Lunch for a New Year

Posted by: bentoriffic on: January 8, 2013

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“Why am I NEVER going back to school again? I miss my friends!”, Miss G asked over the weekend. Truthfully, I enjoyed having the whole family home for a while and doing things together. I know they were getting bored by the time the New Year arrived this week. I also enjoyed a couple of weeks without making bento lunches and blogging which is a good thing. I’m feeling like I really had a break. I hope that everyone else had a bit of a break too aside from the holiday stress.

The tummy bug hit our house so only 1 munchkin is off to school today.

My 4 year old went to preschool with a LunchBots Quad full of healthy goodies. From the top left she has pineapple pieces, blueberries, raspberries, two small sandwiches on Rudi’s Organic whole grain bread cut with Linzer cookie cutters and a small star out of the middle. In the bottom left are cashews and dried cranberries.

One of my goals for this year is to stay more organized. I found this recycled chalk board at a local store, and I use it for my weekly menu board. It hangs near the kitchen. It always has one or two quick meals for when “planned” dinners don’t pan out and the others for when I have the time to prep as usual. I also try to make enough each night to have leftovers to pack for lunches the next day. Anything to minimize time and maximize effort is what will help make things run more efficiently. It’s not a perfect system, but it does keep me from scrambling and wondering what to cook.

Wishing you all a healthy, prosperous new 2013 and happy lunch packing!