Posts Tagged ‘holidays’
Gingerbread mom and the angel
Posted on: December 21, 2012
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So maybe this isn’t the most reverent representation of the manger scene, but I was limited on time this morning. I wanted Miss G to have the manger scene for her lunch…the reason for the season. Baby Jesus is made from Stretch Island fruit leather on a bed of cashews. The angel is Justin’s Almond Butter on Rudi’s Organic brand Whole Grain bread. The star is a dried apricot and next to the angel are a Christmas tree pick of grape tomatoes. At the top left are organic blueberries with a gift food pick and in the top right compartment of her Easy Lunchboxes container are organic raspberries.
And above is the elusive mom lunch. I say this because I rarely get lunch. I’m lucky if I have a protein bar or smoothie while on the run. Today I am driving down to Miss G’s school to have lunch with her so I packed myself a cute lunch too. I’m having a gingerbread girl on Rudi’s Organic whole grain bread with almond butter & blackberry jam. I stuck some raisin buttons on with almond butter. She has cinnamon candy eyes and a fruit leather mouth. I used a Hello Kitty bow for her hair pick. She is surrounded by grape tomatoes on Christmas tree picks. In the top left compartment are pineapple chunks with a candy cane food pick and the top right has organic blueberries and raspberries. Merry Christmas to you all!
I will be taking a break to spend time with my family while the kids are out of school. Hoping everyone has some time to relax and appreciate all the little things in life. I look forward to hearing from you in the new year!
Much Love, Sarah
Christmas trees and snowmen
Posted on: December 19, 2012
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Miss G (4) has an Easy Lunchboxes container full of goodies today. Her entree is separate. We are loving the mini Crimson Gold organic apples this year. They’re a bit tart and quite crunchy. Best of all they are preschooler sized and fit into any lunchbox. Nothing goes to waste since even a 2 year old can finish one of these. I made gingerbread men and Christmas tree pumpkin muffins this week. In the top is a Christmas tree pumpkin muffin I made in a smaller silicone muffin tray. The gingerbread men came out without limbs (can’t say I recommend the silicone mold on those). They were all delicious but not too pretty for pictures. In the bottom compartment are a peeled clementine orange, grape tomatoes with a candy cane food pick, mini carrots and a mixture of cashews, almonds and pistachios for munching.
This LunchBots Insulated stainless container is filled with homemade vegan chili for Miss G’s main dish for lunch today. The recipe for the chili can be found here and modified depending on how you like it. Vegan Chili Recipe I fill the container with boiling water and let it sit for about 10 minutes with the lid on. I heat the chili during that time, dump the water after 10 minutes and fill the container with chili. She says it’s still warm at lunchtime 5 hours after packing it. The best part about these containers is the wide mouth opening. She can eat out of it just like a bowl without fumbling to get to the bottom or dumping things over.
My 2 year old daughter took a LunchBots Quad for lunch today. From the top left she has a dairy free pumpkin muffin in a Christmas tree shape, a peeled clementine with snowman ring, small mini snowmen sandwiches on Rudi’s organic whole wheat bread made with a small pastry cookie cutter stamp, and pineapple pieces. Both girls always have ice water with their lunches.
Happy lunch packing!
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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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.
Gingerbread men
Posted on: December 22, 2011
So Miss G was the only one who hadn’t been snacking all morning. She was VERY hungry by lunchtime. She wanted a gingerbread man sandwich. She got a PB & J on whole grain. He has a candy sprinkle face and chocolate covered sunflower seed buttons. Our lovely neighbor got us these awesome Egg Press plates for Christmas this year so we’re using them as much as we can. Along with the sandwich are clementine slices and gingerbread men cheese pizza bites.
Angel, tree and Santa’s sleigh
Posted on: December 15, 2011
I found out today that Miss G will be in angel in her Christmas program tomorrow. Nothing like finding out last minute! I guess she decided that it wasn’t important enough to tell me. Today she had an angel shaped Wow! soybutter and jelly sandwich in her LunchBots stainless bento box. I “painted” the wings with honey and sprinkled on snowflake candy to make them white. The halo is a snack from a friend who sent Asian treats. If I only read Japanese, I could tell you what they are! They tasted sort of like salty potato chip rings. She has bread crust hair, eyes and mouth. The BabyBel cheese has a small angel cutout and the wax leftover was placed on the sandwich for fun. In the red silicone cup are mandarin oranges with sunflower seeds covered with red, white & green chocolate. I love them because they look like little ornaments or the vintage colored lights. Also hidden to the far right is a long pick of fresh blueberries.
Miss A has actually been eating more of her mini sandwiches so I decided to try again today. She got a tree and Santa’s sleigh on whole wheat with ham and provolone inside with a side of leftover Annie’s Organic macaroni shells to the right. I put tree and star shaped marshmallow shapes on top for her treat. She also had a mini container of mandarins sprinkled with the same sunflower seeds. Both girls also had Lifeway flavored kefir with lunch.
OK. So posting this a day later, the sunflower seeds on mandarins was a terrible idea. The chocolate melted & made them look nasty! In the future I’d only put them on something that isn’t so runny or if you’re serving them right away it should be fine.
Hope everyone finds some peace and enjoyment during the holiday chaos!
Jack-o-clementines
Posted on: October 26, 2011
So I worked on a project for a local elementary school and decorated clementines tonight. I got the idea from a picture I found on Pinterest and from some other bento bloggers. The markers dry out quickly from the oils of the oranges, but it was fun drawing them all.
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