No school today!

WoooooooHooooo!

Instead of packing a lunch at 5:30 am, I was asleep.

It's the little things in life that make me so happy!

Lunch 25

Hot Lunch Experiment

Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with home made turkey meatballs and parmesan cheese.

Garlic buttered bread. Stitch toy for company. Juice.

Snacks: Mini pumpkin muffins and a banana.

Chocolate milk from school.

Our first attempt at packing a hot lunch went pretty well. It was crazy cold even for this area this morning. The grass and car had a layer of frost. I ditched my plans for a cold lunch and put on a pot of pasta at 5:30 am. This smelled amazing. Garlicky with a touch of butter to keep it from feeling dry. I pulled the meat balls from the freezer, chopped them up and tossed them in with the seasonings and made sure they got nice and hot. I packed it all up in a pre-warmed, pink trimmed thermos and sent her on her way. She said it was still pretty hot at lunch. "Almost had to blow on it" hot. Yay.

Lunch 24

Breakfast for lunch, again!

Lunch: Pumpkin pancakes with cinnamon butter, a pumpkin candy and a tiny bighorn sheep fill the bottom half of the bento. Organic, unsweetened applesauce with frozen blueberries in the top. Small orange topped container of real, local, maple syrup.

Snacks: Shelf stable banana yogurt (strange stuff, yet so easy to pack), colby jack cheese stick, three mini home made pumpkin muffins (still frozen in the picture).

Juice pouch and chocolate milk from school for the drinks.

This girl of mine would eat pancakes everyday if I let her! These ones turned out really good. They are made with white whole wheat flour and a hefty dose of pumpkin puree and spices. She said they tasted like pie. There were no leftovers, at all, this day.

Lunch 23

Packed Mac

Lunch: Buttered whole wheat cowGIRL hat. Craisins, M&M's. Glow in the dark frog. Annie's mac and cheese. This is the stuff that comes with the cheese pouch. It tastes awesome cold!

Hmm, serious lack of fruit and veggies in the photo.

Snacks: Banana to go with her school milk, always chocolate. Granola bar cut into bites for the afternoon.

Lunch 22

Food Mug Shot Number 22!

Lunch: Nutella, again (it's yummy, cheap and guarantees that the super healthy bread we pay too much for will get eaten), on whole wheat, prunes, candy corn, carrots and a pony friend. Top of bento holds applesauce and frozen blueberries.

Snacks: graham crackers and Nilla wafers

Drinks: chocolate milk and a "juice bag" of lemonade. So elegant are we.