Lunches: 4.30.15

It's the last day of April!

Roll-ups: 15g, crackers: 10g, yogurt star cookies: 9g, watermelon: 5g, strawberries: 8g

The Boy has roll-ups with pesto, ham, and cheese, along with strawberries, watermelon, crackers, and yogurt star cookies.  His snack is a cereal bar (not pictured, 28g).

The Girl has roll-ups with pesto, ham, and cheese, with blackberries, a kiwi, crackers, and yogurt star cookies.

Lunches: 4.29.15

This Wednesday, the kids have simple lunches.

Sandwich: 40g, strawberries: 8g, yogurt star cookies: 10g

The Boy has a sandwich with turkey, cheese, and pesto, along with strawberries, and some yogurt star cookies.  His snack is some crackers and cheese (not pictured, 23g).

The Girl has a sandwich with turkey, cheese, and pesto, along with blackberries, and some yogurt star cookies.

Lunches: 4.28.15 - National Astronomy Day!

It's National Astronomy Day, and we are celebrating, lunch-style.

Cheddar rocket crackers: 8g, star cookies: 8g, star tortillas: 20g, watermelon: 5g, strawberries: 8g

The Boy has some star sandwiches on tortillas with hummus, pesto, turkey, and cheese.  He also has cheddar rocket crackers, yogurt star cookies, watermelon cut into stars, and some strawberries.  His snack is a cereal bar (not pictured, 28g).

The Girl also has some star sandwiches on tortillas, with hummus, pesto, turkey, and cheese, along with cheddar rocket crackers, yogurt star cookies, kiwi cut into stars, and some blackberries.  Her snack is a cereal bar (not pictured).

Lunches: 4.27.15

Back from Spring Break - and while I meant to post some recipes and the like over break, instead we spent it reading a lot of books.  I think The Girl and I each read 5 books.  It was a good week.

Sandwich: 40g, strawberries: 5g, Scrabble Cheez-its: 10g, apple slices: 10g

The Boy has a sandwich with turkey, cheese, and hummus, along with strawberries, apple slices, and Scrabble Cheez-its.  His snack is a cereal bar (not pictured, 28g).

The Girl also has a sandwich with turkey, cheese, and hummus, with some blackberries, apple slices, and Scrabble Cheez-its.  She also has a cereal bar for snack (not pictured).

Lunches: 4.17.15

Happy Friday!  The kids are off from school next week for Spring break, and we hope to have at least one adventure during the week (although the weather looks very rainy... bad for my planned bike rides...), and I'm sure there will be some recipes (hopefully, we'll get back to the International Cooking Challenge!).

Chicken taco salad: 23g, strawberries: 7g

For this Friday, The Boy has a chicken taco salad, along with some strawberries.  The broken up taco shell is meant to go on the salad, and he has dressing in the Mini Dipper.  His snack is a granola bar (not pictured, 22g).

The Girl also has a chicken taco salad, along with some strawberries.  In addition to taco sauce, she also has some avocado salsa, which she enjoys.  She also has a granola bar for snack (not pictured)

Lunches: 4.16.15

Sandwich: 40g, apple slices: 12g, strawberries: 6g, Scrabble Cheez-its: 10g

For this Thursday lunch, The Boy has a turkey and cheese sandwich with hummus.  He also has apple slices, strawberries, and some Scrabble Cheez-its.  His snack is a granola bar (not pictured, 23g).

The Girl also has a turkey and cheese sandwich with hummus, apple slices, strawberries, and Scrabble Cheez-its.

Lunches: 4.15.15

For this Wednesday, the kids have simple and delicious lunches.

Sandwich: 40g, apple-carrot sauce: 14g, strawberries: 6g, Scrabble Cheez-its: 10g

The Boy has a sandwich with hummus, turkey, and cheese, along with an apple carrot sauce, strawberries, and Scrabble Cheez-its.  His snack is a granola bar (not pictured, 23g).

The Girl also has a sandwich with hummus, turkey, and cheese, with apple carrot sauce, strawberries, and Scrabble Cheez-its.

Lunches: 4.14.15

It's leftover pizza in lunches today!

Pizza: 28g, apple carrot sauce: 14g, strawberries: 7g, schoolhouse cookies: 10g

The Boy has a slice of leftover pizza, apple carrot sauce in a pouch, strawberries, and schoolhouse cookies.  His snack is a granola bar (22g).

The Girl has a slice of leftover pizza, apple carrot sauce in a pouch, strawberries, and schoolhouse cookies.

Lunches: 4.13.15 - National Scrabble Day!

In honor of National Scrabble Day, I've made some letter filled lunches for the kids in honor of the day.

Sandwich: 40g, crackers: 10g, apple slices: 18g, cookies: 23g

The Boy has a cheese and hummus sandwich (in squares, a the Scrabble board), along with Scrabble Cheez-it crackers, ABC cookies, and apple slices.  His snack is a granola bar (not pictured, 22g).

The Girl also has a hummus and cheese sandwich, with Scrabble Cheez-its, ABC cookies, and apple slices.

Lunches: 4.10.15

It's Friday!  The Girl had opening night of her play last night (she is playing a mermaid in Peter Pan, Jr.), and it was a lot of fun.  Second and closing night tonight - it's a lot of work for two shows - and she is still fighting a cold (good timing, eh?), so I'm packing lunches up with yumminess to help her feel good and healthy.

Salad and dressing: 5g, chicken: 12g, apple slices: 12g

For this Friday's lunch, The Boy has some leftover chicken drumellas (little white meat chicken nuggets shaped like drumsticks), with a little package of ketchup tucked in with them, along with apple slices, and a salad with shaved cheese, heirloom cherry tomatoes, and sunflower seeds, with a side of ranch dressing.  His snack is a granola bar (not pictured, 22g).

The Girl has the same chicken drumellas, apple slices, and a salad with heirloom cherry tomatoes, honey goat cheese, and sunflower seeds, with some homemade vinaigrette.

Lunches: 4.9.15

We woke up to an inch of fresh, wet snow this morning.

No.  Just no.  We are all so done with this winter.

*sigh* 

On to lunches....

Sandwich: 42g, grapes: 8g, plantain chips: 10g

The Boy has a sandwich with hummus, sliced Italian sausage, and cheese, along with grapes, and some plantain chips.  His snack is a granola bar (not pictured, 22g).

The Girl has a sandwich with hummus, sliced Italian sausage, and cheese, along with grapes, and plantain chips.

Lunches: 4.8.15

The Girl doesn't need dinner today for dress rehearsal, because one parent is bringing sandwiches for all the kids.  That's pretty nice.

So, just lunches for the day.

Soup: 25g, sandwich: 40g, grapes: 7g. peppermint patty: 14g

The Boy has some leftover potato ham soup in a thermos, along with a sandwich with hummus. lettuce, and turkey, grapes, and a peppermint patty (leftover from Easter candy).  His snack is a granola bar (not pictured, 22g).

The Girl's lunch is a nice big thermos of the soup (she didn't get to have it for dinner last night, due to her dress rehearsal), along with a sandwich with hummus, lettuce, and turkey, with some grapes and a peppermint patty.

Lunches (and Dinner): 4.7.15

The Girl is in a play this week (she's playing a Mermaid in Peter Pan, Jr.), and she has rehearsal until 7 PM tonight and Wednesday night.  She also had rehearsal last night, and I brought her some dinner, then was informed (by her) that I should just pack her an extra Easylunchbox with dinner in it.  I can do that.

I'll take The Girl's meals first.  Her lunch is a salad with rainbow cherry tomatoes, honey goat cheese, sunflower seeds, a hard boiled egg, and some vinaigrette in a separate container.  She also has half a sandwich with hummus and turkey, and grapes.

Her dinner is some Italian chicken sausage, steamed carrots (leftover from Easter), a granola bar, apple slices, and some crackers.

Salad with dressing: 8g, grapes: 7g, sandwich: 20g, hard boiled egg: 0g

The Boy has a salad with rainbow cherry tomatoes, sunflower seeds, a hard boiled egg, and some ranch dressing in a separate container.  He also has half a sandwich with hummus and turkey, and some grapes.  His snack is a granola bar (not pictured, 23g).

Lunches: 4.6.15

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Easter! 

We spent time at my mom's house with my sisters and their families, and also at The Hubby's family's house.  I did not do any cooking or baking this year (but I did get a leftover hunk of ham with a bone!  I'll get to using that soon!), and we ate all of the hard boiled eggs (it's amazing how many hard boiled eggs 12 people can eat!), so I actually boiled some more eggs at home for us to have in lunches - and The Hubby is hoping for Hard Boiled Egg Masala.

Salad: 5g, plantain chips: 7g, hard boiled egg: 0g, ranch dressing: 4g

For today's lunch, The Boy has a salad with yellow cherry tomatoes, turkey, a hard boiled egg, and plantain chips.  He has some dressing in a separate container.  He has crackers and hummus for snack (not pictured, 24g).

The Girl has a salad with yellow cherry tomatoes, honey goat cheese, turkey, a hard boiled egg, and plantain chips.  Her dressing is also in a separate container.

Lunches: 4.3.15

Happy Friday!  Spring is finally here (for the moment - there's snow expected for Easter.  Because, of course there is).

The kids played outside in their shirtsleeves for about two hours last afternoon.  I drank a cup of coffee in the afternoon sun.  It was glorious.  I'm hoping for more of the same soon!

Sandwich: 35g, apple slices: 10g, plantain chips: 7g

For lunch, The Boy has a sandwich with hummus, lettuce, and turkey, along with yellow tomato slices (separated from the sandwich with a silicone baran) to put on the sandwich.  He also has plantain chips and apple slices.  His snack is some crackers with pepperoni (not pictured, 12g).

The Girl has a sandwich with hummus, lettuce, and turkey, along with yellow tomato slices to put on the sandwich.  She also has plantain chips and apple slices.

Lunches: 4.2.15

We had burgers for dinner last night - The Hubby tried a buffalo burger (it was very good!  Kind of like a mix between beef and venison), and I got chili lime chicken burgers.  We also had some pizza veggie burgers left in the freezer.  Lunches are comprised of mainly leftovers.

Chicken burger: 24g, french fries: 10g, apple slices: 10g, raisins: 16g

The Boy liked the chicken burger - he likes the zing of lime. He has some leftover french fries, apple slices, and raisins.  His snack is a granola bar (not pictured, 22g).

The Girl has a veggie pizza burger, leftover french fries (with some ketchup in the white packet), apple slices, and blueberries.

Lunches: 4.1.15 - April Fool's!

In past year's, I have had some fun with April Fool's Day.  I couldn't let the day pass without some sort of fun.

"moldy" apples: 16g, blueberries: 5g, sandwich balls: 50g, egg: 1g

For lunch, The Boy has blueberries, some apples balled out with a melon baller and rolled in the leftover green colored graham cracker crumbs from The Girl's birthday (a few of them have caramel on them, too, until I realized that the crumbs stuck without the caramel - much easier, and healthier, too!), along with a square egg (boiled and shaped in an egg mold), and three sandwich balls.  Two of them have jelly inside, and one has a meatball.  For snack, he has a granola bar (not pictured, 22g).

The Girl has blueberries, apple balls rolled in green graham crackers, fish (shaped) egg, and sandwich balls (again - one meatball, two jelly).

The Boy has in his bed last night giggling over a list he was making for April Fool's pranks.. here's hoping nothing is too crazy.