Thursday, September 28, 2017

Lunches: 9.26.17

Happy Thursday - lunches have been packed this week, I just haven't had a chance to blog.
Sandwich: 35g, apple slices: 8g, Inner Peas: 8g


For today, The Boy has a sandwich with hummus and ham, Inner Peas, and apple slices.

The Girl has a wrap with mayo, ham, and cheese, along with some cookies from our UK trip, apple slices, and Inner Peas.


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Monday, September 25, 2017

Lunches: 9.25.17

Lunches for this Monday include my take on something we tried on our vacation in the UK - Coronation Chicken! Basically, it's a curry chicken salad with golden raisins.

I made a version of this recipe - we had it for dinner the other night, and everyone loved it.  I hope to write up my version of the recipe soon!
Sandwich: 40g, cheese: 1g, grapes: 5g, chips: 3g


The Boy has a Coronation Chicken sandwich, grapes, and some chips that we brought home from England.

The Girl also has a Coronation Chicken sandwich, grapes, and chips.


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Thursday, September 21, 2017

Lunches:9.21.17

I need to buy or make bread!  Bagels it is...
Bagel: 58g, applesauce: 15g, Inner Peas: 6g

The Boy has a cinnamon raisin bagel with jelly, an applesauce, and Inner Peas.

The Girl has a plain bagel with mayo, turkey, and lettuce.  She also has an applesauce and Inner Peas.

Happy Thursday!


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Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Lunches: 9.20.17

We got back from vacation on Saturday, and I have been packing lunches, but today is the first time when I have had a chance to blog - I think I am still working on some jetlag.

The trip was amazing, and I hope to blog about it soon.  The food in the UK has a bad reputation, but we found it mostly delightful!
Bagel sandwich: 56g, sesame sticks: 5g, apple slices: 8g


For lunches today, The Boy has a bagel sandwich with hummus, turkey, and lettuce, along with sesame sticks, and an apple from his own apple tree.

The Girl has an apple from one of our other apple trees, along with sesame sticks, and a bagel sandwich with mayo, lettuce, and turkey.


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Thursday, September 7, 2017

Lunches: 9.7.17

We are leaving for a vacation tomorrow (more on that, I hope, while we are gone!) - so the food is low in the house on purpose...

Using things in the fridge up is a fun way to pack lunches...
Egg: 0g, apple slices: 10g, yogurt: 9g, muffins: 16g (4 g each).  Snack: 28g


The Boy has Breakfast for lunch again.  He has apple slices, a hard boiled egg, yogurt, and muffins - and a cereal bar for snack.

The Girl wanted more than a hard boiled egg, so I made her a quick egg salad sandwich on homemade bread, apple slices, and Inner Peas.  She also has an audition after school for the school play, so I included a snack of a cereal bar for her, too.

Operation Clean Out the Fridge is fun...


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Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Lunches: 9.6.17

I made a fresh loaf of bread last night from this King Arthur Flour recipe (baked it in my oven, not bread machine, replaced some all-purpose flour with white whole wheat), so we have nice sandwiches for lunches today.
Sandwich: 40g, apples: 10g, Inner Peas: 8g


The Boy has a ham and cheese sandwich with hummus, along with apple slices, and Inner Peas.  His snack is a cereal bar.

The Girl has a ham and cheese sandwich with mayo, along with apple slices, and Inner Peas.




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Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Lunches: 9.5.17

Breakfast for lunches again today - turns out, The Boy has lunch at 10:20 in the morning - so he likes to have something breakfasty for it sometimes.  That's a mighty early lunch, if you ask me... (says the girl who works sometimes from 6-2 and eats lunch at 9 AM... and I have full on lunch, lol)

Anyhow...
Egg: 0g, apple slices: 10g, Bubble & Squeak: 5g, yogurt: 9g, muffins: 12g (4g each), and snack: 28g


The Boy has a hard boiled egg, apple slices, my version of a Bubble & Squeak patty (look for the recipe in an upcoming KidsVT!  Essentially, a veggie and bacon patty), muffins, and a yogurt.  He also has a cereal bar for snack.

The Girl has a hard boiled egg, apple slices, Bubble & Squeak, muffins, and a yogurt.


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Friday, September 1, 2017

Lunches: 9.1.17

Happy September!

Lunches for this Friday are simple.
Sandwich: 60g, cheese: 1g, apples: 10g, sesame sticks: 14g, snack: 28g


The Boy has a sandwich on pumpkin seed bread with hummus, ham, and spinach, along with apple slices, sesame sticks, and a string cheese.  I also included the cereal bar for his snack.

The Girl has a sandwich on pumpkin seed bread with hummus, ham, and spinach, with cherries, sesame sticks, and a string cheese.


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Thursday, August 31, 2017

Lunches: 8.31.17

For this last day of August, the kids have breakfast for lunch.
Egg: 0g, apple slices: 10g, muffins: 4g each, yogurt: 9g


The Boy has some apple slices, a hard boiled egg, a yogurt tube, and some mini plum muffins I made this past weekend.

The Girl has cherries, a hard boiled egg, a yogurt tube, and plum mini muffins.


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Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Lunch: 8.30.17

The Girl saved her lunch from yesterday, because they had a free Freshman BBQ, but The Boy has a fresh lunch for today.
Sandwich: 35g, string cheese: 1g, apple slices: 10g, Inner Peas: 8g

He has a sandwich on homemade bread, with hummus, ham, and spinach, along with a string cheese, apple slices, and Inner Peas.

Today is the first day where all of the students are in each school, instead of just first years... so I am looking forward to hearing how it went!!


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Tuesday, August 29, 2017

And so it begins... First Day of school 2017: 8.29.17

We had many adventures over the summer, and I packed lunch for most of them... but I just took the summer off from blogging here.  I continue to write the Mealtime column for KidsVT - so be sure to check that out!

But, here we go... The Girl is entering high school, and The Boy is starting in Middle school!  Unbelievable!  They both have half days today, because they are both in transition years, and we are not entirely sure that they need lunches, but better safe than sorry!

The biggest change that has happened around here this summer is that The Boy is now on an insulin pump!  This will help his independence a lot - lessening trips to the nurse for insulin injections, he can just do it himself by plugging numbers into his pump.  Very cool.  (The nurse, of course, is still there for assistance, so he's not all on his own yet)

For this first (half) day of school, I made some fresh pain de mie (using this recipe for Bee Keeper's Pain de Mie from King Arthur Flour - lovely, but I will modify with some whole wheat flour next time).

Sandwich: 40g, cheese: 1g, apple slices: 10g, sesame sticks: 14g

The Boy has a sandwich on pain de mie with hummus, spinach, and ham, along with a string cheese, apple slices, and sesame sticks.

The Girl has a sandwich on pain de mie with mayo, spinach, and ham, along with a string cheese, cherries, and sesame sticks.

And... if we have packed preemptively, they can eat these when they get home.


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Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Lunches: 6.14.17

And here we are on the second to last day of school... and my mighty stack of Easylunchboxes from the beginning of the year has dwindled down to... 2.  Yes, 2.  I don't know what the kids have done with all of them.  I wouldn't be surprised if we find some sort of spontaneous society formed from Easylunchboxes in The Girl's locker when we clean it out (though she swears she doesn't have any in there)...

So, when The Boy forgot his Easylunchbox at school yesterday, it was time to dig into my pile of other containers for his lunch.
Sandwich: 40g, apple slices: 8g, pb pretzels: 5g


He has a peanut butter and honey sandwich in one container, apple slices in another, and peanut butter pretzels in another.  These had better come home.  Along with the Easylunchbox that I know is there.

The Girl brought home her Easylunchbox, so she gets one for lunch, with peanut noodles made with linguine, zucchini noodles, and carrot noodles.


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Monday, June 12, 2017

Lunches: 6.12.17

Happy final Monday of the School Year (at least for us!!)

Yesterday, I went out to my mom's and we made a lovely Latin/Caribbean meal together, including my next offering for KidsVT, coming out in July - a Caribbean Fruit Salad with ginger syrup and sweetened condensed milk.


Lunches feature leftovers (no dressing in the lunches, because they would leak)!


Fruit salad: 8g, chicken: 3g, rice: 10g, trail mix: 21g


The Boy has rice, chicken with almond and raisin sauce, along with fruit salad, and some trail mix.

The Girl has rice, leftover chicken, fruit salad, and a clementine.


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Friday, June 9, 2017

Lunches: 6.9.17

It's the last full Friday of the school year!  The Boy has a half day next week, and The Girl doesn't have to go, because she is graduating 8th grade the night before!
Sandwich: 40g, apple slices: 8g, pb pretzels: 10g


For this Friday, The Boy has a sandwich with hummus, ham, and salami, along with apple slices, and pb pretzels.

The Girl has a sandwich with hummus, ham, salami, with apples and pb pretzels.

Happy Friday!


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Thursday, June 8, 2017

Lunches: 6.8.17

One week left in school!  The Girl went to Six Flags with her 8th grade class yesterday and is trying to stay home today because she has a little sunburn and and aches from going on 100 roller coaster rides.  That's a hard no.

So, lunches for today, while I am dragging my child to school...
Sandwich: 40g, apple slices: 10g, trail mix: 21g


The Boy has a sandwich with hummus, ham, and salami, along with trail mix, and apple slices.

The Girl has a sandwich with hummus, ham, and salami, along with trail mix, and apple slices.

How much longer do your kids have in school?


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Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Lunches: 6.6.17

I was away for the weekend, and just got back last night.  And yesterday, we went to Target.  So - the kids lunches feature Target finds (as we don't have any in Vermont)
Smoothie pouch: 26g, nutella and pretzels: 36g, apple slices: 8g, puffs: 3g


The Boy has a protein smoothie pouch, nutella and pretzels, along with apples, and puffs.

The Girl also has a protein smoothie pouch, nutella and pretzels, and apples and puffs.




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Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Lunches: 5.30.17

Back to school after the long weekend... just a couple of weeks left!
Sandwich: 40g, apple slices: 8g, sour cream & onion puffs: 3g


The Boy has a ham & hummus sandwich, apple slices, and sour cream & onion puffs.

The Girl has a ham & hummus sandwich, cherries, and apple slices.


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Friday, May 26, 2017

Lunches: 5.26.17

Happy Friday!

The kids both have leftover mini pizza (frozen from Trader Joe's)
Pizza: 31g, apple slices: 8g, corn puffs: 5g


The Boy has a mini pepperoni pizza, puffs, and apple slices.

The Girl also has a mini pepperoni pizza, puffs, and apple slices.

Hope that you have a lovely Memorial Day weekend!


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Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Lunches: 5.24.17

It's Wednesday!
Sandwich: 40g, apple slices: 12g, pb pretzels: 8g

The Boy has a ham and hummus sandwich, along with apple slices, and pb pretzels.

The Girl has a sandwich with bruschetta topping, eggplant cutlets, and cheese, along with apple slices and pb pretzels.

Hope that everyone has a great day!


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Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Lunches: 5.23.17

For this Tuesday, The Girl has leftovers and The Boy has a more normal lunch.
Sandwich: 40g, puffs: 3g, carrots: 2g


The Boy has a sandwich with hummus, ham, and cheese, along with sour cream & onion puffs, and carrots.

The Girl has leftover cheeseburger Mac & cheese (from The Boy's birthday dinner the other night), cherries, and carrots.


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Monday, May 22, 2017

Lunches: 5.22.17

Happy Monday!

I made Tandoori Chicken last night for my next Mealtime article in KidsVT, and the kids have leftovers in their lunches.
Chicken: 2g, rice: 10g, Inner Peas: 2g, Apple slices: 8g


The Boy has Tandoori Chicken, basmati rice, Inner Peas, and apple slices.

The Girl also has Tandoori Chicken, badmati rice, Inner Peas, and apple slices.


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Friday, May 19, 2017

Lunches: 5.19.17

Happiest of birthdays to The Boy!  He is 11 today!!

His lunch is not exciting, but we are going out to dinner.
Sandwich: 40g, pb pretzels: 8g, apple slices: 12g


His lunch is a turkey, cheese, and spinach sandwich, along with pb pretzels, and apple slices.

The Girl has a sandwich like we had for dinner last night - foccacini roll, bruschetta topping, eggplant cutlets, and spinach.  (The Boy grumbled about this sandwich... even though he has eaten it before and loved it... oh, contrary kid...)  She also has cherries and sugar snap peas.


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Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Lunches: 5.16.17

We got these giant strawberries from the store, and the kids just love them - but you can't fit many in a lunch box!  So, I filled two compartments with them!

Wrap: 40g, strawberries: 8g

 The Boy has a wrap with hummus, ham, cheese, and carrots, along with strawberries.

The Girl also has a wrap with hummus, carrots, ham, and cheese, with strawberries.


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Monday, May 15, 2017

Lunches: 5.15.17

We had a little family birthday party for The Boy this past weekend - friends party to come hopefully this coming weekend.  Lunches feature leftovers from the party!
Tacos: 15g, Mac & cheese balls: 10g, watermelon: 5g, cucumber: 1g


The Boy has mini tacos, mac & cheese balls, deviled eggs, watermelon, and cucumber spirals.

The Girl has mini tacos, spanikopita, deviled eggs, and strawberries.


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