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Showing posts with label halloween. Show all posts
Showing posts with label halloween. Show all posts
Monday, October 31, 2011
First off: found this super cool container yesterday while out running errands. And only $5.99! The Stay-Fit Lunch 2 Go container has an icepack in the lid, 3 compartments & a tray on top for small snacks or cutlery. It is much smaller than our Goodbyn boxes. (This actually fits in M's lunchbox.) I also like the larger compartment for a sandwich. (The Goodbyn boxes are hard to fit a full size sandwich. For example for this lunch I would have had to split the sandwiches up between the top compartment & the lower square.) The box does not have a space for a water container however.
Second: Halloween is finally here! The last of our fun Halloween lunches until next year. We still have some snow left on the ground from the freak snowstorm over the weekend, so it's hard to feel like we are still in October. Trick-or-treating is going to be super quick tonight!
Second: Halloween is finally here! The last of our fun Halloween lunches until next year. We still have some snow left on the ground from the freak snowstorm over the weekend, so it's hard to feel like we are still in October. Trick-or-treating is going to be super quick tonight!
M's Lunch Today:
* jam/soynut butter mummy sandwiches
(provolone cheese, nori & icing eyes for decoration)
* red & green grape kabobs
* cat pasta salad
* strawberry slices
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Muffin Tin's times two. (Try saying that 10 times fast.) A fun little weekend lunch for my little guys.
M & T's Lunch:
* jam/cream cheese tombstone sandwiches (T)
* turkey/cheese/mustard tombstone wraps (M)
* olive oil popcorn
* skull shaped watermelon
* Trader Joe's brownie oat bar
* strawberry slices
Friday, October 28, 2011
I wanted to make a Frankenwich sandwich for M's lunch today. It looked a lot better in my head than in reality. This is why I love cookie cutters - left to my own devices I'm not so great at getting my "creation" to resemble what I actually want.
M's Lunch Today:
* cream cheese & bagel chips
* bat shaped cantaloupe
* turkey/cheese/mustard Frankenwich
(cheese decorations & grape eyes)
* grapes with a pumpkin pick
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
I pre-made T some hot dog mummies while making M's lunch, so putting together his lunch this afternoon was a cinch. I always love it when that works out!
T's Lunch Today:
* nitrate-free chicken hotdogs
(wrapped in croissant dough & icing eyes)
* ketchup for dipping
* cat mac & cheese
* pumpkin cookies
* strawberries with a pumpkin pick
My idea for yesterday's lunch came to fruition today. I didn't have any croissant dough yesterday (and just did not have the time or will to make from fresh). J stopped at the grocery last night and picked up some for me so that I could make some mummies!
M's Lunch Today:
* nitrate-free chicken hot dog "mummies"
(wrapped in croissant dough & icing eyes)
(container hold mustard for dipping)
* pumpkin cookies
* cat pasta salad with tomatoes
* strawberries with pumpkin pick
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
If T could, he would eat candy for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Thankfully our house is candy free so he can't make that a reality. But it doesn't stop him for asking for it every time we go to the grocery. So for today's we have candy corn - just a bit healthier!
(You may have noticed that my kids lunches this week have been sporting something pretty unusual for us - cookies! They are Trader Joe's Halloween Cookies and even though they are all natural they are in no way super healthy. Just two of those bad boys is 130 calories! But it's Halloween week, and so we'll have a little treat this week and then what ever is left over J will be taking to work with him. You've gotta live a little right?)
T's Lunch Today:
* candy corn sandwich
(food coloring markers, cheese & cream cheese)
* mini skull sandwiches
* grape kabobs
* pumpkin gummies
* cheese & turkey pepperoni
(I had planned on these being on crackers, but realized we were all out.)
* pumpkin cookies
Last night I was sitting at the kitchen table after dinner thinking about what to do for lunches today. Requirements were that it had to have a Halloween theme and involve noodles as that is what M asked for. I came up with the perfect idea and then realized that I didn't have all the ingredients needed. So, I'll just hold off on that idea until I can get to the grocery later today. J came up with idea of making a witch. And I just ran with it from there. Hope it makes M smile as much as it made me.
M's Lunch Today:
* quesadilla witch with dyed ramen noodles "hair"
(face is colored with food markers)
cheese for the face and moon & raisin wart
* pumpkin gummies
* cheese stick "fingers"
("nails" colored with food marker)
* "eyeballs" (banana slices & grapes)
* raisins with a skeleton cheese face
This week it's all Halloween all the time. M & T both requested pizza for lunch today. Here's what I came up with.
M's Lunch Today:
* pumpkin & ghost pizzas with cheese & turkey pepperoni
* pumpkin gummies
* pumpkin face cookies
* grape kabobs on pumpkin picks
* cantaloupe ghosts and bats
* snap pea crisps
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
I realized today that Halloween is right around the corner and I'll only be able to use all my cute Halloween cutters/picks for another 1.5 weeks. So, on with the Halloweening of the Bento!
M's Lunch Today:
* cheddar "bat" cheese & crackers
(faces drawn on with food color markers)
* grape kabobs on pumpkin picks
* grape jam & soy nut butter bat sandwich
(icing eyes & fruit leather mouth)
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Yesterday while at Home Goods I found this super cute black cat pasta. It's all natural wheat & spinach pasta cat shapes. Here is their website- they have lots of different fun shapes. I decided to make T's bento lunch using the black cat as inspiration. Here's what he ate today:
and sprinkled with parmesan cheese
for the eyes & teeth, nori for the center of the eye & whiskers
sliced kiwi & watermelon shaped moons and "boo"
purple & green grape kabobs
after punching out my main shapes I always have a
lots of little stars and only a few scrapes left over
cheddar cheese quesadilla cats, pasta, watermelon
& kiwi, pretzels & cheese dip, and grapes
provolone cheese eyes & teeth, blueberries for the
center of the eye and nori for the whiskers
black cat pasta sauteed with a bit of olive oil
cheddar cheese quesadilla with provolone cheese
what was left over -
the cheese teeth and some of the tiny quesadilla stars
bit left over,so I use a tiny cutter to make cute shapes
so I'll have as little waste as possible
I can't believe that my child, the pickiest eater alive, actually ate nori! HE ATE SEAWEED! He tried one of the whiskers and declared "Oh wow, I love those yummy whiskers!" Pat on the back for me.
Monday, October 3, 2011
In my research into bento's I came across this one amazing blog with a different take on the whole bento thing - muffin tins! Muffin Tin Mom's website is gorgeous and full of super cute ideas to turn an everyday muffin tin into a great bento lunch. Since T is home for lunch and I don't need to pack him a lunch I thought this would be a fun way for him to have his bento. When I sat the finished lunch in front of him he was so excited and told me "you are the best mom any boy could ever have." High five T, flattery will get you everywhere.
strawberry jam ghost & bat sandwiches with blueberry eyes, star shaped cantaloupe, 1 clementine, pumpkin shaped colby cheese and half of a Clif Kids Z bar (full moon brownie)
Here is what was left over:
T really does not like eating cheese, so getting him to eat 2 of the pumpkins is considered a huge success.
He really liked the cantaloupe (something I couldn't even get him to try before).
He called it star fruit and was a happy little guy to gobble it all up!
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