Strawberry Season

Grady and I picked a bunch of berries this week. I finally found a farm that doesn't spray and has *pick your own berries*. Berries are listed in the *Dirty Dozen* so it is something I tend to buy organic, but still wanted to experience picking them with the kids. Here is Ainnsley's Snack and Lunch for today;

Snack:

Organic whole grain little toasts, laughing cow cheese and little stick to spread, an Enjoy Life allergen free brownie.

Strawberries, and a presidents choice organic toddler rice crispy treat.

Lunch:

Organic apple sauce with cinnamon, organic Late July crackers with hummus

an allergy friendly Blueberry Oat Square, strawberries, and airplane shaped cheese

February 8th

A yummy lunch for Miss Ainnsley

Left to Right:

Star shaped Sun Butter and Jam Sandwich, container of hummus for carrots

Blueberries, Car cheese, Carrot sticks

shapes

I think I need to start numbering my bentos, because I can't come up with titles..Ainnsley's class is learning 2D shapes

Snack:

Left to Right

Hummus and bread sticks

Ginger snap cookies, clementine sections, blueberries

Lunch:

Left to Right:

Pickles, ginger snap cookies, circle/triangle/square cheese

Strawberries, bagel with butter

A simple snack

Today Ainnsley took a thermus of soup for lunch, so just a picture of her snack for today.

Left to Right:

clementine/strawberry blossom, Carrot sticks and Hummus

Carrot shaped cheese and crackers, Strawberries

Cars and Planes

Today I tried out my plane and car cutters. They are really cute! I also made a batch of "Nikki's Healthy Cookies" from the blog 101 cookbooks, I used carob chips and I also switched the almond flour for brown rice flour since our school is nut free. If you tolerate Gluten, you could switch for whole wheat pastry flour instead.

I also baked them right in my new Wilton silicone cups, as seen here on Another Lunch with her Granola Bars. I am going to try and come up with a granola bar recipe myself next week. These look great except for the brown sugar, as we are sugar free. 

            Snack:

Left to Right

Nikki's Healthy cookie, Strawberries

Plane shaped cheese and 7 grain crackers, and more strawberries

Top to Bottom

Tomato and hummus sandwich, apple sauce and fruit leather

Pasta salad, grapes and car fruit leather skewers, carrot sticks

This is my tomato monsters favourite sandwich:

I had a friend ask me about ice packs, so today I took some pics of her lunch packed up. This lunch is in a 2 tier bento box:

They have to stay upright, so they look the same when she opens them at school, and these narrow boxes fit perfectly into her Jessie Lunch bag with icepack

The lunch bag then attaches to the outside of her Jessie Backpack upright