Healthy food ideas for and by families of Central Montessori School
A look inside Central student lunch boxes!
Last week, we roasted a whole chicken for dinner. This is a mainstay in our house - one 4-5 lb chicken, coated in tons of salt & pepper, roasted in a baking pan (475 for 30 mins, then 375 for 45 mins, then wait 15 minutes to carve). Delicious & easy, but not exactly fast. …
Continue reading The quickest of quick dinners, & lunchbox #72
Last week, I moved from my regular two plastic containers (with two sections each) to the stainless steel bento box. Sophia was cleaning up those containers and coming home hungry, so I needed something that could hold more food, and I didn't want to add one more container. So here are three of the lunches …
This week, we've got some crowd-sourced lunches to include! A million thanks to parents for sending along some new lunchbox ideas - keep 'em coming! Lesson learned here - bento-style boxes are awesome. Especially with small kiddos, it lets you pack a bunch of smaller portions, giving them options without overwhelming them with giant helpings …
While we largely rely on leftovers + fruit to fill lunch boxes, here are some non-leftover ideas that we use as filler on days where we don't have leftovers or what we have doesn't split nicely into multiple sections (because we HAVE to fill every section every day, right?). Used in combination, these things can …
Another week's worth of Simon lunches! Hope you can find some inspiration in here. A reminder, too, that he doesn't ever (seriously, never) eat all this stuff, but what he does choose to eat often surprises. Creamy potato salad? No thanks. A pile of spiced chickpeas with feta and capers? YES, and more capers, please …
So I talk over and over again about how we re-purpose dinner leftovers as lunch. I thought it might be useful for folks to see that in action. What follows is a week in our food-life - how we meal plan, what we make for dinner, and how we turn that into lunch. This all …
Next up in our quest to prove that yes, you can really pack anything in a lunch box, here are five more Simon lunches! Box #44: corn bread, baked tilapia, spinach, strawberries Box #45: leftover pizza (ham, mushroom, green pepper), green beans, olives & yellow cherry tomatoes, mango slices Box #46: Leftover lettuce wraps (ground …
