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Peace Dove lunches
Posted on: December 14, 2012
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Miss G went off to school today with a peace dove for lunch. Surrounding the sandwich are grape tomatoes and sugar snap peas halved on holiday lunch picks. In the top right are organic raspberries and in the top right are pineapple pieces packed in her Easy LunchBoxes container.
For her snack today, she has a LunchBotsDuo packed with yellow grape tomatoes, dried apricots and carambola (star fruit) slices on the left and a dove cut out of her green apple on the right with a peeled clementine.
And my 2 year old has her LunchBots Quad today packed with pineapple pieces, pears, carambola (star fruit) and small peace dove sandwiches. Both girls have ice waters not shown. TGIF!
Elves and trees
Posted on: December 12, 2012
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My 4 year old has elves watching her for lunch. These look more like Keebler elves than Christmas elves to me, but she doesn’t know. They are sitting on a crust of their Rudi’s Whole Grain bread. At the top left are small carrot Christmas tree sandwiches filled with Justin’s almond butter and in the top right compartment are watermelon trees cut with a tree shaped pastry plunger that I found in a set at Target and packed in her Easy Lunchboxes container.
Miss G’s snack today was a container of Sabra hummus with dried sour cherries in the bottom, Newman’s Own pretzel sticks and cashews in the bottom. In the top tier are dried apricots stuffed with carrot trees and surrounded by raisins. On the right side are cantaloupe trees.
Little Miss 2 year old is back to school today with a LunchBots Quad. From the top left are watermelon Christmas trees, raisins, cashews and carrot trees, cantaloupe holiday trees and 2 mini Santa sandwiches on Rudi’s Whole Grain bread.
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Pasta with stars
Posted on: December 11, 2012
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We’re sharing a bit of the winter bugs going around so it’s only my 4 year old at school today. Hope everyone is staying healthy!
She’s having soba noodle pasta with Italian seasoned tofu stars and red pepper stars mixed in for color. In the top left compartment of the Easy Lunchboxes container is a seckel pear and mini carrots in the top right.
Snack in her Happy Tiffin stainless bento box includes organic raspberries, a crimson gold organic apple and cashews and pistachios in the round container.
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Elf hat lunches
Posted on: December 10, 2012
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Today I made black bean wraps for the girls. I used raw, organic sunflower seed spread on Rudi’s Organic Wraps. I julienned carrots and cucumbers and topped then black beans. I roll as tightly as I can and I stick them in the refrigerator so they’re cut more easily without falling apart. It also helps to put a pick through the rolls to hold them together so the kids can easily pick them up. In the top left are hat shaped watermelon pieces. And the top right is an apple with the hat cut out and replaced with another watermelon in the middle packed in her Easy Lunchboxes container.
Today’s bento snack is a green apple hat with the cutout used from lunch, a peeled clementine, a container of Sabra brand hummus, sesame pretzel sticks and Marcona(Spanish) almonds.
The mini version for my 2 year old is the same black bean wraps on Rudi’s Organic wraps, sunflower seed spread, black beans, cucumbers and carrots with holiday hat picks. One the left are watermelon hat pieces and a silicone pea pod with raspberries, almonds and blueberries packed in her LunchBots Duo.
I thought it might be nice to show you how the lunch looks for my 4 year old once it’s ready to go. She has a pink Easy Lunchboxes lunchbox. It easily fits two Easy Lunchboxes. Hers has 2 cooler packs in the bottom, then her lunch, more ice packs and then her CamelBak water bottle, snack bento, napkins with silverware rolled inside, and I pack an oilcloth placemat on top (not shown) before it gets zipped up. I find that packing it tightly means less shuffling of the food, and the food stays better insulated until lunchtime.
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Frosty the Snowman
Posted on: December 7, 2012
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Ok, well he’s a mashed potato snowman. I live in Florida! It’s the closest my kids will ever get here. So I got two HUGE bags of organic potatoes this week in our organic co-op box of fruits and vegetables. I decided we could never finish them all unless I made something big with them. Hoping to knock out some latkes this weekend with them too.
Little Miss A has lunch packed in her stainless LunchBots Quad. From the top left are blueberries and raspberries, rice and quinoa mixed under the mashed potato snowman. He has raisin bits for eyes and a teeny carrot nose. In the bottom right compartment are cashews and dried cranberries and in the bottom left are snowman shaped watermelon pieces.
For her morning snack, my 4 year old has her new Paperchase bentos. On the left are organic tomatoes and purple sweet potato chips. On the right are organic raspberries with a snowman apple on top.
And Miss G, 4, has an Easy LunchBoxes container with Israeli cous cous on baby spinach with marinaded Lighlife brand Chik’n strips on top. To the right is her mashed potato snowman and a baseball hat pick. In the top left compartment are mini carrots and in the top right are blueberries and raspberries.
Hope everyone has a great weekend!
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Ho Ho Holiday Hop
Posted on: December 6, 2012
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Happy Holidays! This is week one of the Bento Bloggers & Friends festive holiday hop. Please be sure to click on the button at the end of the post to see the next fun lunches. Packed in her Easy Lunchboxes container are some ornament sandwiches on Rudi’s Organic Whole Grain bread. She has 2 Christmas tree picks of blueberries in between and tomatoes around the sandwiches. In the top left are ornament shaped honeydew melon pieces with a Christmas light pick and in the top right are organic raspberries.
In her Happy Tiffin stainless bento are a candy cane apple cutout surrounded by purple sweet potato chips and whole cashews in the round container at the bottom.
Little sis has the mini version of ornaments on Rudi’s Whole Grain bread. She also has purple sweet potato chips, honeydew pieces with a candy cane apple on top and berries with a honeydew ornament on top.
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Let it snow!
Posted on: December 5, 2012
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My girls have never seen it snow, but they think it’s magical stuff and love the idea of playing in the snow. I decided to make them snowflake lunches to make it feel like winter at lunch. It’s still in the 80s here so it’s as close as it will get! The snowflake sandwiches are almond butter on Rudi’s Organic brand whole grain bread. I used a tiny star cutter on the top and filled the small star with Christmas colored sprinkles. One either side are honeydew melon and cantaloupe stars. In the top left compartment are dried cranberries with a Crimson Gold organic apple in the middle. In the top right compartment are pineapple chunks with a watermelon snowflake on top packed in her Easy Lunchboxes container.
Both kids had the same snack today. They had Osem Bisli onion ring snacks which I found in the Hanukkah end cap at my local Target store. The kids loved them. Also included were little apple cinnamon Christmas tree muffins. The bento boxes are a set of Paperchase stacking boxes that Target is carrying right now.
Miss G has a similar lunch, but she loves tomatoes. She has the same snowflake sandwiches on Rudi’s Organic whole grain bread with mini tomatoes, cantaloupe and honeydew pieces. In the top compartments, she also has dried cranberries, a Crimson Gold apple, pineapple pieces and a cantaloupe snowflake packed in her Easy Lunchboxes container.
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I don’t know about everyone else, but I’m definitely in the middle of the holiday scramble of trying to pull it all together. This time of year although festive can cause a bit of stress too. Hoping that everyone is finding some joy in all the details.
My four year old has a raspberry colored Goodbyn Bynto today packed with a CuteZCute pig. I love this sandwich cutter kit for its ease of use and a TON of options. There will be a few in packages for friends and family this year from me! I used Rudi’s Whole Grain bread, Justin’s brand maple almond butter & jam. I also added some shiny sprinkles behind the eyes & snout for color. Dried apricots and a Crimson Gold organic apple surround the sandwich. In the middle compartment are mini carrots, pineapple pieces and cantaloupe chunks. And in the top are raspberries and a silicone pig cup of whole cashews on top.
Close up of the CuteZCute pig.
For her snack today, Miss G has a LunchBots Duo packed with tomatoes, crackers and a seckel pear in the left compartment. On the right is an apple cinnamon Christmas tree muffin, an Apple Pie Larabar and dried cranberries.
Little sis has a spaceship lunch in her LunchBots Quad. From the top left are dried apricots, a Crimson Gold organic apple and a Stretch Island fruit leather crescent moon, rocket shaped cantaloupe pieces, raspberries and mini carrots and small space ship sandwiches on Rudi’s whole grain bread.
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Winners and full hearts
Posted on: November 29, 2012
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The 2 winners of the giveaways chosen at random are Barb from Washington and Karen of What’s In Our Lunch Bags? blog. Thank you again to all of you for continuing to read, comment and for your kind words regarding the loss of my dad.
This lunch sort of reminds me of something I should do for Valentine’s day, but love for my kids is year round so I make a lot of heart themed lunches. This one is Rudi’s Whole Grain bread made with my large heart pocket sandwich maker. I used the heart picks to skewer all the surrounding yummies. Mini tomatoes on either side and raspberries and blueberries are around the sandwich. In the top left compartment are 2 Crimson Gold organic mini apples and in the top right are honeydew pieces with a fruit leather heart on top packed in her Easy Lunchboxes container.
My 2 year old has a short morning at preschool which includes an early lunch. We were having issues with her filling up on the school snacks so I began bringing a few pieces of fruit each week to share with the class. It turns out all the kids like it, and they’re all eating healthier. Her lunch today is packed in a LunchBots Quad. From the top left are almond butter mini hearts made with Rudi’s brand Whole Grain bread, blueberries, green pears and apple hearts and raspberries. Both girls have ice water with their lunches.
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Grateful angel bentos
Posted on: November 26, 2012
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My dad died last week. Just as I was typing away about the things I was grateful for last week, I realize now that the small things, tiny things we think are so insignificant can sometimes be the most precious memories. My dad was a gifted writer and storyteller. He loved to write and shared that love with me. My dad read my blog. I think he appreciated that I was using my writing and creativity, making a hobby out of it and feeding my kids healthy food. I live 3400 miles from my family so I was not there for this holiday. All my siblings were fortunate enough to be there. He had been ill for a while, but it doesn’t make his passing any easier. I did have the chance to talk to him to say hi, catch up for a minute and to tell him I loved him the day he died. And for that I am truly grateful. The conversation was nothing significant, but it is one I will always remember since it was our last. Today, more than most, I am grateful for the time I had with my dad. Life is fragile and fleeting so be sure to stop and appreciate all the gifts in your life, no matter how small they seem.
My 4 year old daughter had an Easy LunchBoxes container filled with angels. From the top left are pear pieces and angel shaped pears. In the top right compartment are honeydew angels. And in the main compartment are carrots, farfalle pasta with vegan parmesan sprinkled on top, grape tomatoes on wing bento picks and a spinach angel on top. In the bottom right corner is a Crimson Gold apple surrounded by purple sweet potato chips and in the bottom left corner are Field Grain veggie sausages with wing food picks.
For her snack today, Miss G has a Happy Tiffin brand stainless bento box filled with dried cranberries, medjool dates, sliced kiwi, and apple angel and whole cashews.
Miss 2 year old is back to school this week to with a LunchBots Quad stainless container. From the top left she has dried cranberries, cashews, farfalle pasta with small Field grain Italian veggie sausage pieces and a slice of Field Grain sundried tomato angel on top. In the bottom right compartment are pear angels and in the bottom left are honeydew angels.
I packed my husband his daily fruits and vegetables in his Easy LunchBoxes container to go with his leftovers for lunch (not shown). He has raw walnuts, the negative cutout angel pieces of honeydew melon, mini carrots, medjool dates, an apple and a clementine.
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