Lunches: 5.15.15

Friday lunches are simple.

Sandwich: 35g, applesauce: 15g, sour cream and onion puffs: 5g

The Boy has a turkey sandwich, sour cream and onion puffs, and berry applesauce.  His snack is a cereal bar (not pictured, 27g).

The Girl has a turkey sandwich, sour cream and onion puffs, and cherries. 

Happy Friday!  May the weekend bring you wonderful things.

Lunches: 5.14.15

Sandwich: 30g, yogurt: 10g, trail mix: 14g, apple slices: 20g, puffs: 5g

For Thursday lunch, The Boy has a sandwich roll with lettuce and turkey, along with a yogurt, a trail mix pouch, sour cream and onion puffs, and apple slices.  His snack is a cereal bar (not pictured, 27g).

The Girl also has a sandwich roll with lettuce and turkey, along with trail mix, yogurt, sour cream and onion puffs, and cherries.

Lunches: 5.13.15

Simple lunches for this Wednesday.

Sandwich: 35g, cucumber: 1g, apple slices: 8g

The Boy has a sandwich with turkey and baby spinach, along with cucumbers and apple slices.  His snack is a cereal bar (not pictured, 27g).

 

The Girl also has a sandwich with turkey and baby spinach, along with a plum and cherries.

Lunches: 5.12.15

I got some curried chicken salad last night for dinner, and the kids loved it.  So, I put leftovers in lunches.

Sandwich: 45g, cucumber: 1g, apple slices: 12g

The Boy has a curried chicken salad with spinach on a sandwich, along with apple slices and Persian cucumber slices.  His snack is a cereal bar (not pictured, 28g).

The Girl has a curried chicken salad with spinach on a sandwich, along with cherries and a plum.

Lunches: 5.11.15

It's leftovers in lunches today, from my Nutty Olive Turkey cutlets.

Turkey: 5g, spinach and tomatoes: 2g, rice: 8g, apple slices: 12g

The Boy has sliced rounds of the turkey cutlet on a bed of baby spinach, with some cherry tomatoes, along with some rice medley, and apple slices.  His snack is a cereal bar (not pictured, 27g).

The Girl has sliced rounds of turkey cutlet on a bed of baby spinach, with some cherry tomatoes, rice medley, and a plum.

Recipe: Nutty Olive Turkey Cutlets

The other day, I saw turkey cutlets at the store, and needed to do something with them.  It was 85 degrees out and I didn't want to do anything autumnal, so I developed this recipe.

I did not tell the kids that there were olives in it.  They didn't know until after they had eaten it, and liked it.

Nutty Olive Turkey Cutlets

6 turkey cutlets
~1/4 c olive tapenade
~1/4 c goat cheese
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 c walnuts, crushed
1/2 c pistachios, crushed

Preheat oven to 350 F.  Pound out turkey cutlets to about 1/4" thick.  Spread with about 1 Tbsp olive tapenade, and ~1 Tbsp goat cheese.  Roll the cutlet tightly and secure with toothpicks.  Coat the cutlet with egg, and then roll in the combined nut mixture.  Place in a baking pan lined with parchment paper and bake for about 30-40 minutes, or until internal temperature of the turkey is 165 F.

Allow to rest for about 5 minutes before slicing into rounds and serving.

Culinary Adventure: Istanbul Kebab House

For Mother's Day, we decided to bring my mother out to a fantastic Turkish restaurant, the Istanbul Kebab House.  The Hubby and I had been there before, and have wanted to bring my mother since our visit.  She and my father went to Turkey several years ago, and she said it was her favorite food of any of her travels.

My sister and her husband were with us as well.  We got to sit on the roof patio (and it only sprinkled on us a little).  We shared the food all around.

Turkish meze platter

Amazing lavash bread

Calamari

We shared some appetizers - a Turkish meze platter, crispy phyllo cheese rolls (missed a picture of those), and calamari.

I got a cucumber martini... it was .... weird.

My mother got a fig martini.  That one was delicious.

For main dishes, The Hubby got a spicy lamb (Adana) kebab.

My mother got lamb kofte.

My sister and her husband shared a mixed grill kebab.

I got a vegetable stuffed eggplant.

I didn't get pictures, but the kids got a meatball plate with rice, and a pizza on lavash (they shared).

For dessert, we all got maple apple baklava.  I also had a delicious Turkish tea.

Wonderful Mother's Day!

My beautiful mother!

It was an amazing meal, and the kids tried pretty much everything as well.  It was certainly a culinary adventure, and my mother said that the food was very reminiscent of what she had in Turkey.  That's a win for sure!