Posts Tagged ‘LunchPunch’
Happy birthday to Miss A
Posted on: January 25, 2013
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It was Miss A’s birthday this week. She turned 3. I think every mother sits back and asks where the time went. It certainly doesn’t feel like 3 years ago! In any case, I made her a special birthday lunch, and her Easy LunchBoxes container came back empty which is always a sign of success to me.
I used the LunchPunch birthday cake cutter on Rudi’s Whole Wheat bread. Inside is Justin’s Almond butter with a bit of agave nectar. I cut a 3 out of Stretch Island fruit leather and used a tiny heart cutter for the flames of the candles. On either side of the sandwich are heart picks of organic blueberries. In the top left compartment are 3 pineapple chunks and three candle cupcake picks and in the top right are 3 number 3 pieces of watermelon and a date and raisin ball rolled in coconut.
Her favorite present? A Stitch action figure which I found on eBay. He speaks alien, makes laser gun noises and comes with green alien drool. I know, I’m not winning mother of the year in some people’s eyes, but she LOVES her Lilo and Stitch Disney movies.
Miss G wanted to make her own lunch today so I obliged. She had a cupcake shaped sandwich with the same LunchPunch set. She filled it with chocolate almond butter and cut a fruit leather cherry for the top. She also has organic blueberries and ice cream cone shaped watermelon pieces in her Easy Lunchboxes container.
My husband is having last night’s leftovers of barbeque black eyed peas, beans and vegetables. It’s as simple as it sounds. Cook black eyed pease and your favorite beans (I used pintos) or open the can & dump into a skillet. In a separate skillet I cooked 2 carrots chopped, 1 shallot finely chopped, 1 cup of peas and 2 turnips and sauteed them in a separate skillet until cooked. I used about a 1/2 cup of barbeque sauce and coated the beans while heating them. When the vegetables were done cooking, I merged the two and coated it all with the barbeque sauce. Dinner is served! In the top left are pineapple pieces and in the right compartment are watermelon pieces in his Easy Lunchboxes container.
Please click on each photo to find out where I bought tools I used to make this lunch:
Lunch for a princess
Posted on: November 13, 2012
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Mom’s had her hands in the Play Doh collection again. I found a mini Cinderella crown cutter in the Play Doh stash so I’ve scoured it off and I’m using it for lunches now. Miss G has a princess sandwich today cut with a LunchPunch sandwich cutter. She has yellow and red grape tomatoes surrounding the sandwich. At the top left are crown shaped cantaloupe pieces with a princess wand pick and at the top right are kiwi slices with a tiara on top packed in her Easy LunchBoxes container.
For her snack today, my 4 year old has a Happy Tiffin stainless bento filled with sliced mangos, a peeled clementine, 2 Crimson Gold tiny apples and whole cashews.
My 2 year old had leftovers from last night. She had plums, carambola (star fruit) spaghetti squash with marinara sauce topped with dairy free parmesan and pineapple chunks packed in her LunchBots Quad stainless lunch container.
Happy lunch packing!
Things I used to make this lunch:
Puzzling bento
Posted on: October 30, 2012
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My 4 year old loves her sandwiches. She has whole grain and pumpernickel puzzle pieces. I used the The Lunch Punch puzzle piece cutters for this one. I cut the bread first, fill the sandwiches and then reassemble the pieces. To the left is a pick of grape tomatoes and dried apricots. Above the sandwich are red seedless grapes. In the top left compartment of her Easy LunchBoxes are heart shaped strawberries and the top right are apple pieces. I soak the apples immediately in a bowl of cold water with a bit of lemon or lime juice to prevent browning. I soaked these for about 10 minutes and then toweled dry and put in the lunchbox.
See this great post by Cristi of Bent On Better Lunches on different methods for preventing your fruits from browning in the lunchbox.
The Great Apple Browning Experiment
For her snack, Miss G has Sabra hummus with two different types of grapes and sliced kiwi. Not shown are crackers for dipping in the hummus.
Still going on with the giant box of clementines we have, today’s face is a vampire. Stay tuned for one last Halloween lunch and a giveaway this week. Stay warm & safe, everyone!
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Puppy love and a circus bento
Posted on: September 28, 2012
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If I haven’t raved about them enough, The LunchPunch makes some of the greatest sandwich cutters out there. They are cute, they waste little bread, they’re sturdy and they save SO much time with lunches! This one is Rudi’s Nut and Oat bread with a pumpernickel dog piece in the middle. I used bread crust for his collar and the flowers cutouts are from the apple at the top left and a tree trunk pick. On the dog picks on either side are green seedless grapes. The top left is an apple tree with flower cutouts and more green grapes underneath. At the top right are watermelon fire hydrants because we all know dogs are drawn to them!
Miss G’s snack today is sugar snap peas, grape tomatoes and mini carrots.
And Little Miss A is doing the letter C this week so the topic of the week was the circus. From the bottom left is a round clown face sandwich. The eyes are vegan chocolate chips, the nose is a dried apricot, the cheeks are raspberries, the mouth is Stretch Island fruit leather and the hair is Shirataki brand tofu pasta. The hat above is watermelon and cantaloupe triangles surrounded by green grapes. At the top right are mini carrots and a honeydew melon elephant with a pick hat. He’s standing on a circus stand below made of watermelon and cantaloupe with circus themed picks of the big top, another elephant and a seal in her LunchBots Quad.
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Back on the school train this week for a 4 day week. Today I used the Lunch Punch train cutter for Miss G’s sandwich. The wheels are fruit leather, and the cat is the train driver. She has watermelon pieces, strawberry hearts and small honeydew melon trains below packed in her LunchBots Uno.
Miss A had her first day back to mom’s morning out. She has a fruit heavy lunch with plums, pineapple, watermelon and raspberries and blueberries clockwise with an apple shaped sandwich for lunch packed in her sistema bento.
I also spent some quality time at the community pool over the weekend with the family. We had a chance to try out our new picnic sized bento box from BentoUSA. It was great for family sized snacks without the runny mess! Hope everyone had some quality downtime to recharge over the weekend.
Things I used to make these bentos:
Hello Bentoriffic readers! I’m Cristi, a friend of Sarah’s and
a fellow bento blogger (at BentOnBetterLunches). I’m delighted to
have this opportunity to guest post on one of my favourite blogs!
Sarah is an inspiration in healthy food choices and creative bento
making! I chose our PlanetBox for this guest lunch, since I know she
doesn’t have one of those … yet!
We did Kid’s Choice lunches at our house today. That’s something we do
when I don’t have a lunch plan, and/or we are low on groceries, and
maybe don’t have enough of everything for everyone. I take out a
selection of what we do have from all the food groups, and let the
little ones decide what to fill the sections of their bento boxes
with. I’m often pleasantly surprised by their choices too!
3½ year old Birdie and I packed this PlanetBox together, but she chose
everything that went in it. Birdie loves elephants, so it was no
surprise that she wanted to include elephant picks, or that she chose
to put them in the strawberries and pluots – they were the first
things she asked to have in her lunch. I think she could happily live
on fruit alone – well, no, she’d want cheese as well. But we were out
of cheese.
She liked these colourful silicone mini squares, so we picked out some
little nibbles to fill them with – NatureBox dried apples &
organic Mighty Mix, raisins, and Annie’s Homegrown Cheddar Bunnies:
Like her mama, Birdie has a sweet tooth, so she also chose some
chocolatey peanut butter granola bars her big sister Bella made over
the weekend (that are secretly healthy), marshmallow stars, sprinkles
on her yogurt – specifically butterfly sprinkles. And she insisted
her spoon be included in this photo:
Of course, the sweets were the first things she ate. She eventually
did eat some of everything – although she spit the dried apple back
out, pronouncing it “yucky chewy”. Oh well, at least she tried it! A
sampler-style lunch like this is good for that.
My other sproutlets had similar lunches, except for my middle son, who
had his usual PB. Here’s his “plane” peanut butter sandwich, made with
a Lunch Punch:
I hope you’ve enjoyed this peek at what’s for lunch at someone
else’s house while Sarah’s away – although I’m sure you’re looking
forward to her return, and seeing more of her terrifically artistic
& nutritious lunches – I know I am!
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My husband has to travel today so I suggested that I pack him a lunch. Airport food is dreadful in general, but when I flew recently I realized how tough it is to find ANYTHING vegitarian, vegan or just plain healthy. I packed my own sandwiches, but it was a long day of traveling. We are still doing our plant based diet so the goal is to eat as little processed food as possible. Since we’re still a bit new to the diet it takes some planning ahead.
He may want to kill me for a cutesy sandwich, but I couldn’t resist. He has the airplane LunchPunch cut out of Rudi’s Whole Grain bread which is our favorite brand for the past few months. The sandwich is surrounded by organic mini carrots and fresh blueberries on the top part. At the top left are locally grown cucumber slices and at the top right are grapes and a strawberry heart packed in his Easy Lunch Box.
Please excuse the poor photos for his traveling lunch. I had to take them late last night.
Since I know he will be traveling most of the day, I also packed a second smaller bento box. The bottom part has a single serve Sabra brand hummus with whole grain crackers and a heart container with dried cherries in it. The top portion is packed with halved strawberries as his afternoon snack along with a couple of Larabars.
Little Miss 2 year old is having an apple sandwich on Rudi’s Whole Grain bread with a surprise “worm” coming out of it. It’s actually an Annie’s Organic Fruit Bunny, but I drew a small face on one end with a food marker. Looks like a worm to me! She’s also having a small apple container of dried cherries. On the left side of her LunchBots Duo is a flower cup of halved grapes and a strawberry heart on top. Above that are blueberries.
Miss G is having a dog house sandwich with a silicone dog cup of blueberries, honeydew melon grass and a small orange cup of dried cherries. At the top right are grapes surrounding a carrot stick. At the top left is a cup of homegrown heirloom tomatoes and a green dog pick packed in her Easy Lunch Box.
A fishy, Florida and a fresh salad
Posted on: May 8, 2012
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My LunchPunches saved the day with a cute fish lunch for little A. They are doing an “Under The Sea” week which this week can also be known for me this week as Mom’s under water, behind in her duties and “floundering”. Her sandwich is on Rudi’s Whole Grain bread with Justin’s almond butter & raspberry jam. I also used my Cube It FunBites cutter to cut the watermelon and honeydew in cubes and leftover corn off the cob from the previous night’s dinner is in the star container packed in her LunchBots Uno stainless bento.
Miss G is still busy working on her 50 states so I made her a USA map sandwich with a tiny soy cheese Florida stuck to it. She also has the leftover corn off the cob with fruit leather FLORIDA letters on top. At the top left are homegrown yellow & a red grape tomato with a strawberry pick and at the top right are watermelon chunks with an orange pick packed in her Easy Lunch Box.
And my husband gets a salad to go with his lunch made of baby greens, salad cucumbers and heirloom tomatoes from the local market. At the top left are cantaloupe pieces and at top right are organic mini carrots and leftover corn.
Driving to lunch
Posted on: March 28, 2012
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Miss G is still the only one at school so I decided on a routine traffic stop. She loves the same thing every day. Almond butter & strawberry jam on Rudi’s Nut & Oat bread is what she likes. I used another LunchPunch from the transportation set since they’re studying things that go all week.
The windows on the car are Veggy brand cheese, and a lion pick is the driver today. I used the same carrots today as I did yesterday for the wheels & stuck them on with almond butter. In front of the car is a traffic light. The strawberries are the red light, cantaloupe for orange and honeydew for the green light. The bottom left flower cup has sliced kiwi in it and the bottom right are sliced soy ravioli packed in her Easy Lunch Box.
Plane!
Posted on: March 26, 2012
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It’s transportation week at school for the girls, but only Miss G is at school today. Little A woke up with a cold so she’s at home today. As usual, my LunchPunches save the day. I recently got the transportation set which will be put to good use this week. It’s great for boys an girls to teach them about how we get around. Today’s airplane is on Rudi’s Whole Grain bread with Justin’s Almond Butter & jam. The white for the airplane on top is a piece of Veggy brand soy cheese. To the left of the sandwich in the green cloud shaped cup are watermelon clouds. At the top left is a clementine cutie with a purple koala pick, and at the top right are honeydew hearts all packed in her Easy Lunch Box. She also has an ice water with her lunch.
