2014 -- 032

Colors! 

I don't know about you but my favorite lunches are the ones that are really colorful. Sometimes I end up sort of monochromatic and I find I don't love those lunches as much as the ones like today's that have great color. I hope you like it too! 

IN THIS LUNCH:

• 1/2 a piece of leftover chicken
• 1 kiwi cut into shapes
• 4 strawberries
• about 1/4 to 1/3 of a cup cottage cheese
• Handful of Annie's Cheddar Bunnies
• About 1/4 of a leftover zucchini cut into pieces
• Served with an organic milk box (not pictured)

I'm also really loving my new cups that my husband got me. I've been using them in darn near every lunch lately! What are you all having for lunch today? Do you find you get more excited about lunches that are more colorful too?

Happy Packing!

2014 -- 031

Two for One

So I got a bit behind in posting these last week so you get to have Thursday and Friday's lunches in a this lunchy double feature! Hope you enjoy!! 

IN THIS LUNCH: 

• Taco Salad
• Green Bell Pepper Strips
• Pear Chunks
• Cottage Cheese

IN THIS LUNCH: 

• Duck shaped sandwich
• Pear Chunks
• Babybel with a fish cutout
• Goldfish (Ducky chow!)
• Tomatoes

Hopefully I'll be more on it with the coming weeks. We've got big changes happening in my home and I can't wait to share them with all of you! 

Happy Packing!

2014 -- 030

A Bear-y Good Lunch!

So this lunch was a completely happy accident that I am really in love with! I asked my husband to put on an egg to boil for me this morning and next thing I know he asks if he could try to use the bear mold on it. I have had nothing but trouble with those molds but decided, what they hey, let's go for it! I think he did a pretty good job getting that little bear mold to work (better than any of my attempts!) and from there we decided we wanted a bear lunch! 

IN THIS LUNCH: 

• Bear Shaped Sunflower Butter and Jelly Sandwich
• Bear Shaped Hardboiled Egg
• Carrots
• StrawBEARies. :P 
• Yogurt Parfait (Greek yogurt, cut grapes, slivered almonds, and some sprinkles!).

I'm not sure why but this lunch just makes me sort of happy. Not sure if it's the shapes or the colors, but I really ended up loving this one! I guess I owe my hubby a thanks for wanting to use that egg mold! :) 

Happy Packing! 

2014 -- 029

Feeling Green

Literally, last night I woke up feeling really ill. I really hope that little miss hasn't decided to bring morning sickness back in the last few weeks of her gestation! Subsequently, I overslept a little...which also means, lunch got a bit thrown together. Today I was really gravitating towards green items and fruit. I had several times I would pick up something to include and went, ''no not another fruit!" and would put it back. She almost had about 5 different fruits in her lunch today (not counting her drink). Also, I apologize for the terrible glare and picture quality. It was a one snap on the kitchen table sort of day!

IN THIS LUNCH: 

• Hello Kitty Thermos is filled with a Mango Fruit Smoothie, 
• Cottage Cheese w/ Pepper, 
• Pretzels, 
• Almonds, 
• Cucumbers, 
• String Cheese and;
• Kiwi

So this is one of those ''look, grab, pack'' lunches! It is featuring my new triangle silicon cups which I got for Valentine's Day. Oh yes, my hubby knows me. BENTO SUPPLIES! Loving them. Monkey has also been asking for a smoothie for quite some time and I never get around to it. Partially because I don't like taking the time to make smoothies and also because the thermos takes up so much of the box! She will be pleasantly surprised though! 

Happy Packing!

2014 -- 028

Happy Valentine's Day! I will be totally honest I did think about what kind of lunch to make for several days. I thought about all the cute hearts, x's, o's, envelopes, conversation hearts, roses, and anything else I could pin to this holiday. I came up with some ideas but truly just couldn't figure out how to make them happen (that happens a lot, I get grand visions and lack the tools or skills to create them LOL). So, instead Monkey got a lunch made with lots of love that really isn't all that festive. I think she's still going to really enjoy it though. 

IN THIS LUNCH: 

• Bagel sandwich with cream cheese and blackberry jam,
• Brussels Sprouts (leftover from dinner) sprinkled with dried cranberries (there are some throughout, promise it's not just 5 little cranberries!), 
• Almonds mixed with white chocolate chips for a treat, 
• An orange and;
• A juice box. 

Luckily, thanks to pinterest and other fantastic bloggers I will get to oogle all the creative and cute lunches that I didn't make and will wish I had thought of myself! Are you packing your kiddos any fun treats for the v-day lunches? 

Happy Packing! 

2014 -- 027

You have my heart, Valentine.

Today we were in a very no frills sort of mood with the lunch. So it ended up being a pretty straight forward veggie/fruit sort of platter. Monkey got to peak before pictures though and was pretty impressed with the heart cut into the cheese. While I insisted it was ''lunch magic'' she kept trying to guess how I did it. :-P

IN THIS LUNCH:

• Green Grapes
• Leftover Crescent Roll
• Grape Tomatoes
• Cucumber Slices
• Baby Carrots
• Hummas
• Cheese Wedge
• Not Pictured: Organic strawberry milk and about a handful of pretzels in a bag

Monkey really likes getting to dip things so these types of lunches usually go over pretty well. I was pleased to see that she ate the entire taco salad yesterday! Usually there are still some little remnants left but she devoured that lunch! Hmm, now, what am I gonna do for Valentine's Day tomorrow? Hopefully I shake this 'no frills' mood otherwise it won't be a cutesy masterpiece...but who are we kidding? Mine never are. Haha. 

Happy Packing! 

2014 -- 026

Will you BEE my Valentine?

So we're all thawed out (yay! No more snow!), Valentine's Day is rapidly approaching, and if my doctor has his way there will be a new monkey in our home in the next couple weeks! Our house is starting to buzz with excitement on all fronts. This is another leftovers lunch, this time requested by Monkey during our last night's dinner. Hope you enjoy!

IN THIS LUNCH: 

• Main Compartment - Taco Salad - Rice, Ground Meat, Lettuce, Tomatoes, Olives, Croutons, and a little cheese. 
• Side Compartment - Apricot Fruit Leather and a Dressing Bear (with our fav taco salad dressing. It's sort of like Catalina). 
• Bee Container - Slices of Cucumber
• Vanilla Organic Milk 

Happy Packing!!