Just Keep Swimming

This weekend, we were trying to nip a cold in the bud so there was lots of vegging on the couch and watching movies.  Getting Munch to actually sit still long enough to watch a scene or two of a movie is pretty big so when she was glued to Finding Nemo, I was excited.  At lunchtime, I kept the momentum going with a fishie themed lunch!

Big compartment of the EasyLunchbox container holds sandwich sushi (cream cheese & jelly on whole wheat bread), a babybel with  a fish shape cut out of the wax, hummus & ranch dip for the carrots in the bottom right compartment.  I put the fish cut out of the Babybel wax on top.

In the top compartment are some goldfish crackers swimming in the blue ocean (or silicone cup).

This post was linked to What's For Lunch Wednesdsay.

Time's Almost Up!!

Today is the last day to get the free cooler with any order of one or more container sets at EasyLunchboxes. Don't miss out!!

Plain Jane lunch

Nothing too exciting about this lunch I had last week.  I have a salami sandwich with cheese and lettuce on a Pepperidge Farm Deli Flats.  Above the sandwich are green pepper slices and the ranch dip for them is in the bottom compartment on the right.  The top little compartment is filled with what Munch calls "Octagons" or Vermont White Cheddar Wheat Thins.

This is packed in one of my trusty EasyLunchboxes.  I told you back in September about the wonderful problem they were having at EasyLunchboxes.  They had seen such high demand that they were out of stock!!  To thank their customers, they were offering a free cooler for every order that included the lunch containers.   They have more stock coming so the offer is coming to a close.  You have until November 10th to get a free cooler bag with your order of lunch containers.  You do NOT want to pass this up!!

EasyLunchboxes Announcement

Sales of the container sets are going so well that they are SOLD OUT!!!  Kelly Lester, the smart mama behind EasyLunchboxes, is so appreciative of her customers for giving her this “problem”, she is offering a FREE cooler bag with every order including a container set (which are currently on back-order).  You can’t pick the color (but c’mon its FREE!!) and the cooler bag will ship with the rest of your order when the containers are back in stock which should be around mid-October.

Click the image to take advantage of this AWESOME deal – not sure how long it will last!!!

Weekend Picnic

Last Saturday, Munch and I had some fun stuff planned and I didn't want to take the time or spend the money  looking for food on the run.  So I packed us a lunch to take!!


On Nature's Own Whole Wheat Rounds, I have a turkey and cheese sandwich and Munch has PB&J.  Also in the large compartment is a Babybel for her.  Going clockwise, we have some cheddar cheese chunks and red seedless grapes.  Next up are some Annie's cheddar bunny snack mix.



I packed it all up in our Easy Lunchbox cooler.  We were able to fit the Easy Luncbox container, two bottles of water and a sippy cup of ice.


Ready for our picnic lunch!!

Wrapping up the week!

Yay for Friday!!  This week has been crazy and I'm not quite sure why.  Munch is in a "fun" whiney stage and by the time I've gotten her down to bed, I am ready for bed myself!  So I'll admit I've been lazy with the photos of my bentos after I make them and you have another camera pic today.

Chicken hummus wraps and small container of ranch for dipping on the left.  Munch likes to snack on frozen peas & corn (still frozen!) so I thought I'd give it a shot and put a Babybel cheese on top.  Below that is a mix of baby carrots & cherry tomatoes.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!!

What's for Lunch Wednesday - Getting Creative

Now that I've started building my bento arsenal, I can start working on the aesthetics a bit more.  Cute shapes, more colors, etc.....

 In the top left compartment of an EasyLunchbox, cinnamon apple multi-grain crisps, below that is strawberry yogurt with chocolate chips sprinkled on top.

In the big compartment, leftover roast chicken on a Nature's Own Multi-Grain round.  Marble cheddar flower on top of the sandwich and strawberries above it.

In this bento, I used:

This post is linked to What's for Lunch Wednesday.

What’s For Lunch Wednesday – Day At The Zoo

While hubby and I were in New Orleans, Munch spent the night with a friend.  They had plans to visit the zoo with one of her friends and her son.  I packed up some snack bentos so they could keep the kiddos happy.

In an EasyLunchbox, strawberries and banana halves in the big compartment.  In the top compartment we have marble cheddar cheese cubes and nectarines in the bottom compartment.

And for some crunch…

Annie’s organic cheddar bunny snacks & Earth’s Best Apple Cinnamon graham cracker sticks in the Sassy box.

This post is linked to What’s For Lunch Wednesday.

Today's lunch

Sorry for the not-so-great camera phone pic.  While I'm getting pretty good at making myself put lunches together at night, I still tend procrastinate with the picture-taking.

Nothing too fancy here...sliced chicken, cheese & romaine lettuce on a kaiser-type roll.  Pretzels as my crunchy element and some sliced strawberries for dessert.

I'm back!

I've been out of office a bit lately and haven't needed to pack my lunches.  Today I'm back at it!!

Turkey & cheese sandwich on Nature's Own sandwich round,

vanilla wafers & wheat crackers in big compartment. 

Cheese cubes in the smaller one up top and

carrots and cucumbers in the bottom bigger compartment.

This was more than enough for lunch so I had what was leftover for a snack later!

I recently got some new containers and am excited to use them and share!!  Some came from somewhere you probably would have never thought of!!

I have this post linked at What's for lunch at our house for What's for Lunch Wednesday.

Lazy Lunch

I spent my free time last night playing with my new layout and didn't want to stay up late to make my lunch.  (tsk,tsk).  Cut to this morning and of course I don't have time to make lunch again....so I packed up the pieces and assembled my sandwich at lunchtime.  I really wanted the pinwheel/wrap things I made yesterday but since I procrasinated, I had the sandwich rounds from Nature's Own instead




I'm ready for the weekend.  We're hoping to take Munch to the zoo or the Children's Museum or maybe even both!!  If we do go to the zoo, they encourage bringing your own coolers for lunch so we might just bring the EasyLunchboxes along!!

I'm also excited to play with my new toy!!!














What are your plans for the weekend?

They’re here!!

I technically shared this in the last post but my EasyLunchboxes arrived yesterday and I put them to good use right away!!

Cooler bag…I fit two EasyLunchboxes containers, a small Tupperware and Munch’s big sippy cup in here this morning.

Pretty!

Lunch!

 

Turkey, cheese & lettuce on wheat tortilla with hummus as a spread.  Cheese cubes in a silicone cup, carrots in the middle-sized compartment and banana slices left over from Munch’s breakfast in the small compartment.

One more day left this week!!

Breakfast for Munch

Munch has physical therapy every Thursday and to make those rushed mornings a little less chaotic, we take her breakfast with us and she eats it at the picnic table in the waiting room.  Lately, the easiest thing for me has been to make pancakes the night before.  Munch loves them and they are pretty easy to eat without making a huge mess.

This week, I put banana slices in them.  It didn't work that great so I probably won't do that again.  In the little compartment are blackberries.  And a napkin under the blackberries. 



Luckily I put the extra pancakes in a container for Daddy, who had PT duty this week, because Miss Munch was apparently still hungry after eating the two I packed for her.

This breakfast was put together in my new EasyLunchboxes!!!  I was surprised how big they were!  Although I guess I needed one more pancake in there for Munch, I think they might be a little too big to use for her breakfasts.  But for my lunch, which I'll post later, it was just right.