31 January 2012....Day 1 of Year 1!!!

Well back to school for another year!!!!

Sort of much of the same with the lunchboxes, but my little boy starts pre-school on Thursday so we'll include some of his as he has a different palate to Lulu.

Today we have our usual box milk, an avocado butterfly sandwich, some carrot sticks, cucumber flowers and cherries - they were on special this week for $12.88 so I couldn't resist!

Hope you've all had a wonderful holiday and your kids are ready to face the new year....I know Lulu is - she is so excited!  I always used to say I didn't want to be one of those mums that can't wait for school holidays to be over but I can't give her the stimulation she gets from school and as much as I love having her around I know we are both going to be happy having her back at school.

Here's wishing you a fabulously nutritious school year in 2012!

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!!).