A Buggy Lunch!

Hey there everyone. Sorry I haven't been around a few days but I have had a couple of kiddos not feeling well. Then a mama who was feeling bad too. Now everyone is feeling better including me. So I'm back!
So today was our second time using the new pink Goodbyn Bento that we found on clearance for $2.68. So far I really like it and wish I had more of them. So here's lunch!

It was a buggy Halloween Bento that my fifth grader picked out herself. Pepperonis & ham. Whole wheat crackers under the little cups, cucumbers, carrots, celery with peanut butter. She also had grapes & apples, a side salad and Halloween popcorn.

My other three used our regular lunch containers. They had everything in the top picture. It was just smaller amounts of veggies. Those three are not as good at eating their cold veggies as the fifth grader. They also did not take salad.
Getting kids to eat veggies can sometimes be hard but I always offer it. For that just in case time they decide to eat them. One of my third graders has been doing so much better with her veggies since I started making Bentos. She came home the other day and had ate all her veggies.
Have a great Thursday and if you have a picky eater keep on offering the good stuff because sometimes they do come around!

Homemade lunch box!

I know for the last several years my kiddos have been asking me every time they grocery shopping with me. Can I get one of those pre-packed lunches over there? The answer is always NO! I have seen many versions of these nifty little homemade treats floating around. I decided to start making our own. That way I control what goes in it. Besides they don't even eat half of what is in them anyway. They usually don't even contain fruit and I know they never have veggies. So here is our homemade version!




Homemade lunch box!

Crackers, pepperonis, ham, two cookies, apples & mandarin orange cups.

So if you are tired of saying no. Go ahead and try this out for size. I bet you get a huge smile and great satisfaction knowing you made the choices that best fit your family. Have a great Thursday!

My lips are sealed!

Last night I decided that I would give my kids and you a theme free lunch. No frills. I wanted to take a break from Halloween themed lunches. I wanted to give you something else to show you how simple lunch packing could be. so I pulled out the French rolls to make a sandwich and a lunch theme was born.





My lips are sealed!

A very quick and simple little lunch. The girls had ham on French rolls, pretzels, grapes and a few organic sandwich cookies.
When you do bento lunches for your kids you start to see a theme everywhere. I pulled the rolls out and said these look like lips. So there was my theme. I sent them to school with some love from mama. I used two little heart shaped food picks that I picked up from Dollar Tree. Just $1 for 50 multi-colored picks.

Well of course I could not send my son to school with lips in his lunch box. He would have flipped out. so I made him this.




Pepperoni sandwich

He had a pepperoni sub on the same bread as the girls. Pretzel shapes, cheese crackers, grapes and organic sandwich cookies.
This is an excellent example of how two lunches with basically the same ingredients can be so different. Have a great Wednesday!