25 July 2012

Some "rock n rolls" from the freezer with passionfruit pulp in a tub, a cheese stick, dried pineapple and some cucumber slices.  Not the most appetising of lunchboxes ever I must admit!

24 July 2012

Tuesday morning and yes I went to the shops yesterday!  So we have dinner leftover of crumbed fish with a tub of mayo plus a frozen mini sausage roll (which we now call rock and rolls) because Lulu had an early start at school.  Then some crackers with rosella jam and a ham and cheese sandwich plus the beetroot which she loved, and some peeled and segmented orange.  

For the beetroot I cut the ends off and peel it (with gloves on to save my hands getting pink), wrap it in foil  - can do more than one at a time - then bake in the oven for about an hour.  No oil, no fat, just a beautiful concentrated beetroot flavour.  And it will keep in an airtight container in the fridge for a good few days.  My kids devour the stuff!

23 July 2012

Monday morning...what do I have in the fridge since I didn't go specifically to get lunch box food on the weekend!

Sandwich with smoked salmon and cream cheese, blood oranges cut up plus 2 left over strawberries, some roasted beetroot cut up - I have included a fork lying on the sandwich to use to eat the beetroot - and some cocktail frankfurts.

Sandwiches not such a success, but all else GONE!

20 July 2012

So of course the kiwi fruit went down well as you can see - featuring in both lunchboxes!  

Lulu has orange and kiwi pieces, a love heart sandwich with mortadella and ricotta, some salada crackers with rosella jam I picked up at the Good food Show last month, dried pineapple and cornichons, fresh cue and snow peas.

Tyga has kiwi and orange segments, a pirate sandwich of mortadella and ricotta (where's the bones mum???) plus snow pea "bones" from the skull and cross bones, cornichons and smoked olives top right and cucumber and cherry tomatoes bottom right.  Tyga also takes a recess box which I never photograph, which today has salada with rosella jam and some dried pineapple, mango and banana.

Happy weekend all!

19 July 2012

Back to school for Tyga today so two lunchboxes to perve on - although I do try and make it easy on myself and make them as similar as their taste buds will allow!

First up is Lulu...navel orange peeled and separated into segments (less messy), salmon and avocado dinosaur sandwiches, a pig pastry from a kids party table class I taught and some of that delicious cucumber I have been getting from the markets.

Tyga has oranges plus kiwi fruit.  I keep the skin on the kiwi for extra fibre which works if they are sliced in thin rounds - can't fathom biting into an unpeeled kiwi!!  Then dinosaur salmon and avocado sandwiches with cherry tomatoes, a pastry pig, cucumber and some smoked olives!  Some people say my kids eat strange things but I let them taste anything they want (in the savoury department) and if they like it, hats off to them.  We went to the markets and there was a stall selling hot smoked salmon, chickens and olives. Smoked on the spot!  And I must agree with Tyga - they are delicious!

18 July 2012

I get so excited when my kids get thrilled at the prospect of grainy bread!  Makes me a very proud mum (especially since I certainly don't lead by example in this department!).  Lulu gobbled up her dinner the night before with gusto and said how much she loved it in no uncertain terms so she had a sandwich of leftovers - 2 fish fingers with coleslaw.  And she told me she couldn't wait until lunch time to eat her sandwich it was so yummy she had to have it for morning tea!  Such a change from last term where the food came home each day.  Now it is an empty lunchbox!

So because we did so well with the orange, dried pineapple and cucumber yesterday I played it safe and did the same again today.  Well it worked.  Now just have to try and see what I can give her tomorrow although I am working in the canteen so may shout her a canteen treat lunch - which is soup I make for the canteen so I know it is packed full of health and goodness!

17 July 2012

Well for give the lack of lunchboxes last term - Lulu decided she was not that hungry and barely ate much but back with a vengeance this term...mind you it is only day 1, but fingers crossed!

So today she had a drama class early and I suggested she have 2 sandwiches as she might be hungry.  And she sure was - lunchbox came back empty. YAY!!!  So what did she have...

Navel orange, 2 sandwiches (well our dinosaur cutter makes 2 dinos from 1 sandwich she had 4 dinosaurs but really only 2 sandwiches!) with smoked salmon and avocado then dried pineapple and fresh cucumber.  I have been getting fresh cucumber from our milkman at the organic markets on Sunday and let me say it is delicious.  So much more flavoursome than what I have been buying in the shops.

Remember to peel fruit where possible to make it more appealing - excuse the pun - to your child by being easier to eat!