Monday Lunches

Lunch #1

Soft Pretzel

Mustard in the Little Dipper, Cheese bats in mini silicone muffin tin

Black seedless grapes

Kiwi with monster pick

Buttercream candy in dessert compartment

Lunch #2

Ham and cheese sandwich shaped with Pumpkin Cutter, butter pretzels

Shortbread Halloween cookies, cucumbers in silicone mini muffin cup

Black seedless grapes

Kiwi with monster pick

Peppermint candy for dessert

Items used:

Pin It

Tuesday Planetbox

Packed in a Planetbox

Apple Butter and cream cheese on whole grain flat

Red pepper strips and cucumbers cut with ghost cookie cutters

Halloween shortbread cookies

Clementine and Plumazins in a silicone mini muffin tin

Panda cookie for dessert

I got great feedback on the Glad Press N Seal to keep juices in their respective compartments so I used that again today.  Works great!

Pin It

Planetbox and Glad Press N Seal

Packed in a Planetbox

Ham and Cheddar on whole grain sandwich thin

Cucumbers and red pepper slices

Halloween-themed pretzels

Homemade dried mango, strawberries and kiwis with a monster pick

Halloween cookies

After some complaining about the juices from the fruit and vegetables running over into the dry foods, I decided to experiment today.  After the lunch was packed, I covered the entire surface with Glad Press'n Seal.  The wrap sealed nice and tight across the whole lunch, so I hope this will solve the problem.

Here is how it looks with the Glad Press'n Seal over top:

Items used:

 

Pin It

Halloween Themed Easy Lunchbox

Just trying out our new Easylunchboxes today and so far I'm impressed!

Smoked turkey breast and brown mustard on whole grain bread with cheese bats.

Halloween colored tortilla chips

Bat candies in a mini silicone muffin tin

Clementine with jack-o-lantern face

Items used in this lunch:

 

Pin It

Recipe: Zucchini Fries

With the abundance of fresh zucchini lying around, I wanted to find a new way to make it family friendly.  Enter the zucchini fries.  Roasted to crispy goodness, and served with spicy ketchup, these fries were a hit!

Ingredients:

1 pound of zucchini, cleaned and trimmed

1/2 cup all-purpose flour

2 tsp. salt, divided

3/4 tsp. pepper

3 large eggs

1 cup panko bread crumbs

1/2 cup grated parmesan

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.  Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Cut zucchini into french fry sticks, approximately 3 inches long.

In one bowl, mix together flour, 1 tsp. of salt and pepper.  In another bowl, whisk eggs and other teaspoon of salt.  In a third bowl, combine panko and parmesan cheese.

Dip each zucchini stick into the egg mixture, then the flour, and finally the panko.  Arrange coated sticks on baking sheet in a single layer.  No crowding!

Bake for 15 minutes, then flip zucchini fries.  Continue cooking 7-10 minutes, until brown on all sides.

Serve and watch them disappear!

Pin It

Tuesday Planetbox & Rice Krispie Sushi!

Packed in a Planetbox 

Sun butter and strawberry jam on whole grain with flax sandwich thin

Cheese stick

{Baked!} Hard cooked egg and cucumber slices

Blackberries and strawberries

Rice Krispie Sushi for dessert

Pin It

Monday Lunches in Planetbox

Lunch #1 packed in a Planetbox

Sun butter and raspberry jam on whole grain sandwich round

Cucumber slices and plums in mini silicone muffin cup

Babybel cheese and Veggie straws

Kiwis and a monster pick

Mini Peanut Butter Cup for dessert

Lunch #2 packed in a Planetbox

Meatballs and sauce in the Big Dipper

Rosemary and Olive oil bread with Laughing Cow cheese wedge (and an alligator knife )

Grape tomatoes and cucumbers

Mango slices and a kitty pick

Hard candy for dessert

Items used to make these lunches:

Pin It

Hard Cooked Eggs Baked in the Oven!

While browsing around Pinterest the other day, I saw a pin that caught my eye:  Hard cooked eggs in the oven.

Let me back up.  We go through a lot of hard boiled eggs.  The kids enjoy them as snacks.  The adults eat them on salads.  I pack some in luncboxes shaped with bento egg molds.  So needless to say, the idea intrigued me.  I admit:  I am not a fan of boiling eggs, mainly because I never get them just right.

So, armed with a muffin tin and a dozen eggs, I was ready to give this thing a try.

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.  Place desired amount of eggs in  a muffin tin, and toss (okay, maybe gently place) the eggs in the oven for 30 minutes.

In the meantime, prepare an ice bath.  Let them cool in the ice and water for about 10 minutes.

Peel and see for yourself.  Perfection!  Never will I fight the boiling water again. 

Pin It