Snacks for lunch

I wasn't feeling super creative today for lunches and I got a whole mess of crackers on sale this weekend so I decided to try snacks for lunch.  The kids seemed to like it so I might do it again.  In this lunch we have:

Kettle corn mini rice cakes; Original goldfish (no cheese so Maya can eat them); Sugar snap peas, baby carrots and cucumber sticks with hummus to dip; Honey ham roll ups; White cheddar Cheese-Its (Maya got Chicken in a Biscuit crackers - yuck!); Blackberries, blueberries and grapes

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Deb

Superbowl

It's been a crazy week in the Mile High Munchables home, so I 'm just getting around to posting my Superbowl lunches now.  

My husband is a huge Bronco fan, having been born and raised in Denver.  I am not so much a football fan.  However, due to circumstances beyond our control Tim had no way to watch the Superbowl while it was going on and would not even be able to find out who won until Monday.  So I vowed that the kids and I would watch it.  

On Friday, before the game, it was not only a big day for our school because our fabulous Kindergarten teacher who has been a die hard Bronco fan her whole life was bringing Fox news to our school, but it was also the Chinese New Year.  I looked high and low for a horse shaped cookie cutter because I felt that this was an omen: the year of the horse and the Broncos, I mean, come on!  However, everywhere I went was sold out or didn't carry a horse cookie cutter.  Guess I'm not the only one who had that idea.  ;)  So I had to make due with what I could get my hands on, which turned into this lunch:

Jersey shaped quesadilla with "Go Broncos XLVIII" stamped in and then drawn over with food safe markers to show up and a football pick; A fortune cookie for the Chinese New Year; Baby carrots, grape tomatoes and cucumbers (supposed to be footballs); Orange and blueberries (Bronco colors)

So, this is the first game of the season I watched start to finish, and I think I channelled Tim's angst quite well.  After the demolishing was complete I informed that kids that we would still be wearing Broncos shirts the next day even though we didn't win to show our support for the team.  It was a small demonstration, and I think we were the only ones to do it, but it felt right to me.  

I also made another football lunch:

 Make your own pizzas with Football shaped tortillas, sauce, pepperoni wedges, and mozzarella cheese; Sugar snap peas and baby carrots; Orange segments and blueberries on a football pick

So all done with the football lunches for this year.  Maybe now I can find a horse cookie cutter. :)

Thanks for reading!

Deb

Happy National Puzzle Day!

Oy!  I am so behind on my posts!  I have several really great lunches that I want to blog about, but just haven't had time.  And don't really have time right now since I am procrastinating on some seriously important stuff.

So, just today's lunch for now.  But stay tuned!

Did you know that nearly every day of the year is a holiday?  Crazy right?  There is something, someone, somewhere is celebrating every day!  Most days have several different holidays.

Some holidays are a little more conducive to creative lunch making than others.  Like, for example, how do you make a lunch for Curmudgeons Day (also Jan 29)?

However, if I had know before this minute that it was also National Cornchip day I would have tossed some Fritos into the box.  Oh, well.  You win some, you lose some.

I also missed, in my ignorance, National Chocolate Cake Day.  Seriously am bummed about that!

There is always next year!

Anyway, puzzles are a big thing in my house.  We all love to do puzzles.  Jigsaw puzzles, word finds, crosswords, Sudoku, .. the list goes on.  In fact, one of the most used apps on the iPad is a jigsaw puzzle.  So I had to make a lunch for today that honored this fun pastime.

PB&J puzzle sandwich; root vegetable chips; baby carrots, red pepper and cucumber cut into puzzle pieces; apple wedge with puzzle piece cut out.

Here's a close up of the apple with the puzzle piece cut out.  Cute right?

No more procrastinating!  

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Deb

Broncos to the Superbowl!!

For the first time in 15 years the Broncos are going to the Superbowl!

Needless to say, Denver is very excited.

I made breakfast for lunch to honor them.

Strawberries and blackberries with orange dot pick; Banana muffin with football pick; Scrambled eggs with tomatoes, snow peas and cheese and "Go Broncos" in ham cut outs (Maya had hash browns instead of the eggs)

Scrambled eggs with tomatoes, snow peas and cheese in orange silicone cup; "Go Broncos" in relief in ham steak; Banana muffin with football pick; Strawberries and blackberries with orange dot pick

I'm not sure how well the scrambled eggs went over as Max said the snow peas made it smell funny.  They could have heated it up in microwave at school, but I don't know if they have time.  

Thanks for reading!

Deb

Simple and Quick Lunch

Another go-to lunch when I'm having trouble figuring out what to send is pasta.  Who doesn't like pasta!

I always send the sauce separately so that they can put on as much or as little as they like.  I warm it up before packing but I don't know how warm it stays.

Tricolor rotini, shredded parmesan cheese in small container; baby carrots, orange pepper strips, cucumber hearts and stars; apple wedges and Tangelo orange segments; pasta sauce in white lidded container

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Deb

Happy Tu Bishvat!

Tu Bishvat is a Jewish celebration of trees and is used for the purpose of calculating the age of trees for tithing.  The Torah states that fruit from trees may not be eating during the first three years; the forth year's fruit is for God and after that you may eat it.

Traditionally children will collect money and send it to plant trees in Israel.  Or maybe they will plant trees in their own community.  Another custom is to eat olives and fruit, including "new" fruit.

For a "new" to us fruit I found some mini organic apples and dried mango.

Mini organic apples and dried mango; grape tomatoes, carrots and snow peas; PB&J tree shaped sandwiches, Tu Bishvat in fruit leather; Wheat Thins

I also made lunch for my husband that day!  I think this is the second time he's let me make his lunch.  I was telling him what I was making the kids and he thought it sounded good so I offered to make his too.  In my new EasyLunchboxes!

Mini organic apples; salad dressing; salad with orange pepper chunks, tree shaped cucumbers, grape tomatoes, olives, feta cheese, turkey roll ups, Tu Bishvat written in carrot pieces

He said it was delicious and it was a good amount of food!  I was worried that it wouldn't be enough so I tossed a couple hard boiled eggs in his lunch bag too. :)  

Thanks for reading!

Deb

Musical Roll Ups

My roll ups from the other week were a hit so I tried again.  Of course this time they didn't go over as well.  What can you do?

I used music note picks because Wednesdays is piano and violin practice.

Multigrain tortillas with hummus, chicken strips, orange peppers, lettuce

Carrots and snow peas

Mango chunks and blackberries

Seasoned oyster crackers

Right now I have a student shadowing during my "real" job (physical therapy).  He is a great student, but also is extremely nice to my kids.  He taught my son to make these seasoned oyster crackers the other day and helped him do all the steps.  It was really sweet and Max LOVES these crackers.  

Unfortunately Maya cannot eat them due to some of the ingredients so her lunch had Veggie Booty instead.

Thanks for reading!

Deb