Short lunch week this week becaue of Labor Day. The girls only had 3 days of school. I called Tuesday my Double Monday because it was our first day back to work/school and it was also Dance Night - well, gymnastics for Savannah and ballet/tap for Tara. Now THAT was a long day!!!
We are experiencing a (hopefully temporary) setback in the "waste-free" credo. Those fancy-shmancy Thermoses that I bought the girls - well apparently during transport from home to school to cafeteria, the contents gets pressurized - giving the girls a lovely shower when they pop the spout open to drink. Not a good thing!!! So, I went back to the rubbermaid "juice box" containers and, well, unless they are kept completely upright, they always end up leaking...ugh! So, for now, we are back to pre-packages drinks - but I am not giving up hope of finding a good beverage container option for pre-school set that will fit easily in a lunchbox and be easy to use and not leak or spray!!!
So, onto the lunches...
Tuesday - slice of pepperoni pizza left over frum supper the night before and for Savannah - red and yellow bell pepper strips, strawberries and a cereal bar cut into chucks. For Tara, baby carrots, cherry tomatoes, strawberries and blueberries and an applesauce. Not a good lunch day for Savannh - my fault mostly - she came home and announced that she does not like the yellow bell pepper strips and also that the cereal bar got all mushy and crumbled all over everything. I didn't think about the fact that being in the same container with the fruits and veggies might cause it to get mushy. It probably would have been okay if I had put it into a separate container, but all in the same tray like that with no divider was not a good move...
Thursday - For Savannah, a string cheese, wheat thins, red bell pepper strips and sliced strawberries. She ate every bite. For Tara, a little blends yogurt, blueberries, wheat thins, baby carrots and sugar snaps. Another home run!
Friday - Savannah - pepperonis, mozzerella cheese cubes, pretzel sticks, baby carrots with ranch dip, grapes and for a treat, a fruit strip. Tara - tomato and provoline sandwich spirals, grapes, baby carrots and broccoli, applesauce and for a treat, a fruit strip.
I find myself making them similar but different lunches for them. I really thought I would be doing to identical lunches, but Savannah is more picky this year than she has been in the past, and I try to include things that each of them likes. Still, most days at least some components of thier lunches are the same.
As a side note, I am actually finding that in spite of the quite a few cute little bento boxes that we have and the laptop lunchboxes, my favorite lunch container for them is the regular Gladware sandwhich-sized container using the silicone muffin cups as dividers. They seem to hold just the right amount and put all the food on display in a cute way. Same concept as the laptop lunches, but a little smaller and more compact. Anyway, just think it is funny that the gladware I got for less than $1.00 is my lunch-packing fave!!! What lunch containers do you prefer?
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I have started using the $1 bin sandwich containers from Target with the silicone muffin cups inside - I love this idea too! But I desperately need something for ranch or ketchup dip - I'm going to have to find those - and get those Gladware ones, since they're a bit bigger!
ReplyDeleteThe little condiment containers can be found on the internet pretty easily. Just seach for "bento condiment container." I think the ones we have were 4 for $2.00 or something like that. They are easy for little fingers to open, but stay securely shut until opened.
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