Quesadillas (one with turkey), apples, and cinnamon sugar cookies. Packed in Easy Lunchboxes.
Easy homemade cheese pizzas made on frozen naan bread, with tomatoes, celery, strawberries, and crackers. Packed in Easy Lunchboxes, with silicon muffin cups.
Pigs in a blanket, tomatoes, peas, grapes, strawberries. Packed in Easy Lunchboxes.
Tamago rolls (Japanese seasoned egg omelette), tomatoes, grapes, cucumbers, carrots, sugar snap peas. Packed in Easy Lunchboxes.
Waffle bites, banana, strawberries, grapes, and cheese. One has whipped cream for dipping, one has cottage cheese, two have yogurt. Packed in Easy Lunchboxes.
Quesadillas, homemade pear/apple sauce (one has yogurt), homemade granola bars, apples, carrots, cucumbers. Packed in Easy Lunchboxes.
Leftover pizza, tomatoes, sugar snap peas, strawberries, homemade granola bar, raisins, and a prune. Packed in Easy Lunchboxes.
Homemade whole wheat banana bread, cheese, apple, strawberries. Two have ham and two have yogurt. Packed in Easy Lunchboxes.
"Lunchable": crackers, ham, cheese, cucumbers, tomatoes, strawberries. The one without ham has sweet red peppers, and the one with the biggest appetite got an extra cheese. Packed in Easy Lunchboxes, with square silicone muffin cups., and little Minnie Mouse bento forks.
Homemade instant oatmeal, homemade biscotti, banana, strawberry, and cheese. The blue containers are from Ikea. The oatmeal is packed in Thermos Funtainers. I heat the container with boiling water first, and then put in the dry oatmeal mixture with boiling water and boiling milk, so it all stays warm until lunch time.
Tortilla chips, shredded cheddar cheese, apple, & tomatoes. Two have refried beans and two have shredded chicken. Packed in Easy Lunchboxes, with mini dipper containers for the ketchup, silicon muffin cups for the chicken, and disposable plastic baby spoons.
"Don't call it salad". My kids say they don't like salad, but they like all of this stuff! Lettuce, tomatoes, cheddar cheese, ham, and sugar snap peas. One has sliced boiled egg. On the side: strawberries, raisins, and cashews. Packed in Easy Lunchboxes.
Easy Friday Sandwich lunch: sunbutter and homemade jam on local white bakery bread, organic string cheese, seaweed snacks, dried fruit & cashews. Packed in Easy Lunchboxes. The pink silicone cups are from Ikea.
Happy First Day of Spring lunch. Corn dog muffins, organic ketchup for dipping, cucumber & cheddar cheese flowers, apples, homemade mini sugar cookies. Packed in Easy Lunchboxes, with Mini Dipper containers.
Pizza muffins and meatball muffins, with tomatoes, carrots, cucumbers, blueberries, and cheese. Packed in Easy Lunchboxes, with pink silicone muffin cups from Ikea.
Pancake sandwiches. Homemade pancakes, two have just cream cheese, one has cream cheese and sun butter, one has butter. On the side they all have Joe's Os and dried fruit and a strawberry. One has some ham rolled with string cheese, one has a little ham cup with scrambled egg and cheese. Packed in Easy Lunchboxes.
Leftover cheese pizza, cut into strips so it's a little easier to eat, with tomatoes, carrots, yogurt raisins, and a few homemade sugar cookies. One child also got a boiled egg. Packed in Easy Lunchboxes, with square silicone baking cups.
Quesadillas. Three have just cheese, one has chicken. The one made with corn tortillas is gluten free. On the sides they have seaweed snacks, tomatoes, strawberries and blueberries. Packed in Easy Lunchboxes.
Sunbutter & homemade jam on local white bread, with cookies, seaweed snacks, a strawberry, and one child has a few chocolate covered edamame beans. Packed in Easy Lunchboxes Brights, with Bee & flower picks, letter picks, and a leaf pick.
Leftover cold noodles with sesame oil and soy sauce, with different combinations of peas, corn, tomatoes, and chicken, depending on what each child likes. Two have soy sauce on the side. They all have tomatoes, cheese, and strawberries. Packed in Easy Lunchboxes brights, with Sauce Bottles.
Homemade waffles, with maple whipped cream for dipping (just whipping cream, with maple syrup), cheese, rice chex, apples, and blueberries. Packed in Easy Lunchboxes, with Mini Dippers, and Little Spoons.
Quesadillas on corn tortillas, with sour cream for dipping. Tomatoes, strawberries, two have a boiled egg, one has almonds, one has yogurt raisins. Packed in Easy Lunchboxes, with square silicone baking cups, and salad dressing containers.
Leftover pizza cut in bites for easier and faster eating, with oranges, blueberries, and tomatoes. Packed in Easy Lunchboxes.
Cheeseburger skewers: bites of leftover hamburger patty, cheese, and tomato. With grapes and yogurt raisins. Two have half an avocado, one has cottage cheese, one has dried mango. Packed in Easy Lunchboxes, with a mini dipper, silicone muffin cup, and little spoon.
Simple sandwiches: two have ham & cheese, two have just cheese. With carrots, tomatoes, strawberries, blueberries, and one has a container of yogurt. Packed in Easy Lunchboxes with one mini dipper.
Blueberry breakfast cake - pancake for the child that doesn't like cooked blueberries - yogurt, cheese, grapes, banana, and one has a boiled egg. Packed in Easy Lunchboxes and Mini Dippers.
Cleaning out the fridge for lunch - a little bit of everything! One has a cheeseburger and sweet peppers, one has mac & cheese with hot dogs and carrots, one has a grilled cheese sandwich with tomatoes, one has a sunbutter & jam with carrots and a cheese. On the side they all have apples, grapes, cookies, dried fruit, and nuts.
Leftover homemade cheese pizza cut in strips, cheese, oranges, cookies, and one has some raisins. Packed in Easy Lunchboxes
Turkey burgers on sweet Hawaiian rolls with cheddar cheese (one who doesn't eat meat has sun butter & jam, with cheese on the side). With tomatoes, strawberries, blueberries, and one has some sweet peppers. Packed in Easy Lunchboxes, with leaf picks.
Cheese, oranges, cheese crisps, homemade cookies, chocolate covered edamame beans, two have ham and two have a little bit of leftover pizza. Packed in Easy Lunchboxes with Square Silicone Baking Cups.
Whole wheat berry muffins, with rice chex, pineapple, and blueberries. Two have rolled up ham, one has hot dogs, one has yogurt.
Sun butter and homemade jam on white bread, with berries, pineapple, cheese, and salami.
Hot dogs, pasta, peas, cheese, oranges, and dried fruit.
Heart shaped whole wheat pancakes with maple whipped cream, grapes, berries, cheese, apples.
Grain free wraps. Two have ham and cheese, one has cheese, one has sunbutter & jelly. On the side: apples, grapes, strawberries, cucumbers, carrots.
Salami, cheese, tomatoes, grapes, strawberries, and yogurt covered cookies.
This was an experiment with a sandwich on grain free bread. One has butter and cheese, one has mayo, ham, and cheese. They also have carrots, apples, tomatoes, blueberries.
Cubes of cheddar and jack cheese, salami, tomatoes, cucumbers, strawberries, blueberries, raisins, apricots, and one has a boiled egg.
three have homemade whole wheat pancakes, one has potato pancake, filled with cream cheese or butter. Orange and cheese on the side. Two have boiled egg, one has rice chex, two have ham, one has sunbutter.
Skewers of tomatoes, cheese, and ham for the two that eat it. In between they each have a piece of zucchini, celery, and red pepper (which they did taste!). Fruit on the side: banana, grapes, oranges.
Hot dogs (Applegate brand, no artificial stuff!) on whole wheat buns, zucchini and carrots, popcorn, grapes.
Saturday ski lunches for 6: PB&J. Good white bread from a local bakery (no mystery ingredients!), Trader Joe's peanut butter (ingredients: peanuts, salt), and homemade jam (four have strawberry, two have blackberry). Cheese cutouts on top, carrots in the middle, on the side there are grapes, strawberries, and chocolate.
One has leftover macaroni and cheese, the other has my homemade instant oatmeal. On the side they have grapes, tomatoes, cheese, and a few bites of hot dog.
Two have fish tacos - just fish sticks, corn tortilla, shredded cheese, cabbage, one has guacamole and one has refried beans. They have carrots, oranges, and cheese on the side. The other two have refried beans, cheese, carrots, banana, and pears.
In the thermos containers they have my homemade muesli, one has homemade blackberry jam with it. They also have some strips of leftover waffle, and banana.
Quesadillas cut in strips. On the side one has guacamole, one has cottage cheese, one has yogurt, one has sour cream. On the side they have tomatoes, oranges, and letter cookies.
Leftovers. Two have a pork & rice soup, one has chicken ramen, one has udon noodles. One the side they have apples, almonds, raisins, and apricots.
Leftovers for two: macaroni and cheese, tortilla and cheese rolls, with strawberries, blueberries, oranges, and carrots.
Pinwheels: tortillas rolled with cheese, two have ham, one has peppers, carrots and cabbage. They have carrots and oranges on the side, and one has sour cream, one has cottage cheese, one has yogurt with honey, one has sunbutter.
Pancake sandwiches, with homemade whole wheat pancakes, cream cheese (one has butter), and sliced apples. On the side they have cheese, cheerios, banana, and apricots.
Mini taco cups: just corn tortillas, toasted in a muffin tin, filled with black beans and melted cheese, with sour cream for dipping, apples, and cheese.
Ski lunches for Saturday for the whole family. This is what I mean about these lunchboxes holding enough food for my husband and I. This lunch was plenty for us. Dad and 3 kids have cheeseburgers with ketchup on the side. Dad also got a side of leftover sauteed onions and mushrooms. I made these for dinner Thursday night and just made lots extra to save for lunch. One has PB&J on a burger bun. I have a salad with basil vinaigrette and some hamburger patties, mushrooms, and onions. We all have strawberries, chips, and a small piece of chocolate wrapped in wax paper. The chips were an experiment - I packed these the night before and put in the fridge. I wasn't sure if the chips would stay crunch overnight or not, but they did!
Simple sandwiches. One has sunbutter & jelly. one has ham, cheddar, and mayo. One has ham, cucumber, and cheddar. One has a veggie sandwich with peppers, cucumbers, carrots, and cheddar. With carrots and sugar snap peas on the side, and oranges and apples. Two different apples sliced and alternated sure was a simple way to make the lunches look a little extra special.
Deconstructed nachos: corn chips, cheese, sour cream, two have chicken and two have beans. On the side: tomatoes, sweet peppers, zucchini. Packed in Easy Lunchboxes.
O's cereal with dried berries, banana, orange, cheese. In the thermos containers is homemade instant oatmeal. I pack hot foods in these Thermos Funtainer Food Jars.
Three have half and avocado with a little bottle of soy sauce. We like to fill the avocado with soy sauce and eat it with a spoon. They also have cheese, sugar snap peas, apples, and crackers. One doesn't like avocado or those kind of crackers, so she got ham, cottage cheese, and a mixture of bunny crackers. Sauce is in these bottles.
This was a breakfast and snack. My breakfast doesn't look very appealing here, but it was really good. Scrambled eggs with polish sausage, spinach, mushrooms, onions, and cheese. In the middle was my lunch - salami, boiled egg, cheese, and salt for the egg in the pink container. On the right was a mid-morning snack for my son - ham, cheese, egg, and crackers.
Just sunbutter and homemade jam, on multigrain bread. But they chose what shape they wanted me to cut, which was a simple way to get them involved in the meal. They all have tomatoes and cheese, three have plain yogurt with honey, one has cottage cheese, two have blueberries and two have sugar snap peas. Packed in Easy Lunchboxes.
Lunches packed for a day on the ski mountain. Dad and kids have burritos, with beans, cheese, sour cream, and a couple of them have some leftover chicken. Mom has a taco salad. On the side we have veggies, cheese, apples, and trail mix. All packed in EasyLunchboxes.
This is one of our favorite lunches - the sandwich kit. I give them bread, cheese, meat, veggies, and they make their own sandwich, or they can just eat all the pieces separately. One has peanut butter. They all have apples and a mini muffin.
Breadsticks, cheese, salami (one has sunbutter), veggies, bananas.
Waffle sandwiches with cream cheese or butter, applesauce, cheese, cereal, apricots and almonds.
Quesadillas, with sour cream or guacamole to dip, sugar snap peas, tomatoes, apples.
Sunbutter & jam sandwiches, cut in a circle with a little shape in the center. A simple way to make lunch more fun. With cheese, chex and apples on the side. Two different apples, sliced and alternated. The sandwich is cut with a round biscuit cutter, and the shapes with some mini cookie cutters.
Mini skewers with cheese, hot dogs, tomatoes, cucumbers. More veggies on the side, fruit, boiled eggs, and a Christmas cookie for a treat.
Oatmeal in the thermos containers, with toast, banana, and cheese on the side. We use these Thermos Funtainer Food Jars for sending hot foods to school.
Pizzadilla
Basically a quesadilla, but add pizza sauce and use mozzarella cheese.
One of my favorite lunches! I just think it's so pretty! This is a make your own sandwich kit. Slices of bread, cheese ham, and veggies, with mayo. The kids came home from school very proud to tell me that they made their sandwiches. On the side they have apples and banana, and one has some trail mix.
One of my favorite lunches! I just think it's so pretty! This is a make your own sandwich kit. Slices of bread, cheese ham, and veggies, with mayo. The kids came home from school very proud to tell me that they made their sandwiches. On the side they have apples and banana, and one has some trail mix.
lunchable / snack box with hummus and sun butter for dipping.
Grown ups like 'kid food' too. A work lunch for my husband: meatball muffins, carrots, cucumbers, hummus for dipping. His lunches are packed in an "Urban" Easy Lunchbox (same as the kids boxes, but with more grown up colors).
A grown up salad lunch: kale with a simple dressing of sesame oil and bragg's aminos, with salmon and tomatoes. On the side: cheese and melon.
A simple curry chicken salad: just leftover roasted chicken, mayo, salt and curry powder. With cucumbers, tomatoes, rice crackers, raisins and macadamia nuts.
Spring rolls/wraps made from Vietnamese takeout leftovers - rice paper wraps, lettuce, basil, pork, rice noodles. With carrots, rice crackers, apples.
Homemade banana bread, cheese stick, two have ham and two have yogurt, and everyone has fruit on the side. Packed in Easy Lunchboxes, with Easy Lunchboxes Mini Dippers.
Leftover crustless quiche with sour cream & salsa on the side, banana muffin, celery & carrots.
Sunbutter & jam, cheese, strawberries, applesauce. Bee & flower picks. Leaf picks Letter picks.
homemade bread, cheese, veggies, nuts, dried fruit, homemade granola bar. Packed in EasyLunchboxes, with silicone muffin cups.
Rolled quesadilla, apples, seaweed snacks, granola bar.
Homemade banana muffins, cheese, banana, apples, granola bar, and one has a little peanut butter. Packed in EasyLunchboxes, with a Mini Dipper container for the peanut butter.
Refried beans, sour cream, corn tortilla chips, cheese, cabbage and tomatoes. Packed in EasyLunchboxes.
Toasted cheese sandwiches on homemade bread, veggies, grapes, and sugar cookies. Packed in EasyLunchboxes.
Lunchable with crackers, cheese, veggies, tomatoes, berries.
Pancake sandwiches, cheese, berries, trail mix with cereal.
"lunchable" with crackers, veggies, cheese.
Burrito with veggies and fruit.