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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Turkeys..Gobble...Gobble...

Tuesday Nov. 23rd
My son's kindergarten class sings a son called "Turkey in the Straw" so thats what I attempted to make for his lunch today. And since my daughter saw how cute they looked she wanted one too...
Z has 3 little turkey meatballs with tortilla tail feathers, a cheese face, and sprinkle for a beak and I used shredded carrot as the straw:) Some mandarin oranges with pineapple, grapes and sugar snap peas.

Aren't they cute?!?

Chicken Salad

Monday Nov. 22nd
This is going to be another busy week. The kiddos are only having lunch on Monday and Tuesday of this week because they are havinga feast at school on Wednesday. Then we are off on vacation for a week to Disneyland so this will be my last post until December:( but, Yay! We get to go on a much needed family vacation!! Any-who on the lunches...
This is Alaysia's lunch, she has chicken salad, ham and cheese kabobs, grapes, crackers, sugar snap peas and of course a piece of her birthday cake from Sunday:) 

And Z's mini version as usual.

Octo-weenies and fried rice

My oh my what a busy week last week! I had my daughters birthday party so I wasn't able to post anything since Friday. But I did take pictures to share this is for Friday Nov. 19th...
The kids had octo-weenies over a bed of fried rice, mandarin oranges, pineapple, grapes, broccoli, and carrot flowers.

Z's mini lunch:)


And this was the reason I was soo busy... My daughter wanted a pretty princess cake to go along with her party theme...
Happy Birthday to my Princess Alaysia!!!!

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Sandwiches

Thursday Nov. 18th
Just a simple sandwich lunch for the kiddos this morning. Turkey sandwich on wheat bread, chocolate pudding, grapes, roasted pumpkin seeds, and a mini pickle. Alaysia's class is doing a fun craft with leaves today so I added a couple of leaves. 


Wednesday, November 17, 2010

BBQ Chicken and Ricecars

 Wednesday Nov. 17th


We got a new grill for or deck a few days ago so my hubby and I have been on a grilling spree:) I know it's not the usual time or season for BBQing but its just like getting a fun new toy, and all I want to do lately is play with it lol! And since the kiddos LOVE drumsticks thats what we made for dinner last night along with tons of grilled veggies. I also made a pineapple BBQ sauce for them and the kids loved it! I made sure to grill a few extra because I think they look so cute in their lunch boxes ^_^
Alyasia's box has the drumstick, grapes, cauliflower, mandarin oranges, rice shaped cars, and the usual sugar snap peas and carrots.
Z was so excited about the "ricecars" (instead of racecars) that he destroyed three of them by racing them around the counter and making them crash into his mouth before I could get one into his box:) So thats why he only got one for his lunch box along with grapes, cauliflower and his veggies.

Turkey Burritos

Tuesday Nov. 16th
The night before I had made turkey tacos for dinner and I made sure to save two spoonfuls for lunch this morning.  I just wrapped the meat up in a flour tortilla with a little rice and beans to make the burritos. Since they were made of turkey and Thanksgiving is coming up I  thought I'd add a little cheese turkey to the top:) Along with the burrito I packed some mandarin oranges, steamed broccoli and cauliflower, pineapple chunks, sugar snap peas and carrots flowers. 
                      

Monday, November 15, 2010

Pasta

Monday Nov. 15th


This morning I was limited to going into my freezer stash for lunch ideas since I didn't have many fresh ingredients to work with. The result was a not so colorful happy lunch, but still something I was very happy to send my kiddos to school with. I made Alaysia the last of our homemade tortellini and my little carnivore didn't want any because they weren't stuffed with meat lol! So instead he had mini shell pasta with marinara. I only had a lone little pear in my fridge for the fruit and used canned pineapple, I did have plenty of fresh veggies for them though:)
In pink is Alaysia's lunch the top tier had the cheese tortellini, bottom has cucumber, steamed broccoli and cauliflower, sliced green pear, pineapple and homemade banana bread. And her bear container has strawberry yogurt.
Z's has the mini shell pasta and the same fruits and veggies as her sister except for the yogurt.

This morning my kitchen was very dark and gloomy for some reason so the pictures aren't very good:( Maybe it was the lack of freshness in the kitchen :D