5 May

Had a big job on today, so had to make it with what was around.  Avocado, box milk, quiche (from function I was doing), baby bel cheese, cream cheese and rockmelon.  Easy!

3 May

So we have to buy the frankfurts in a vacuum bag of about 15, so you will notice we always have them 2 days in a row!  But I love these franks; they don;t have that artificial red colour and they are nice and smoothe with no grissly bits.  So in todays box we have franks and sauce, mandarine, box milk, red capsicum and roasted pumpkin.  Was roasting some pumpkin for a job I have on, so thought it would be an easy thing to pop in the lunchbox.

2 May

Coctail franks (we got to the butcher on the weekend!), with a tub of tomato sauce, box milk, mandarines, cornichons and red capsicums.  WE were at the markets at Frenches Forest on Sunday and this man was forcing these mandarine wedges on us for a tasting.  The mandarines looked big and I thought they would have heaps of pips so I refused but lulu landed up having three.  On the way back to the car she says to me "mummy, none of the mandarines the man gave me have pips in them".  Well back we went to see the man and sure enough they are a Japanese variety and have no pips.  So now Lulu will gladly have a mandarine in her lunchbox.  And I will too!

29 April

Yay!  As you can see I got to the shops!!!  So she got some cream cheese (she calls it dippie), red capsicum - to dip in the cream cheese hence the name - box milk, passionfruit (that easter bunny was very generous with his passionfruit!), rice crackers and mortadella ( or della as she calls it).  Lunchbox came back completely empty.

28 April

Still haven't made it to the shops as you can see - it's pretty much the same as yesterday with the addition of tomato sauce as requested for her sausage rolls!!!  So we have sausage rolls with tomato sauce, swiss cheese, box milk, passionfruit, carrots and cornichons  I think she didn't eat the olives the day before so I gave them a miss.

27 April - 1st day of Term 2!!

Well school is back, and we only arrived back from holidays late the night before, so it was a matter of what we had in the fridge and freezer!  The easter bunny brought Lulu passionfruit instead of eggs (they are her favourite!!) so we had some of those to include, box milk from the pantry, swiss cheese, cucumber and carrot, cornichons and olives and some sausage rolls.  Not bad for pulling it out of not having been shopping since before easter!

8 April 2011

Last day of term!!!! When Lulu was doing some reading with my mum late Wednesday afternoon, my mum was having a conversation with her about foods and Lulu said her favourite food was sandwiches.  So I decided she could have a sandwich in her lunchbox! So with what I had on hand she got mortadella, roasted kumera, a vegemite sandwich, box milk, rice crackers and her favourite raspberries - they have been on special this week; cheaper than good strawberries!

Happy holidays all and see you next term :)

7 April 2011

No lunchbox today! Had to send her in with a plate of treats for their easter picnic and of course I forgot to photograph it!  Anyway we all had a different thing to make, so I landed up with some pizza scrolls.  Hope they enjoyed them!

6 April 2011

Second last lunchbox for the term.....rockmelon, box milk, cocktail frankfurts, seaweed rice crackers, cornichons and olives.

5 April 2011

Rockmelon and raspberries, box milk, red capsicum and cucumber, hard boiled egg and roasted sweet potato.

4 April 2011

Ham, pickle, olives, box milk, red capsicum, cucumber and white radish, raspberries and roasted sweet potato.

1 April 2011

Pasta (leftover from dinner the night before), box milk, strawberries, cornichons and olives and smoked salmon (left over from work job).

31 Mar 2011

Olives and cornichons on a proscuitto "plate", box milk, carrots, cucumber and sugar snap peas, biltong (South African style beef jerky) and raspberries.

30 Mar 2011

Finally got to the shops and got some box milk! So we have roasted pumpkin risotto balls, mortadella, babybel cheese, olives and cornichons, box milk, raspberries (Lulu's favourite fruit!!), cucumber and sugar snap peas

29 Mar 2011

Still no box milk - I'll be going to the shops tomorrow!!  So we have oranges, roasted pumpkin risotto from the previous night's dinner, mortadella and cornichons and olives.

28 Mar 2011

Monday morning, and no box milk!!!!  Moroccan lamb filos, red capsicum, honey snap peas and carrot flowers, mortadella and kiwi berry

25 Mar 2011

Rockmelon, toast with butter and vegemite cut out in dolphin shapes, olives and cornichons, babybel cheese and dried pineapple and organic apricots.

24 Mar 2011

Feta and caramelised onion tarts, box milk, capsicum, mushrooms and grape tomatoes, raspberries and olives and cornichons.  Not too exciting but haven't been shopping with a lunchbox in mind lately!

23 Mar 2011

OK - I promise I will go to the shops today and get some fresh fruit for her lunchbox tomorrow!!!!  Today she has roasted sweet potato with parsley, box milk, mushrooms, red capsicum, cornichons and olives and rockmelon (again!!).

22 Mar 2011

So still didn't go to the shops with a lunchbox in mind!  Had some leftovers from yesterday's afternoon tea and dinner so rockmelon, box milk, hard boiled egg, roasted sweet potato, olives and cornichons and cheese and biccies.

For the roasted sweet potato I just buy sweet potatoes (usually kumera - the orange ones) and put them on a baking tray and bake at about 180 for an hour or so depending upon the size.  A skewer inserted into it should glide easily in and out again when it is cooked.  Delicious hot with dinner I put them into the lunchbox and have them in the fridge for the kids to eat cold as a snack.  The kids eat them skin and all - the skin is good for all its nutrients so don't take it off for them!

21 March 2011

Monday morning means let me see what I have in the fridge on Sunday night as I was too busy over the weekend to think about lunchbox food!  We had frankfurts, box milk, snow peas, grape tomatoes and green capsicum, cornichons and olives then no fresh fruit around so we have dried apples and apricots.

18 Mar 2011

Lulu is very excited about green eggs and ham today!

Left to right as usual, snow peas, green capsicum and grape tomatoes (she doesn't really eat grape tomatoes but tyga will eat them after school on our way home which is what happens to the leftover contents of her lunchbox), cocktail frankfurts, box milk, green eggs and ham and finally cornichons and green olives.

Happy weekend to all :)

17 March 2011 - ST PATRICK"S DAY!!

Happy St Patrick's Day all!  Lulu's school is having a mufti day today but kids have to wear green for St Pats, so I  thought I'd theme the lunchbox accordingly!

First up, I used one of Tyga's lunchboxes so it was green to start off with, then we have granny smith apple cheeks, box milk (which has a green labeling on it anyway -lucky!!), green capsicum, snow peas and cucumber, sushi rolls with avocado and cucumber and some hard boiled egg that I coloured green!  Lulu doesn't like the yolk of the egg so it was easy to just colour the white....

How did I do it?  I boiled the eggs as usual and plunged them in cold water once done (to stop that grey ring forming around the yolk). Filled a glass with some filtered tap water and put some green food colouring in it.  I then peeled an egg, cut it in half and took out the yolk then submerged the whites in the green water for an hour.  And hey presto!  Now of course they say they want green eggs all the time and I need to get some ham to go with it!

16 Mar 2011

Well here we are - today's lunchbox!  Really excited to have a blog to put these pictures up on; I'll try and give recipes and ideas for what you see, and tips on making it easier for all my followers to make their kids' school lunch boxes!

Today she had cocktail frankfurts, box milk (I like to include this for protein and hydration, and it requires no refrigeration to keep it fresh), snow peas, raspberries (Lulu's favourite - on special at $4.99 a punnet yesterday!) and of course the cornichons and olive department compartment!!!

Lunchbox came back empty YIPPEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

15 Mar 2011

Rockmelon. box milk, grape tomatoes, cucumber, ham, wedge of brie and a beef an guinness mini pie

14 Mar 2011

Mini beef and guinness pies, box milk, cucumber rounds, red capsicum, sugar snap peas, cornichons and olive and rockmelon

11 Mar 2011

Peach cheeks, box milk, baby corn cobs, fresh green peas in their pods, pickles and olives and a wedge of brie

10 Mar 2011

Forgot to take a picture in the morning, so here is one of the lunchbox in the afternoon when it arrived home!

Box milk (empty), Moroccan lamb filos and pomegranate molasses dipping sauce (1 left!), all her rockmelon uneaten and olives and pickles all eaten!

9 Mar 2011

Tyga's lunchbox: rockmelon, hard boiled egg, cheese stick, cucumber, red capsicum, avocado, grapes, pickle and olives

Lulu's lunchbox: box milk, carrot sticks, fresh green peas, passionfruit in tub, hard boiled egg, cucumber, pickles and olives

8 Mar 2011

Box milk, avocado, BBQ corn cob, carrot sticks, rockmelon and mini provencale tarts

7 Mar 2011

Olives, pickle and cured beef strips, box milk, roasted sweet potato, cucumber and red capsicum, rockmelon and popcorn

4 Mar 2011

Toast with passionfruit curd, box milk, spaghetti and fresh mushroom, popcorn and frankfurts

3 Mar 2011

Avocado, box milk, cocktail frankfurts, roasted sweet potato and plum cheeks

2 Mar 2011

Peach cheek, box milk, cheese stick, frankfurts, cucumber flowers, olives and pickle

1 Mar 2011

Box milk, sausage sandwich with mustard and tomato sauce, passionfruit, avocado, olives and dried beef

28 Feb 2011

Box milk, brie and guava paste sandwiches, passionfruit, carrot and cucumber, nectarine cheeks, olives and an air dried beef from our local organic markets

25 Feb 2011

Box milk, cheese stick, passionfruit pulp (Lulu's favourite things are raspberries and passionfruit; we call her a passion pig!), avocado, olives and pickels

24 Feb 2011

Heart shaped pasta, fresh snow peas, box milk, caramelised onion and feta tarts, fresh orange segments, olives and pickles

23 Feb 2011

Heart shaped pasta (available from Aldi only around Valentine's Day!), box milk, capsicum, cucumber, rockmelon, olives and pickles

22 Feb 2011

Rockmelon, box milk, fresh mushrooms, snow peas and cucumber, ham a,d pickles and olives

21 Feb 2011

Rockmelon, box milk, fresh mushrooms and snow peas, ham, prosciutto and herb blini

18 Feb 2011

Looks a bit sparse today, but that was probably all I had in the fridge!  Babybel cheese, biccies, mini pies (I think these ones are wasabi beef), box milk, fresh peach, pickle and olives

17 Feb 2011

Moroccan lamb filos with pomegranate molasses dipping sauce, carrot and cucumber, box milk, watermelon and frankfurts

16 Feb 2011

Feta (turns out not a good thing to put in as it made everything else in that compartment completely mushy!), cocktail frankfurts, tasty cheese, box milk, home made mini pies, rockmelon, olives and pickle

15 Feb 2011

Ham sandwich, box milk, capsicum and cucumber, rockmelon and I can't remember what is in that top right hand corner sorry!

14 Feb 2011

Ham sandwiches, capsicum and cucumber, box milk, roasted vegetable frittata and blackberries; recipes will follow in later blogs for all my home baked goods!

11 Feb 2011

Carrot flowers, pickle and olives with herb cream cheese dip, corn cakes, box milk, strawberries and roasted sweet potato in its skin

10 Feb 2011

Plain pasta (exactly how she likes it!), box milk, fresh capsicum, prosciutto, babybel cheese, olives, pickle, watermelon and raspberries

9 Feb 2011

Capsicum, and cucumber, sandwich, crackers and cheese, ham rolled around pickle spears and strawberries.  I had obviously run out of box milk!

8 Feb 2011

School swimming carnival on today, so I had to make a lunchbox for my 2 year old as well.  His is the green one!

Tyga's lunchbox: sultanas, dried mango, cucumber, watermelon, rockmelon, raspberries, blueberries, ham sandwich, hard boiled egg, pickles and olives

Lulu's lunchbox: ham and mustard sandwiches, box milk, cucumber and green capsicum, pickles and olives and rockmelon and raspberries

FYI she came stone cold last in the swimming race she entered but as my husband says, the only failure is the failure to participate so at least she finished the whole length of the pool and didn't give up!