Monday, February 28, 2011

Today's picture is a bit blurry. A little like my morning, I guess. (First day back to lunches after a week of school vacation!) Not sure how this one is going to go over. E reminded me AFTER I made lunch that he doesn't like his couscous mixed with the veggies. Normally he couldn't care less about one food mixing with another, but I guess this is one of the exceptions. Oh well.

• wheat couscous MIXED with sauteed broccoli and Trader Joe's soycatash (soybeans, corn, red peppers)
• colorful baby tomatoes
• grapes
• Kinder chocolate bar
• water
• morning snack: water, granola bar

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

No lunch today -- it's school vacation week -- but I did post a new soup: Creamy Tomato and Roasted Pepper. Enjoy!

Friday, February 18, 2011

Today's lunch is the last for awhile -- well, at least for a week since next week is February vacation at E's school. He wasn't thrilled with yesterday's lunch. I forgot that he doesn't like his corn cold, which I get, so he didn't eat much of that. He also said the almonds were too salty. I usually buy raw or lightly salted, but Rob bought them this time and got the ones with the full salt.

Anyhow, I think today's lunch will be a hit. It looks good, right?

• broccoli with soy butter
• whole grain seeded bread with soy butter and garlic
• strawberries
• hard-boiled egg (in the cute orange bear holder)
• water
• morning snack: water, granola bar (I forgot the brand. Something from Whole Foods with flax seeds but without peanuts, which they can't have at morning snack.)

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Today's lunch! Nothing too inspiring, I'm afraid. I'm still wishing I could get creative like some of the sites I see out there with fancy sandwiches cut into cute shapes and all of that, but I just can't seem to muster the energy (or time!) for that! Oh well. As long as E is eating healthy stuff, or relatively healthy, that's what matters.

• PB&J on whole wheat
• corn with soy butter
• almonds
• panda cookies
• water
• morning snack: blackberries, cheese crackers

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Lunch!

• wheat pasta with diced tomatoes and shakey cheese
• chickpeas
• celery
• blueberries and kiwi (not shown, added later!)
• water
• morning snack: water, pretzels

Monday, February 14, 2011

E loves holidays, even non-holidays like Valentine's Day. I gave him two books, a box of dark chocolate hearts from Trader Joe's, and a plastic thing that says "I luv U" that you push into a slice of bread before you put it in the toaster. (Note: It doesn't seem to work.) He spent the morning before school setting up the table with the stuff. He's too cute. Anyhow, in honor of this day, I gave E the classic Valentine's combo: chocolate and strawberries. Voila.

• brown rice
• steamed carrots with soy butter
• strawberries
• dark chocolate hearts from TJ's
• water
• morning snack: water, blackberries

Friday, February 11, 2011

So the pudding in yesterday's lunch was not a hit, as I had expected. E didn't like the banana taste. I should have known -- he's not that into fresh bananas, either. Oh well. More for me, I guess! (Seriously, these are sooooo good!)

• pesto tortellini
• corn with soy butter
• kidney beans
• cocoa batons (Yes, that's what Trader Joe's calls them. Little chocolatey wafers with a chocolate filling. Thankfully they are NOT vegan or else I would have eaten the entire box before they made it to the bento lunch. They smelled amazing.)
• water
• morning snack: water, grapes

Thursday, Februry 10, 2011

Lunch! I think this is a good one!!

• wheat tortilla with melted cheese and shredded lettuce
• broccoli with soy butter
• blueberries
• banana soy pudding
• water
• morning snack: water, pretzels

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

I got home late last night and so I made it easy on myself and kept today's lunch cook-free. I need to make more lunches like this one! :-)

• hummus
• carrots, cucumber sticks, celery, and huge crouton for dipping
• Babybel chedder cheese
• pretzels
• water
• morning snack: water, bananna

Monday, February 7, 2011

This is week 6 of the Soup Project. I made something simple: Carrot Ginger. I made it even easier by using frozen leeks -- something I recently discovered at Trader Joe's. Leeks are not something I usually have on hand so I was excited to see this new item in the frozen food section at TJ's. My verdict? An awesome find! If you have a TJ's near you, go out and get some....now. Run. Don't walk.

Oh, yeah, here's today's lunch!

• wheat pasta with shakey cheese
• black beans
• strawberries and grapes
• baby orange tomatoes
• water
• morning snack: water, mixed berry cereal bar

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Another snow day yesterday. I know I live in New England and we get snow, but this is getting ridiculous! (A day at home did, however, allow me to make yummy fried rice!)

 • tofu
• homemade fried rice (brown rice, broccoli, peas, edemame, soy sauce, sesame oil)
• peanuts
• grapes
• water
• morning snack: water, granola bar

Piled high on the stone wall!

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

With more snow falling today (what are we at, 100 inches so far?!), I present today's lunch. I made extra home fries for one of my co-workers who always has nice things to say about E's lunches. (Yes, that's you, Matt.)

• home fries!
• baby orange tomatoes
• garlic bread with soy butter
• raspberries and a dark chocolate peanut butter cup (from Trader Joe's)
• water
• morning snack: water, Pirate's Booty