Lunchbox look - Jan. 26-30, 2015

I was so tickled to find silicone cups that look like the green baskets fruit used to come in. When I showed my daughter, she gave me a polite nod and then slowly backed away. I wonder if she'll be nostalgic for the clear plastic clamshells her strawberries used to come in, when the world has moved on to more modern containers. Eh, probably not. But I still like my new cups!





Garden! Here's a bagel with strawberry cream cheese (bagels have been newly approved for lunchtime consumption and I'm very excited about this change!). There's also a checkered apple, raisins, mini container of chocolate-covered sunflower seeds, cheese chunks and a miniature basket of berries in a retro muffin cup.

Cats! These cat-shaped mini forks are a giant hit with my little lunch-eater, who also loved the pawprints going across her peanut butter and celery. I also carved a meow into an apple (I write the word in toothpick first, then trace around it with an X-acto knife). Throw in some carrots, a rolled quesadilla, blueberries and a side dish of juicy blood oranges, and we're done!

Cat snack! I also pack a daily classroom snack and rarely make an effort to make it cute, but on this day I used another kitty fork in a matching snack cup full of pickle chunks.

Lovebug! Also, this is the ugliest thing I've made in some time but decided to include it for the sake of transparency. I was thinking it would be fun to make a bunch of bugs with my wide variety of heart sprinkles. As it turns out, I should have just made a bunch of the little heart ladybugs because the others are a little creepy (I'm look at you, bug-with-lips-for-wings). The good news is that it all tastes the same! Here's a homemade sealed sandwich with sides of grapes, blueberries and clementine plus celery and carrots and a container of hummus in which to dip them.

Bagel pizza! One of the downsides of homemade lunch is watching the other kids in the cafeteria open those rare, precious gems called Pizza Lunchables. I recently found a little sauce container that squirts out the sauce rather than just having an open lid, and I knew exactly what to put in it first! Here we have a plain bagel with a side of sauce, mini pepperoni, shredded mozzarella plus some grapes.

Rainbow! I'm not sure why, but sealed sandwiches always taste better. Sealed sandwiches topped with rainbow sprinkles and a cloud of mini marshmallows, then, taste like heaven! Under the sandwich are hidden celery slices. There's also grapes, carrots, string cheese and blueberries.


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