Day 79

D has been loving the yogurt parfaits lately.  I'm not sure if it's the parfaits or the container that she loves but whatever works!  Today's is homemade vanilla yogurt with sliced peaches and graham cracker crumbs on top.

M has some left overs for lunch today.  A couple nights ago we had beef stir fry with pasta and last night we had summer rolls.  The container in the middle is peanut dipping sauce for the rolls.

The littles had macaroni and meatballs with garlic toast crowns.  I used my lunch punch on the toast.

Day 72

M's lunch is bottom tier beef fried rice, ham/cheese flower, cucumbers, salami.  Top tier is grapes, orange slices, strawberries with purple and white carrot flowers.  D's snack is orange slices, strawberries with carrot flowers, grapes.  D and A's lunches are egg salad pocket sandwiches with cheese face, grapes and strawberries.  Keeping it simple.  It's a beautiful day out and I want to spend as much time outside as I can!

Day 65

M has stir fry beef and broccoli with pasta and some grapes for lunch.  D has cereal bar hearts and a few cheez its for snack.

D's friend was over again today and D's request before she left was "please make some cute food for lunch".  So I guess make your own pizza was "cool" but not "cute".  So being under pressure and with it being a dark, dreary, rainy day, I was completely uninspired!  We ended up with hotdog ocotopus (ocotopi?) and crabs, bread onigiri with a pick and nori features and cherry tomatoes.

Day 64

D has multigrain pretzels and chocolate dip for snack.

For lunch we have garlic parmesean chicken wings, corn on the cob, carrots and an asparagus/yellow pepper flower.

Days 62 and 63

Friday was crazy hectic in the morning...like most mornings so I didn't get any pics of M's lunch or D's snack.  It was a beautiful day out and we spent the day outside which is why I didn't get to posting the lunch until today!

The girls had mini ham quiche, carrots, tomatoes and ranch dip with an orange pepper flower.

D's snack this morning is yogurt and Kashi Berry Blossom cereal.

D had a friend over from school today so I set up a "make your own pizza bar" there is diced tomatoes, cheese, turkey pepperoni and yellow pepper hearts and flowers.

Here are their masterpieces.  I have to say I am very proud that D's has a little bit of everything on it.  Her friend stuck with cheese and tomatoes.  She was skeptical about the tomatoes instead of sauce but she ate every bite!

Day 57

Today M has green beans, carrots, grapes and some whole grain cheez its, a ham sandwich in an Arnold Deli Fold.  I'm not a bread eater, never have been, but both my kids love bread so when I find something new I like to let them try it.  I guess I'll get the verdict when M gets home from school.  It seemed like a lot of bread to me though.  D has a Chobani Champions yogurt with Kashi Berry Blossom cereal.

I had a meeting at school today that ran longer than I had anticipated so thankfully I had my freezer stash to go to!  So the girls had mini deep dish pizzas, carrot/raisin salad and green grapes.

Day 55

D's snack today is homemade applesauce with Kashi Berry Blossom cereal and a couple rainbow sprinkles.

Bunnies and chicks for lunch!  Clearly my egg carving skills need some practice!  I also need to remember to pick up some nori at the store so I have more options for eyes!  Under the bunny I used the bunny cookie cutter as a mold for some pork fried rice, then we have clementines and the hard boiled egg chicks.

Day 53

So I packed M's lunch and D's snack last night.  M has the last of the chinese food and strawberries/pineapples.  I had packed strawberries/pineapples for D also, she was not feeling well this morning and did not go to school.

For lunch D and A had Mushroom mini ravioli with toasted walnuts and sage brown butter sauce, "Spring Flower" salad.  It's a lettuce leaf, 2 sugar snap peas, green bean, yellow and red bell peppers.

Day 51

I got a new mini donut pan this week and have put it right to work!

D has 2 blueberry jammy bit donuts with raspberry cereal bar stars for snack today.
Blueberry Jammy Bit Donuts

2 C Flour
3/4 C Sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 TBS Applesauce (in place of the 1 TBS melted butter the recipe called for)
2 eggs, beaten
3/4 c milk (I used skim)
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/2 C blueberry jammy bits

Sift dry ingredients together, add in wet ingredients and jammy bits.  Beat until well blended.  Fill each donut hole 2/3 full (or mini muffin cup) bake in a 350 preheated oven for 8-10 minutes until top springs back when lightly touched.

I made M's lunch for today too.  She had left over "chinese food" and some pineapples.

I use a recipe from Hapa Bento for Shoyu Chicken...I make the marinade then put it in a small crock pot with 4 skinless chicken thighs.  I cook on high until the chicken is cooked through.  I take the chicken out and shred it.  I skim any fat off the top of the juices and put the chicken back in till I'm ready to use it.  I serve it with steamed veggies and high protein pasta.

For lunch the littles had a little bit of everything.  The faces are made from biscuit wrapped meatballs, there are sugar snap peas and yellow pepper flowers, chicken salad and cherry tomatoes.

Day 44

M has 2 sliders again and some apples.  D has her yogurt and kainwa.

D and A have spaghetti with ground turkey sausage, grapes and clementine.

Day 43

Today is D's 6th birthday so she brought Popsicles to school to share with her class at snack time.  M has 3 cheeseburger sliders, carrot "fries", multigrain chips, banana, nut, oatmeal bread and pickles and jalapenos.

The little ones had the same lunch as M with the addition of a strawberry/orange smoothie.