off the top of the cooking liquid then add the chicken back.  I also tend to add about 1/4 c more of hot sauce but you don't have to.  Makes 4 generous bulkie roll sized sandwiches.  I have made this recipe with boneless skinless breasts, if you do, just don't cook it as long.  The chicken really dries out.

Day 16

For lunch M has chicken burgers, with lettuce and pita pockets (they are under the lettuce), string cheese, grape kabobs, 2 granola bites and in the small lock & lock honey mustard bbq sauce.  D's snack is an Apple Spice Rice Krispie treat.

D and A are having Ham/Cheese/Veggie roll ups from the Just Bento cookbook that I won over at Hapa Bento, string cheese, grapes and a clementine.

Apple Spice Rice Krispie Treats
6 Cups Rice Krispie Cereal
1 package large or small marshmallows
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 stick butter
1 handful dried apples (chopped)

Combine cereal and apples in a large bowl.  Melt butter and marshmallows in a medium sized saucepan, stir in cinnamon.  Quickly pour marshmallow mixture into cereal mixture and stir to combine.  Pour into a greased 9 x 13 in. pan.  Level mixture and let cool.  Cut into small bars.

I had a small bag of Wilton's candy melts in white left so I melted them and spread a very thin layer on the top then let D decorate with Wilton's candy decorating pens.

Day 15

Today M has Chicken Taco Salad.  In the large container at the bottom is lettuce mix, then on top left is spicy ranch dressing under the chicken and cheese, some tortilla strips, grapes and in the black bag is some apple straws.  D's snack is some grapes and a babybel cheese.

In honor of D's new fish shaped Ariel bento box, D and A have italian cold cut "sushi", grapes and clementines.

Day 14

Another snow day here in New England!

So today D and A are having "A Nightmare Before Lunch!"  Their monsters are made from: Head = meatball wrapped in a biscuit, body = bean & cheese quesadilla, arms = yellow bell peppers, black olives, sour cream and ketchup for decorating!