Hot lunch 5/30/14

Today Roo took his thermos for a hot lunch of noodles and turkey meatballs in a creamy spinach sauce, left over from last night's dinner. He loved it the first time around (photo evidence included), so I saved the rest for his lunch today. ;)

He also had a cold pack of strawberries and cucumber slices.

Lunch 5/29/14

Today's lunch is very simple. He has rolled deli turkey slices, wheat crackers, carrots, celery sticks, apples, and sunbutter for dipping.

Bonus pic of Mr. Roo just for the cuteness factor! ;)

Weenie Wednesday! Lunch 5/28/14

We're not really big hot dog eaters in our house, but the wee one has liked them on the rare occasion that he's tried them at cook outs or while dining on the run at Costco. Hot dogs are usually full of nitrates and byproducts and all kinds of mysterious gross stuff. I've never developed a taste for them, myself.

I found these chicken hot dogs (Applegate Farms brand) at Whole Foods. They're organic and uncured, with no added nitrates. They are pricey as far as hot dogs go, though I've read that Sprouts and Trader Joe's have them cheaper. I keep meaning to make a trip to Trader Joe's so I'll have to find out for sure.

Also, you can sometimes score printable manufacturer coupons on the Applegate website: http://www.applegate.com/coupons

Tomorrow's lunch also has fresh sliced peaches, string cheese, coconut milk yogurt, and peas and fresh corn mixed together.

Lunch 5/27/14

It's so hard getting back into a routine after a long, lazy weekend. It rained all weekend and I'm not feeling so hot (allergies have taken their toll and I suspect I'm getting a sinus infection). So we had a TV/movie day and I went on a baking spree. I made chocolate cupcakes with cream cheese frosting and strawberries on top... I wish I'd snapped a photo before packing them up to take and share with my employees tomorrow. Maybe I'll get one in the morning. I also made lemon poppyseed cake with a lemon glaze because it just sounded really good!

Lunch for tomorrow is a pinwheel sandwich with turkey and spinach, baby carrots, black beans, and applesauce.

Lunch 5/26/14

We were home and rained in today for Memorial Day. Roo's lunch for today was a ham sandwich on wheat bread, whole grain goldfish, baby carrots, and strawberries with chocolate pudding (made with lactose free milk).

Lunch 5/23/14

We finally ordered a thermos! We bought a stainless steel variety. There are plastic thermal varieties that you microwave and then seal, but even though they claim to be BPA free, I try not to ever microwave anything plastic. So with this product, I'll microwave the food in glass or ceramic, then transfer to the stainless steel thermos.

Roo's lunch today is made from leftovers from our dinner two nights ago. We had roasted chicken breast, broccoli rice, and steamed veggies. I mixed it all together for his lunch, and he has carrots and berries on the side.

Lunch 5/22/14

Tomorrow's lunch is like a little buffet of kid/toddler friendly finger foods. We have apple slices, baby carrots, corn fresh from the cob, shredded rotisserie chicken, grape tomatoes, and a hard boiled egg.

I just ordered these little silicone baking cups to use as food dividers so that we can use any size and shape container. Love them!