This lunch is BANANAS!

Stella has some pita bread, cucumber slices, mini turkey roll ups, some cut up broccoli and halved grape tomatoes, grapes and the last of my homemade granola cups.


Thomas has turkey on a sandwich flat, some sliced cucumber, some cut up broccoli and halved grape tomatoes, grapes and the last of my homemade granola cups.


The twins have the same snack today...one-third of a banana and some cheddar rice cakes.


James has some cut up turkey, mandarin oranges, some cut up broccoli, halved tomatoes and halved grapes (I thought if I mixed some broccoli in with two things that James loves...the tomatoes and grapes...he may try the broccoli and love it??) and lastly some Annie's cheddar bunnies in the bear cup.

I will say, it has been very difficult coming up with titles for these lunch posts. I should have numbered them:)

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Granola Cups

I made it to the grocery store today so I was restocked and ready to try some new things. But the kids had some requests...they loved my simple pasta salad and they loved their snacks. So you will see some repeats in this lunch:)


Stella has turkey and mustard on whole wheat sandwich flats with some cucumber slices, one of my HOMEMADE granola cups (OMG, these turned out sooooo good!!), some pasta salad (which is pasta, carrots, peas and some cucumber pieces) and some strawberries.


My requested repeat snack...some mini bread sticks and peanut butter to dip.


Thomas has turkey on whole wheat sandwich flats with some cucumber slices, one of my HOMEMADE granola cups, some pasta salad and some strawberries.


And again, some mini bread sticks and peanut butter to dip.


Little Jojo is having some turkey, strawberries and cucumbers pieces and some pasta salad.

Twin Lunches

I did not have a chance to get my grocery shopping done so I am working with an empty fridge. Here is what I came up with....identical twin lunches and identical twin snacks!


Stella has leftover chicken, two cheese stuffed biscuits, pasta salad and the rest of the sugar snap peas.


Thomas has....you guessed it...leftover chicken, two cheese stuffed biscuits, pasta salad and the rest of the sugar snap peas.


For snack I am sending in some peanut butter and some mini bread sticks for dipping.

No lunch for James. I have a drs appointment tomorrow and I thought we would grab a bite while we were out:)

Stuffed Biscuits

Yay! One week of lunches down!! I did a little baking tonight. I made some turkey and cheese stuffed biscuits, some homemade chocolate chip cookies and some corn muffins. I was able to make my grilled peppers with goat cheese for a side dish tonight and we had two halves left over. I diced the peppers and cheese and mixed them right in with my corn muffins. Dee-lish!


Thomas has two turkey and cheese stuffed biscuits, some sugar snap peas, cut up watermelon and two homemade chocolate chip cookies.


For snack he has a corn muffin with grilled peppers and goat cheese, cheese its and some cashews.


Stella has two turkey and cheese stuffed biscuits, some sugar snap peas, cut up watermelon and two homemade chocolate chip cookies.


She has some pistachio's and a corn-pepper-goat cheese muffin for a snack.

No lunch for James tomorrow. I think our nanny is going to take him out:)

Wings et al.

I was all set to make some baked lemon pepper chicken with grilled peppers and goat cheese when a huge rain storm moved in and our wireless went out. Well both recipes were online and I needed to reference them.....so pizza and wings it was. I did have some leftovers to use for lunch:)


Stella has a star shaped fluff-a-nutter (don't judge! I sent salmon in!!), pistachio nuts, two leftover chicken wings, mixed fruit and sliced cucumbers.


For snack, Stella has some hummus and wheat thins. I will add more wheat thins once I close up her little hummus container.


Thomas has an apple shaped turkey sandwich, some trail mix in the closed tiny container, two leftover chicken wings, mixed fruit and sliced cucumbers.


His very brown snack is some Ritz crackers with a granola bar.


My little monkey butt gets a turkey roll up, some sesame sticks and some cut up melon, strawberries and cucumbers.

Star Student Lunches

I began to pack lunches tonight and I realized I had run out of a lot of lunch items already. I need to remember that making dinners each night and packing lunches for everyone is better economically and nutritionally but it requires so much more effort on my part. So here we go with what I had on hand:


Thomas has a butterfly shaped turkey sandwich and a mini star turkey sandwich, trail mix, cheddar rice cakes, grapes and applesauce.


For snack, Thomas has cashews, a granola bar and some grapes.


Stella has a butterfly shaped turkey sandwich and a mini star turkey sandwich, trail mix, cheddar rice cakes, grapes and some pickled okra.


For snack, she has a granola bar and some grapes.


James has a turkey roll up, applesauce, halved grapes and some rice cakes (in the piggie container).

Oh....this MADE my day today. Thomas thanked me for making such nice lunches because the food that they sell at school doesn't always look good. He is such a sweet boy:)

I am so glad I submitted this to What's for Lunch Wednesday? because I always feel so inspired after checking out all the other submissions:)

Salmon Bento

The first day of school lunches were a hit! But I was surprised at how much food was leftover...both kiddos said there was not enough time to eat:(

Tonight I tried and new salmon recipe and it was a hit! Both kiddos asked for me to pack it in their lunches. Leftovers it is!!


Stella has lemon garlic salmon served over 'confetti rice' which is just brown rice with carrots and peas mixed in, strawberries, broccoli, cauliflower and carrots with ranch dipping sauce and a blueberry muffin. Yum!


For her snack, Stella has yogurt covered raisins, dried fruit and cheddar rice cakes.


Thomas has has lemon garlic salmon served over 'confetti rice', strawberries, broccoli, cauliflower and carrots with ranch dipping sauce and a blueberry muffin. Double Yum!


For his snack, Thomas has grapes and cashews (his favorite!).


Nothing too exciting for James. He has a turkey roll up, strawberries and some rice cakes.

Made With Love

I am back to making lunches...except I am making them for my FIRST graders. I feel like they are still my babies and now, first grade!! I think I am more nervous than they are:) The big news this year is that Stella and Thomas will be in separate classrooms. I wanted to bake something special so I made some heart shaped blueberry muffins.


Thomas has two car shaped turkey sandwiches, cashews, strawberries, two muffins and some cucumber slices with tomato kabobs.


Thomas' snack is double-decker peanut butter and crackers, cashews and some frozen grapes.


Stella has a mama flower turkey sandwich and a baby one, yogurt covered raisins, strawberries, one muffin, pickled okra (wrapped) and some cucumber slices with tomato kabobs.


Stella's snack is frozen grapes, crackers and hummus with cucumber slices in between.


James' has turkey, strawberries, tomato and cucumber and a muffin.

Fun Cut Outs

I finally picked up some more cute bento supplies and wanted to try them out. Sooooo, even though the kiddos do not have summer camp tomorrow, I packed them a lunch for tomorrow. My sandwiches turned out....ok. I still need more practice but hey, if it makes packing lunch fun for me, I will take it:)


Thomas has a turkey dino sandwich (with one leg broken...awww), blueberries, yogurt raisins in my new silicone heart shaped cups, cashews and applesauce.


Stella has a turkey flower shaped sandwich with a little "S" shaped turkey sandwich on top, cashews, corn muffin with carrots and peppers, yogurt raisins, bread and butter pickles and applesauce.


James has turkey, sesame sticks, applesauce, yogurt covered raisins, bread and butter pickles and blueberries.

Enjoy your weekend!!

Friday Lunches

I always make the kids lunches the night before; it makes the morning go so much smoother. However, tonight I made the mistake of packing lunches while the twins were still up. I ended up having lots of requests and ended up packing two pretty different lunches.


Stella has two turkey with mustard dog shaped sandwiches, two pieces of pickled okra, blueberries, corn muffins baked with sliced carrots and diced peppers, cashews, bread and butter pickles and left over taco salad with tomato kabobs on top.


Thomas has a turkey fish shaped sandwich, blueberries, teddy graham crackers, cashews and applesauce. Can you tell which of the twins is a pickier eater??


When I made the twins sandwiches yesterday and today, I noticed that I had leftover turkey from the cut outs. Well duh! I just took that turkey and put it in James' lunch. He does not care what it looks like.

James has turkey, applesauce, halved grapes, three bread and butter pickles, halved grape tomatoes and blueberries.

Cute Sandwiches

So I finally made it to my Dollar Store and picked up some cookie cutters. Here is my first attempt:)


Peanut butter sandwich in the shape of an apple, teddy graham crackers, blueberries, cashews and mandarin oranges.


Peanut butter sandwich in the shape of a flower, teddy graham crackers, blueberries, cashews and mandarin oranges.


James is getting turkey rolls, blueberries, yogurt and some mandarin oranges. He loved his pickles today!!

Tickled Pickled

Stella has a turkey sandwich, strawberries, pickled okra (Stella loves, loves, loves these!!), cashews and mandarin oranges.


Thomas has a ham sandwich, strawberries, bread and butter pickles, cashew and mandarin oranges.


James has cut up turkey, strawberries, mandarin oranges and a couple bread and butter pickle slices. Lets see what he thinks about pickles:)

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Corn Muffin Lunch

The twins had the same lunch which was ham roll ups, wheat thins, mini corn muffins with carrots and peppers, cashews and strawberries. I love these corn muffins...they are so easy to make and I always throw veggies in while they cook:)


James had cut up turkey, wheat thins, a corn mini muffin and diced strawberries.