Day 21- Lunch on a Stick

I got way too many shadows in this picture, but this was a none-the-less popular lunch and also very easy. This was also fun to make with Peanut and had to keep the Bear very busy because he kept hitting us up for scraps while we assembled it. Basically just trying to use up everything fresh that needed to be used before it hit expiration (as well as some of the ham we had for dinner), stuck them all on broken down b-b-q skewers, seperated by cupcake liners cut off from the base, and voila. For the veggie course we have olives, tomatoes and mushrooms. For the protein/grain course: cut up dinner rolls, ham, and some smoked apple gouda that peanut loves even though she says she now "doesn't like cheese;" and for the fruit course: kiwi, black grapes and the last of the seasons watermelon. Wheat thin sticks (which both kids disliked BTW) and grapes for snack.

Day 20- Left Over Spaghetti Casserole Lunch

This is left-over spaghetti casserole with some fresh parmasan from last night's dinner with baked ritz, celery sticks and multi colored grapes. Very very quick and easy lunch. Peanut will eat the cooled cheeze dishes better than the hot ones for some reason?

Day 19- Homemade Kolache Lunch

I made Kolaches with sausage and chedder cheese over the weekend (recipe found online: http://www.food.com/recipe/homemade-sausage-kolaches-37793) but didn't get to use left overs for lunch until today since Peanut tried lunch at school yesterday. Our school offers healthy lunches so she gets to have those once a week to give mom a break.The tomato ketchup was from Chic-Filet and the lunch was served with grape tomatos and our all time favorite food: grapes (green this time). For snack was squeezable organic, no sugar added cinnamon applesauce which I found at Walmart of all places. Peanut actually isn't a huge fan of any sauces (much to my bento dismay since there are so many cute containers for sauces available) but I threw it in there for looks more than anything else. This lunch was served in her giraffe bento:

Day 18- Bunny eggs

Hard boiled eggs are also a peanut favorite. This egg was shaped with a mold to look like a bunny face but is very difficult to see in this picture. Served with orange slices, black grapes and carrots with brocolli stems with grapes and yogurt covered pretzels for snack.

Day 17- Dogwiches

DD loves puppies. That is what inspired the dogwiches cut with juice glasses with Swiss, American and Nori features, watermelon flowers, a cuke and cherry tomato skewer and graham crackers for filler. Graham crackers and craisins in cute sandwich baggies from the Target dollar bin for snack. Dogwiches can be made with a multitude of fillings but we made ours with butter, ham and thin cuke slices and cut all three out of one sandwich/ two pieces of bread.

Day 16-Easy Cheesy

This is what you do when you have a reputation to protect and 5 minutes in which to fix lunch because you worked late. Half a banana, cheese, turkey and pita chips in a flower  cookie cutter and celery sticks with banana half and yogurt pretzles for snack!

Day 15-Chicken on a stick and Quinoa

More dinner left overs. Chicken "on a stick" (drumstick) is one of our family favorites. This was tarragon lemon garlic chicken (a wonderful recipe) which I use to make about 12 drumsticks at a time usually. Tastes great cold as well.