I've been finding fun new things at Trader Joe's too - last week was mini pitas. She's loving having these tiny sandwiches in her lunchbox, and I feel good knowing they are healthier than plain old white bread.
A couple of recent bentos:
This one contained what we've nicknamed "the lunch monster" which was really rolls of turkey and ham and cheese with baby carrots in the middle and a celery mouth. It was accompanied by more baby carrots, mini celery sticks, rice cracker mix (thank you again Trader Joe's!) and red seedless grapes. For snack she had fish crackers and cheese along with a juice box and had milk in the Rubbermaid milk box.
This one was literally thrown together last minute from whatever I could scrounge up in the fridge - leftover ham strips, cheddar cheese, a handful of salad mix and some baby carrots. She said she used the dip in the middle for all of them and it all came home empty.
This one was something E specifically requested (it was an exact duplicate of another day that week). Turkey and cheese rollups, baby carrots, grapes and colorful goldfish. She just adores these lunches! I'm still hoping to find a way to make her a hot lunch, because I could do SO much more - but for now (almost 3 months!) this works wonderfully for her and me!
I hope to get back on the bandwagon with the updates - we've had alot of repeats so I didn't think they were all picture-worthy.
I hope to get back on the bandwagon with the updates - we've had alot of repeats so I didn't think they were all picture-worthy.
