Lunch: 12.22.16

The Girl has a field trip today, for the last day of school before break, so just one lunch today.

Sandwich: 50g, apple slices: 8g, cheez-its: 10g

The Boy has a sandwich on Rosemary bread with liverwurst, ham, and cheese, along with cheez-its, and apple slices.  His snack is an applesauce (not pictured, 14g).

Lunches: 12.20.16

Happy Tuesday!

Wrap: 26g, cheez-its: 12g, apple sauce: 14g, apple slices: 6g

The Boy has a wrap with liverwurst and ham, along with some cheez-its, applesauce, and apple slices.  His snack is a cereal bar (not pictured, 28g).

The Girl has leftover sausage and cheesy potatoes, with pineapple, and apple slices.

Lunches: 12.16.16

It's just a little chilly today.  And, by a little chilly, I mean super cold.  Air temps are -3, with windchill going to -20 or below.

And the kids didn't even have a delayed start.  We are Vermonters.  Buckle up, layer up, and deal with the cold.

Sandwich: 40g, applesauce: 14g, apple slices: 8g

The Boy has a sandwich with hummus, salami, and lettuce, along with apple slices, and strawberry applesauce.  His snack is a cereal bar (not pictured, 28g).

The Girl has a sandwich with mayo, roast beef, cheese, and lettuce, along with apple slices. and strawberry applesauce.

Lunches: 12.15.16

It's Thursday!

Sandwich: 35g, apple slices: 8g, chocolate: 4g

The Boy has a sandwich with hummus, salami, cheese, and lettuce.  He also has apple slices and a Hashtag chocolate.  His snack is a cereal bar (not pictured, 28g).

The Girl has a sandwich with hummus, roast beef, cheese, and lettuce, along with some leftover butternut squash and spinach gratin, and some apple slices.

Lunches: 12.14.16

We had Chinese last night, and there were leftovers.

Dumplings: 20g, rice: 10g, applesauce: 14g, fortune cookie: 4g

The Boy has a few dumplings, fried rice, an applesauce, and a fortune cookie.  His snack is a cereal bar (not pictured, 28g).

The Girl ha a roast beef and cheese sandwich with lettuce and hummus, along with an applesauce and a fortune cookie.

Lunches: 12.13.16

Happy St. Lucia's Day!

Check out my latest recipe in KidsVT to celebrate the day!

Sandwich: 40g, gingersnaps: 10g, apple slices: 8g, lussekat: 10g

For lunches today, The Boy has a lussekatt, apple slices, a couple of Swedish gingersnaps (recipe coming on KidsVT!), and a sandwich with salami, hummus, and roast beef.  His snack is a popcorn (not pictured, 28g)

The Girl has a lussekatt, apple slices, a couple of Swedish gingersnaps, and a sandwich with salami, hummus, and roast beef.

Lunches: 12.8.16

Thursday lunch time!

Wrap: 30g, cereal bar: 28g, chocolate: 5g, applesauce: 16g, Christmas tree snacks: 4g

The Boy has a wrap with liverwurst, salami, cheese, and lettuce.  He also has a cereal bar, applesauce, Christmas tree potato snacks, and a chocolate.  His snack is a popcorn (not pictured, 26g)

The Girl has a wrap with liverwurst, roast beef, cheese, and lettuce, along with a cereal bar, applesauce, Christmas tree potato snacks, and a chocolate.

Lunches: 12.7.16

Wednesday lunches!

Wrap: 35g, trail mix: 24g, apple slices: 8g, chocolates: 10g

The Boy has a wrap with liverwurst, salami, cheese, and lettuce, along with apple slices, a trail mix, and a couple of the hashtag chocolates that we got from a friend.  His snack is a popcorn (not pictured, 26g).

The Girl has a wrap with liverwurst, salami, cheese, and lettuce, along with apple slices, a trail mix, and a couple of chocolates.

Lunches: 12.6.16

The kids liked their wraps yesterday, so I made similar lunches today!

Wrap: 30g, apple slices: 8g, cookies: 18g

The Boy has a wrap with liverwurst, salami, cheese, and lettuce.  He also has apple slices, and some Hello, Panda cookies.  His snack is popcorn (not pictured, 26g).

The Girl has a wrap with liverwurst, roast beef, cheese, and lettuce.  She also has apple slices, and Hello, Panda cookies.

Lunches: 12.5.16

It's Monday, and it's snowing!  I am so emotionally ready for snow... (maybe not physically ready, but certainly emotionally ready!)

Wrap: 30g, chocolate: 10g, apple slices: 8g

The Boy has a wrap with liverwurst, salami, lettuce, and cheese, along with apple slices, and a couple pieces of chocolate that were gifted to us - a little treat never hurt anyone!  His snack is a microwave popcorn (not pictured, 26g).

The Girl has a wrap with mayonaisse, roast beef, cheese, and lettuce, with apple slices, and a couple of pieces of chocolate.

Lunches: 12.2.16

Happy Friday!

Crackers: 16g, salami 1g, cheese: 1g, apple slices: 10g, grapes: 3g 

The Boy has crackers, salami, and a mini brie bite, along with apple slices, and grapes.  His snack is a popcorn (not pictured, 26g)

The Girl has crackers, salami, a mini brie bite, apple slices, and grapes.

Lunches: 12.1.16

Welcome to December!

The family was sick of turkey sandwiches - so today, it's peanut butter & jelly day.

Sandwich: 40g, strawberries: 6g, apple slices: 8g

The Boy has pb&j, apple slices, and strawberries.  His snack is some popcorn (not pictured, 20g)

The Girl also has pb&j, apple slices, and strawberries.

Hope that your December is looking bright!

Lunch: 11.29.16

The Girl is home sick from school today, so the lunch is just for The Boy - who decided that he doesn't like leftover Thanksgiving sandwiches.

Blasphemy.  They are one of my favorite things about the holiday.

Crackers: 20g, salami: 1g, strawberrie: 4g, grapes: 5g

So, he has crackers, salami, strawberries, and grapes.  His snack is a granola bar (not pictured, 14g).

Hope that you all have a wonderful Tuesday!

Lunches: 11.17.16

Lunches for this Thursday are simple.

Sandwich: 30g, applesauce: 14g, raisins: 15g

The Boy has a sandwich with ham and hummus, along with raisins and a strawberry applesauce.  Her snack is popcorn (not pictured, 21g).

The Girl has a sandwich with roast beef and hummus, along with half an apple and a dried flat banana roll up with peanut butter and raisins.

Lunches: 11.16.16

Sandwich: 40g, raisins: 15g, apple: 6g

The Boy has a sandwich with ham & hummus, along with raisins and half an apple.  His snack is popcorn (not pictured, 21g).

The Girl has leftover quiche, a strawberry applesauce, apple slices, and raisins.

Lunches: 11.15.16

Here we are, halfway through November! How did that happen?

Sandwich: 40g, applesauce: 14g, trail mix: 20g

The Boy has a sandwich with hummus and turkey, along with trail mix, and strawberry applesauce.  His snack is a popcorn (not pictured, 21g).

The Girl has a sandwich with hummus and roast beef, raisins, and strawberry applesauce.

Lunches: 11.14.16

Happy Monday!

Sandwich: 40g, raisins: 18g, applesauce: 15g

The Boy has a sandwich with turkey and hummus, raisins, and an applesauce for lunch.  His snack is a mini bag of kettle corn (not pictured, 21g).

The Girl has a roast beef and hummus sandwich, applesauce, and dried flattened banana roll ups with peanut butter and raisins (the bananas are from Trader Joe's).

Hope that you have a great day!!

Lunches: 11.10.16

Happy Thursday!  Simple lunches today.

Sandwich: 40g, blueberries: 6g, apple slices: 10g

The Boy has a sandwich with hummus and ham, blueberries, and apple slices.  His snack is popcorn (26g) and some seaweed snacks (1g) (not pictured).

The Girl has a sandwich with mayo and ham, clementines, and apple slices.

Hope that you have a lovely day!

Lunches: 11.8.16

We had pre-made chicken courdon bleu last night, and the kids both wanted it for lunch today.  They said that they didn't care if it wasn't hot.

Chicken: 18g, blueberries: 6g, apple slices: 8g

The Boy has a chicken courdon bleu, blueberries, and apple slices.  His snack is a pastry bar (not pictured, 20g).

The Girl has a chicken courdon bleu, clementines, blueberries, and a pastry bar.

Lunches: 11.7.16

Happy Monday!

The kids loved these pastry bites (from Trader Joe's, caramelized onions and feta) when we had them this weekend, so I made them some more for lunches today.

Pastry bites: 24g, applesauce: 15g, apple slices: 8g

The Boy has pastry bites, apple slices, and an applesauce.  His snack is a strawberry pastry bar (not pictured, 20g).

The Girl has pastry bites, apple slices, clementines, and a strawberry pastry bar.

Lunches: 11.4.16

Happy Friday!

Sandwich: 40g, eyeball: 5g, rice crispy treat: 18g, apple slices: 8g

The Boy has a sandwich with hummus and ham, along with a chocolate eyeball, a rice crispy treat, and apple slices.  His snack is a granola bar (not pictured, 17g)

The Girl has a sandwich with mayo and ham, with chocolate covered pretzels, a mini snickers, and clementines.

Lunches: 11.3.16

It's Thursday!

Sandwich: 40g, grapes: 6g, apple slices: 8g

For lunch, The Boy has a sandwich with hummus and ham, along with apple slices and grapes.  His snack is a granola bar (not pictured, 17g).

The Girl has a sandwich with hummus and ham, clementines, and apple slices.

Lunches: 11.2.16

Happy Wednesday!

Sandwich: 40g, apple slices: 8g, grapes: 6g

The Boy has a sandwich with green tahini spread (from Trader Joe's) and ham, along with grapes, and apple slices.  His snack is a microwave popcorn (not pictured, 18g).  He swears that all the kids in his class bring in popcorn.  We'll see how that goes.

The Girl has a sandwich with green tahini spread and ham, along with clementines, and apple slices.

Lunches: 11.1.16

Happy November, everyone!

Sandwich: 40g, pretzels: 11g, grapes: 8g, milk duds: 9g

For lunch today, The Boy has a sandwich with hummus and ham, some Halloween pretzels, grapes, and a Trick-or-treating candy - he loves milk duds! His snack is a cereal bar (not pictured, 28g)

The Girl has a sandwich with hummus and ham, grapes, Halloween pretzels, and a Halloween treat.

Lunches: Halloween 2016

Happy Halloween! 

We had our Halloween party this past weekend,  and I'll try to get it blogged soon... suffice to say,  there was a lot of food.

Just a little Halloween food.

Lunches for today make use of leftover herbed bone bread.

Bone bread sandwiches: 40g, strawberries: 5g, apple slices: 8

The Boy has bone bread with hummus and turkey, along with strawberries and apple slices. His snack is a granola bar (not pictured, 24g).

The Girl has bone bread with hummus and turkey,  jack-o-lantern clementines,  and apple slices.

Hope that you all have a wonderful Halloween!

Lunches: 10.28.16

Happy Friday!

I made a fresh loaf of King Arthur's Bake-along for the month, Everyday Whole Wheat bread.  I have gotten lazy and haven't been making bread for the past few months, and I want to get back to it.  It's super easy (dough in my bread machine), and the family loves it.  Thank you, KAF, for the reminder.

Sandwich: 40g, apple slices: 8g, grapes: 5g

The Boy has a sandwich with Muhammara and ham, along with apple slices and grapes.  His snack is a granola bar (not pictured, 24g).

The Girl has a sandwich with Muhammara and ham, with apple slices, grapes, and a granola bar.