A look inside Central student lunch boxes!
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 …
Another week's worth of Simon lunches! #39: Chicken salad (leftover roast chicken, mayo, grapes, celery, tarragon), pita bread, avocado chunks, cheddar slices, olives #40: Eggplant, mushroom, & bok choy stir fry w noodles, sliced carrots, hard boiled egg, blueberries #41: Disassembled quinoa bowl (quinoa w feta & dressing, roasted yellow beets, roasted kale) & grapes …
We may be on spring break this week, but, uh, in case you want to start thinking about next week's lunches? Some lunches where we don't rely so heavily on olives and cheese! Per usual, this is all comprised of night-before leftovers and things I could quickly pull out of the fridge. Only thing that …
While we do tend to make use of leftovers for lunch (see boxes 31, 32, & 33 below), sometimes, our fridge is pretty empty and we have to come up with things on the fly. So, for lunchbox #30, I bring you, fridge scrap lunch. Grilled cheese, baby carrots (can be steamed for littles who …
As I mentioned on a previous post, Sophia gets two of these containers a day for a total of four items a day. I feel that gives her enough variety without overwhelming her with the options (and me with the prepping). Here are some of the boxes I have sent: Scrambled eggs with ham, onion, …
The quickest of quick dinners, when we can't muster the effort to do anything that involves prep and effort and dirty pans: nachos. Nachos aren't typically regarded as health food, but, with some care, are really not that bad. To health em up a bit, we love the multigrain chips from Food Should Taste Good …
