A Little Apple Crisp

Last night I made a batch of little Maple Apple Crisps. They turned out delicious, and Ainnsley was excited to get one in her lunch today. you can find the recipe here: Fresh4five

Snack:

 

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Mini Maple Apple Crisp, Raisins

Cheese, clementine sections

Lunch:

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Carrots and little container of hummus, Egg salad whole wheat wrap

Energy balls

Another Frog

Ainnsley asked me when she got home from school yesterday if she could have another frog sandwich in her Princess and the Frog box for today. I was happy to accommodate :)

Yesterday the mail man also delivered some of the new things for Bento making that I ordered off Ebay. YEAH! like the new frog mini fork seen in her lunch, and the bow pick, used in her "mini shaped energy balls".

The energy balls are a big hit around here with everyone. I found the recipe here on; The Whole Life Nutrition I also have them featured here on my healthy recipe blog; Fresh4five

Snack:

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flower shaped cheese and 7 grain crackers

Strawberries, Energy Ball Mini, Clementine sections

Lunch:

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Frog shaped Sunflower butter and jam sandwich,

Cut up Strawberries and new froggy fork :), 3 small Energy Balls

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

Another Monday

snack:

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Strawberries and hummus

Toast for humus, Granola Bar

Lunch:

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Sunflower seed butter and Jelly sandwich

Cucumber, Cheese, clementine sections

Packed Full!

Today *A* had a Huge lunch! I didn't want her to come home hungry today, and I made sure nothing would spill over. I also made a first attempt at a clean and healthy granola bar recipe, it is very edible, but I think I can tweek it a bit more before sharing.

Snack:

Left to Right:

Homemade Granola Bar, cheese and crackers

sliced apple dipped in juice so it doesn't brown

Lunch:

Top to Bottom:

Cucumber stars, raspberries, raisins, salmon salad wrap

Carrots, and hummus, raspberries, and Granola Bar

She requested hummus from now on, saying she doesn't like dip (salad dressing) even better!

Hearts

So, I have learned a few things so far in this bento packing adventure; things that don’t work and things *A* will not eat. For instance, the cucumber really sweats, and loses a lot of water, which has made her sandwich soggy one day (so she didn’t eat it) and then today she told me her cucumber and cherries were melting, so she didn’t eat them *hehe*. This wasn’t an issue the first couple times I packed the cucumber, and I am thinking the difference is that I started to add some sea salt to them. So, I am going to stop doing that, and see if it helps.  On another note, her yogurt has spilled all over her stuff the last 2 days! What a pain! That was not an issue with the apple sauce, and I am not sure what the difference is, except that I put a “fruit leather” shape on top of the apple sauce. Can that really make a difference? I also started to put her lunch bag in her backpack instead of attached on the outside as it is designed, because it looks more comfortable for her to carry, but maybe that is bouncing things around more…either way, there will not be any more yogurt sent without a lid until I test it.

So here is today’s snack with the *melting* cucumber

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Heart shaped cucumber, ground cherries

Raisins, heart shaped cheese and 7 grain crackers

Lunch:

Top to Bottom:

Heart shaped Sunflowers seed butter and jelly sandwich, carrots and hummus

Yogurt, 1/4 of an apple, Sweets and Beets chips

Pickles and Chips

Feeling a little uninspired last night, but she was still happy :)

Snack

Left to Right:

Grape and Ground Cherry Skewers, Pickles

7 Grain crackers and Cream cheese, Raisins

Lunch

 

Left to Right:

Sweet potato & Beet chips

Yogurt, clementine sections, and a sunflower seed butter and jelly sandwich

On the hunt for some lunch items at the store this weekend, I came across these chips.

You wont find a lot of prepackaged food in the bento's I make, but these have an ingredient list that is hard to pass up!

I then of course think; " these would be easy enough to make!" but it will be nice to have something in the cupboard as a quick box filler, and still be good for her!