Hummus

Tomorrow the twins have some sweet peppers, carrots, celery with some hummus for dipping. They also have a ham sandwich on a dinner roll, some crackers and grapes.



James has watermelon, grapes, crackers, a babybell cheese, carrots, celery and a peanut butter sandwich on a dinner roll.

Peanut Butter Dip

Tomorrow James has halved grapes, pretzels, a peanut butter sammie on a dinner roll, cheese cubes and mini crackers and sliced oranges.


The twins have a turkey and pepperjack sammie on a dinner roll, some pretzels, a babybell cheese, celery sticks, grapes and kiwi, and some peanut butter (to dip the pretzels and celery sticks in).

Friday! Friday!

Fridays lunches are as follows: ham and cheese sandwich, one celery stick, some carrot chips, one huuuge strawberry and some pineapple cubes.

Carrot Chips

Tomorrows lunch is a ham and cheese wrap, celery sticks, carrot chips and blueberries.

Friday Sandwiches

Tomorrow the twins have a ham, cheese and tomato sandwich, some multigrain Scoops, celery sticks and fruit.

More Leftovers

We are still eating leftovers from our Easter veggie tray. Tomorrow the twins have strawberries, carrots, celery sticks, one lonely tomato, pizza and pretzel chips.

Pretzel Chips

Tomorrow the Easter detox continues. The twins have celery sticks, carrots, tomatoes, cucumber, pretzel chips, strawberries and a turkey sandwich on a dinner roll.

Last Lunch

Last lunch before holiday break!!! Woo Hoo!!

Tomorrow the twins have leftover pizza, celery sticks and salad with a little balsamic vinaigrette. They are eating this lunch because it is the very last of the food in the fridge.

Must. Get. To. The. Grocery. Store!!!

Stir Fry

Tomorrow the twins have leftover beef stir fry, cucumbers and celery sticks.

Mini Turkey Meatballs

Tomorrow the twins have leftover whole wheat pasta with mini turkey meatballs and sauce, celery sticks and watermelon.

Chili

Tomorrow, James has a half of banana, raisins, peanut butter sandwich, rice cakes, celery sticks and some scoops.


They twins have leftover chili, pears, scoops and carrots.

Lunch?

Lunch? Oh yeah, I guess it is back to packing lunches;) What a nice week off!! Tomorrow the twins have sliced pears, a peanut butter sandwich, carrots and celery sticks and a tangerine.

Mini Stuffed Cucumbers

Tomorrow the twins have celery sticks and carrots, pears, oranges and mini tuna stuffed cucumbers.

Thursday Lunches

This is the last of my lunch goodies...I need to get to the grocery store. Tomorrow there is a peanut butter sandwich, celery sticks, tomatoes, oranges and some apples.

Simple

Tomorrow the kiddos have a peanut butter sandwich, crinkle cut cucumber slices, oranges, celery sticks and tomatoes.

Veggie Corkscrews

Tomorrow the kiddos have veggie corkscrews with sauce, crinkle cut cucumbers, some carrots, celery sticks and grapes.

Beef, Shiitake, and Snow Pea Stir-Fry

Tomorrow the kiddos have leftover stir fry (recipe below) served over whole wheat pasta, grapes, celery and Chinese crunchy noodles.

This was the first time I made this stir fry and it was delicious! The recipe is here.

Beef, Shiitake, and Snow Pea Stir-Fry

1 1-pound top sirloin steak, cut into 2-inch-long, 1/4-inch-thick slices
1 tablespoon Asian sesame oil
1 tablespoon minced peeled fresh ginger
12 ounces fresh shiitake mushrooms, stemmed, thickly sliced
8 ounces snow peas
1 bunch green onions, sliced, divided
1 cup fresh cilantro leaves, divided
5 tablespoons hoisin sauce
2 teaspoons chili-garlic sauce
1/4 teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder

Sprinkle beef with salt and pepper. Heat oil in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add ginger and mushrooms; stir-fry until mushrooms are tender, about 3 minutes. Add beef to skillet; stir-fry until beef browns but is still pink in center, about 1 minute. Add snow peas, half of green onions, and half of cilantro; stir-fry 1 minute. Stir in hoisin, chili-garlic sauce, and five-spice powder; sauté until peas are crisp-tender, 1 to 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer to bowl. Sprinkle with remaining green onions and cilantro.

**I omitted the ginger and Chinese five-spice powder because I didn't have any on hand. This dish was so easy...all three kiddos and the hubbie loved it. It is definitely going into our rotation.

Peaches

Tomorrow the kiddos have sliced peaches, turkey roll ups, grape tomatoes and a couple peanut butter filled celery sticks and star fruit.

Thomcord Grapes

I have received a lot of kind words about my lunch blog recently. Thank you so much for stopping by and I appreciate hearing from you!

The most frequently asked question I get asked is, "Do your kids really eat your lunches?". That makes me laugh a little....like I pack fake lunches for the blog and my kiddos are eating Lunchables.

Yes, my kiddos really eat their lunches.

I believe that my kiddos are still young enough where I can put something in front of them and they will eat it. I pack crap, they will eat crap. I pack healthy choices, they will eat healthier. They each have food preferences but overall their lunches come home pretty empty.

I recently was out of all of my lunch packing staples and I asked my husband to run to the store. Here are the 'staples' I need to pack healthy lunches:

bread
Publix dinner rolls
lunch meat
cucumber
grape tomatoes
spinach
carrots
celery
bananas
watermelon
oranges
grapes

I usually have the following on hand:
goat cheese
feta cheese
peanut butter
hummus
whole wheat pastas

Now you will not see all of the above in the lunches for tomorrow but that list would get me through a couple of days. Doesn't that seem pretty basic? Easy peasy? I try to add new foods and keep their lunches interesting, but packing healthy choices is easy.


For tomorrow there is pasta salad (whole wheat penne, tomatoes, spinach and feta cheese), carrots and celery, Thomcord grapes and a dinner roll.

Friday!

Tomorrow the twins have oranges, a turkey sandwich on a dinner roll, celery sticks with peanut butter to dip and watermelon.