Day 236

Day 236 - Yesterday I was over at Bobbi's blog and saw her slow cooker chicken.  It looked yummy so I decided to make it for dinner!  D gets some left overs for lunch.  Top left salsa, cheddar cheese, 3 marshmallows that I had her color to keep her busy while I did something else!, corn chips and the chicken.

Day 235

Day - 235 I don't know what happened yesterday.  I guess I was not ready for the long weekend to end.  I had holiday brain or something.  I got up, made D's lunch then packed it into her lunchbox without taking a picture of it.  It wasn't until she got on the bus that it dawned on me that I didn't take a picture!  Not today though!  LOL  Today D has turkey roll ups, cheddar cheese slices, red/yellow grape tomatoes, red pepper strips, Mom's fudge brownie crown with chocolate covered sunflower seed bling, dried cranberries/walnuts.

My kids love these brownies.  M calls them "Bad Larry's Swanky".  I'm not really sure what to make of that!  LOL

I take 2 boxes of brownie mix.  Any brand that happens to be on sale because I'm frugal like that.  1 can of sweetened condensed milk and one 12oz bag of chocolate chips.  Prepare the brownies according to package instructions...I mix both boxes and put them in a 13 x 9 in pan.  I slightly undercook them because we like them more like fudge than like cake.  I remove them from the oven when done.  Then in a large microwave safe bowl I heat the SCM till it boils.  I stir in the chocolate chips until they are all melted.  I pour this over the still hot brownies using a rubber spatula to even it all out.  Let them cool and enjoy.  **Warning**  It is like eating fudge on top of a piece of fudge.

Day 234

Day 234 - Yesterday I had minor surgery on my leg to remove some skin cancer.  I came home with a fairly large bandage and was just sitting on the couch taking it easy.  D came very close to my face, put her hand on my cheek and said "Are you ok Mommy?  Will you still be able to make me cute lunches?"  I couldn't help it...I laughed out loud!  I had not really planned to make her a cute lunch today.  I had made her an extra sandwich when I was making dinner and was just going to pack that.  After a question like that how could I not do "something"!?  So she has her chicken/bacon sub with a happy salami/cheese catepillar, some carrots, a pack of fruit snacks, lady bug m&m's and triple berry Newtons.

Day 233

Day 233 - Quickie lunch today.  D has salami flowers, ham roll ups, some whole wheat crackers and string cheese.  She has water and homemade yogurt with sour cherries.

Day 232

Day 232 - For lunch today D has a ham and cheese puzzle sandwich, puzzle piece watermelon, cucumber/orange bell pepper flowers and triple berry Newton flowers.

Day 231

Day 231 - More left overs today.  Short rib/spinach sandwich, decorated with a ham and cheese fish, carrots and a grape tomato, homemade yogurt topped with sour cherries.

Day 230

Day 230 - For lunch today D has a weekend clean up!  Top left is some mexican dip, apples slices, mini strawberry newtons with fruit leather flowers, corn chips and then everything but the kitchen sink pasta salad.

For the mexican dip...I'm really lazy and D and I are the only ones that really eat it so I just open a can of fat free refried beans and spread it on the bottom of a serving dish then I top it with greek yogurt mixed with a little bit of taco seasoning, top that layer with salsa, sprinkle on some shredded cheddar and top it all with some chopped black olives.  The pasta salad is a variation of the Rainbows and Butterflies pasta salad that I make for D.  I just added some deli meats, turkey, ham and salami.

Please forgive the picture quality.  I had changed the lens on my camera yesterday so I could take some pictures of baby birds in our back yard.  I never got around to changing it back and of course I was running late this morning and didn't have time to change my lens back.  So the lunch picture stinks but I did get some cute pictures of the babies!