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Saturday, September 27, 2014

This Week's Lunches: Sept. 22-26

Monday:

Elephant shaped pb&J sandwiches, orange, some of our jello plant cell model

(grape = chloroplast and orange = nucleus)

Tuesday:

Ham/turkey roll ups, cheddar cut outs, pineapple, pretzels, hummus

(hummus wasn't a big hit)

Wednesday:

Princess and Cars cut out ham sandwiches, raisins, ants on a log

(ants on a log was not a hit)

Thursday: no picture...just left over spaghetti in normal bowls

Friday: A huge hit thanks to the veggies

Carrots in a spinach cup, chicken burgers, bread sticks

ranch and ketchup for dipping

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Friday, September 19, 2014

Our Lunches: Sept. 15-19

Monday was a huge hit!

Ham/lettuce wraps, cucumbers, and pretzels

Tuesday was a flop...

Black beans, tomatoes, and rice over lettuce, grapes, and tortilla chips

Wednesday was another hit!

Face sandwich (pepperoni mouth and ears, provolone and food marker eyes, lettuce hair), pretzels, and peaches

Thursday:

Mini shells, peas, diced ham, covered in shredded cheese, bell peppers, and spinach dip

Friday: somewhat of a flop

Flower shaped pb&j sandwich (even the kids asked "what is that suppose to be?"), mixed veggies, and apple slices

Friday, September 12, 2014

You might remember back in 2011 our fun lunches started out as muffin tin meals then I branched out and just made lunches that weren't necessarily in muffin tins but still fun. Well, those fun lunches are back, with a twist. I bought EasyLunchboxes (Brights) and EasyLunchboxes (Classic) for our containers. Not all of our lunches will be fun and extra pretty but the kids think that the containers alone make their lunch fun now. Here's what we've had for lunches so far:

Last Friday was our first: ham/turkey rollups, provolone flowers, cheddar moons, bread stars, goldfish (note for next time: separate them; they got soggy), grapes, peaches, pineapple

Monday: Dino sandwiches, bell peppers, ranch for dipping

Tuesday: zucchini veggie pasta, cheese cut outs, ranch for dipping (can you tell the kids love dips!?), ham/turkey rollups, crackers

Wednesday: Owl shaped sandwich (cucumber & raisin eyes, cheese beak), cucumber & ranch, yogurt & m&m's

Thursday: Whole wheat quesadillas, salsa & sour cream, pineapple

Friday: PB&J sandwich, yogurt, banana

Monday, November 7, 2011

Kid Meal: Autumn

Sandwich shaped as a house and a pretzel, pineapple, and peaches tree.
Inspired by this pin/blog.

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Monday, October 24, 2011

Kids Meal: 10-24-11

There wasn't a theme to today's lunch. The Jack-o-lantern sandwich goes with the fact that we're talking about pumpkins/Jack-o-lanterns this week. The roasted sweet potatoes were just a recipe that I really wanted to try.

Surprisingly, the sweet potatoes stole the show!

Monday, October 10, 2011

Kids Meal: Autumn

We're welcoming autumn today with some autumn food.

Pumpkin dump cake, pumpkin shaped toast with pumpkin butter,
Minestrone soup...and not pictured because I almost forgot it, cranberries.
Another change: the kids decided they wanted pumpkin nutella muffins instead of the pumpkin dump cake for dessert.

More Muffin Tin Monday ideas:

Muffin Tin Monday at Her Cup Overfloweth

Monday, September 26, 2011

Kids Meal: Dinosaurs

Sean informed me yesterday that he wanted to learn about dinosaurs this week so we started the week off with a dinosaur lunch! This is actually a lunch for two; Sean and Maddy shared it.

Stegosaurus and T-rex sandwiches, Tuna fish and celery trees,
Dinosaur foot print cookies and Fruit rocks

More Muffin Tin Monday ideas:

Monday, September 19, 2011

Kids Meal: Caterpillar

There was really no reason why I chose to make today's lunch other then I thought it was cute. Don't you agree!?

Sandwich circles for the body, Tomato head w/turkey face (food marker for the eyes), Cucumber feet and antennae
Idea from this pin

Monday, September 5, 2011

Kids Meal: Robot

Today's lunch was a big success! It wasn't really a surprise though because Sean loves robots. I'm happy to say, the veggies were the first to be eaten!

Cracker head, Olive eyes, tomato ears and mouth, Sandwich body w/ cucumber belly, Cheese stick arms and Tomato legs...and Cucumber gears as an extra.

Idea from this pin.

Monday, August 22, 2011

Kids Meal: 123s

This week were adding math into our curriculum so we had a numbers lunch.

Sandwiches and cheese cut out into numbers and baby carrots.

More Muffin Tin Monday ideas:

Monday, August 15, 2011

Kids Meal: ABCs

We're easing into the school year by adding one subject at a time. This week we're adding literacy. What's better than an ABC lunch!?

A (apple) to Z (zucchini)
Alphabet Cheez-its, Alphabet spaghetti, More Alphabet Cheez-its

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Monday, August 8, 2011

Kids Meal: Kabobs

I decided to do something a little different today.

Bread (their initial), Ham, Pineapple, Cheese,
Turkey, Cheese, Oranges, Bread (their age)

Idea from this pin/this blog.

Monday, August 1, 2011

Kids Meal: Astronaut

Our last week on outer space is space travel and astronauts. I picked the applesauce, juice and cheese because of the way they are packaged. The grapes don't go with the theme but how can I say no when they ask for healthy stuff!?

Strawberry applesauce, Apple juice pouch
Grapes, Astronaut sandwich, Cheese

More Muffin Tin Monday ideas:

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