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Lunch for a princess
Posted 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!
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Puzzling bento
Posted 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 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.
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A fishy, Florida and a fresh salad
Posted 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 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 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.