An Odd Combination...

Well, today's theme was... what on earth is in the freezer that I can throw together and call lunch?!? Can't say it was my favorite lunch ever, but it was good enough :)

4 frozen turkey meatballs, silver dollar pancakes, simply fruit roll, the heart container contains sugar-free syrup (which expired a few months ago... syrup doesn't really expire, does it?!?), string cheese whips and cheese crackers.

There were doughnuts in the teachers lounge... can't say no to temptation like that!

Panny-cake lunch

Tomorrow's boring lunch is packed in an EasyLunchboxes container:

2 mini banana-chocolate chip muffins, silver dollar pancakes, the heart container has syrup, an orchard cherry fruit leather, giant cheese-its (my absolute favorite), peanuts and raisins. Yumm-o :)

I'm Back!

School has been back in session for a week now, but with the craziness of back to school, I just wasn't up to making cute lunches. I wouldn't necessarily consider this one a cute one, but it's better than what I was packing last week :)



Sorry about the picture being over my sink... it was the only place I could get enough light.
Tomorrow's lunch includes... stir fry chicken made just for me by my dad (it's my favorite,) 2 Dare maple cream cookies, white cheddar crackers, skim milk, juice, the last of my Christmas caramels, 2 simply fruit leathers.

Not the healthiest lunch, but it's all I had to work with.

Wednesday's Lunch

Tomorrow should be quite the day for my students. I teach at a parochial school, so we start every Wednesday morning with mass. This Thursday is the big Christmas concert/play that involves the entire school (K-8) so tomorrow morning after mass, we have rehearsal, which takes about 2 hours, then tomorrow afternoon we have a dress rehearsal. All in all, doesn't allow a whole lot of teaching time tomorrow... Oh well, gotta have days like that every now and then, right?!?

Here's tomorrow's lunch to get me through the craziness, packed in my favorite purple Goodbyn:
L to R: homemade Chex Mix; Dare maple cream cookie; 2 star shaped sandwiches, one has PB&J, the other has sharp cheddar and turkey; FF Pringles; 1 Hershey's Nugget; skim milk; apple juice; strawberry Fruitabu; sugar-free pudding with pre-biotic fiber.

Looks like a lot of food, but I spend 7am-6pm at school every day due to the fact that I also run the before and after school care program, so I eat my biggest meal at school to get me through the long days. When I get home at night, I am tuckered out, so I usually eat a simple supper, pack a good lunch for the next day, and veg out on the couch.

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I read my students Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas today. I love Dr. Suess read alouds, and Mr. Grinch is one of my fav's. Thought I'd end this post with my favorite quote from the book:

"Maybe Christmas," he thought, "doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas... perhaps... means a little bit more."

25th Bento!

So, as I save the pictures of my lunches on my computer, I give them very creative names. You know, like Bento #16 and so on. Well today's picture is titled Bento #25. Hard to believe I have been doing this long enough to have made 25 lunches. I feel like I have come a long way, especially since that first dreadful 'bento' way back in the day :)

Enough reminiscing... here's tomorrow's lunch:
Left to right: homemade Chex Mix, garlic and olive oil vermicelli with turkey meatballs, white cheddar crackers, skim milk to drink, 2 Hershey's Nuggets, sugar free pudding with pro-biotic fiber (good for my Crohn's... yogurt would be better, but I strongly dislike yogurt), garlic bread, and you can't really see it but there's a pomegranate fruit leather tucked in there too :)

And, just for a treat, here's tomorrow's after school snack:

orchard cherry fruit leather, Chex mix, ff Pringles (I know the fact that they are fat free doesn't make them healthy, I just feel a little better about it), mini juice box, white cheddar crackers, Dare maple cream cookie. I am obsessed with maple.


We had a 2 hour delay today due to the massive blizzard that hit the area over the weekend, meaning that school started at 10:10, and my kids go to lunch at 10:50... not much time for a productive morning but my cereal lunch fit in perfectly with sleeping in!

More Goodbyn Goodness

I wasn't too sure how I felt about my new Goodbyns. They are a lot bigger than I had expected and was kind of thinking... how can I pack a lunch in this effectively. Well for today's lunch, I must say I am a big fan! Here's what I packed for tomorrow's lunch:

Starting top left: White Cheddar crackers, cereal (a mix of rice/corn chex and cheerios), homemade Chex Mix (which explains my choice of cereal).
Middle: 2 Hershey's Nuggets, skim milk for the cereal
Right: Dare Maple Cream cookie, strawberry fruit roll, juice box. The little black container is a mix of sugar and splenda for my cereal.

Yum!

Goodbyn!

I got a new bento box! It's a Goodbyn, and through an amazing online deal, it got delivered to my door for a grand total of $2.95! Ok, so maybe I ordered more than one... I ended up getting purple, orange and dark blue, because, lets face it, some nights I just don't get to the dishes. And with a deal like that who could pass it up?

Here's tomorrow's lunch:
Left Top: Caramel Corn
Left Middle: Pretzel sticks, raisins, low fat string cheese
Left bottom: Orchard Cherry fruit leather, 2 shortbread cookies
Middle Top: 5 peanut M&M's :)
Middle bottom: Skim Milk
Right: Left over cheese bread


Not the healthiest of lunches, but I am finally starting to feel better, so I figured I'd include some yummies I have been missing out on.