March 2010

The Week in Bentos: March 22-26, 2010

March 26, 2010

Monday: Monday’s snack had a mini blueberry muffin, multi-grain crackers and a mandarin orange. Tuesday: I sent a combined lunch and snack in the Laptop Lunchbox for Wyatt today (which now seems to be a habit). It contained, a mini blueberry muffin, tortilla strips that I toasted, buttered and sprinkled with cinnamon sugar, fresh pineapple [...]

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Printable Marmalade Canning Labels

March 23, 2010

Print lemon, orange or lime labels to use on your homemade preserves. The lemons are great for decorating a lemonade stand too!

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Actually Easy Lemon Ginger Marmalade

March 21, 2010

Step by step instructions to make this delicious and easy lemon ginger marmalade.

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The Week in Bentos: March 15-19, 2010

March 19, 2010

Monday: I took a picture of Wyatt’s snack on Monday (tofu and mandarin oranges) but I didn’t have a memory card in the camera so I don’t have a picture of it. I can assure you it was truly, truly stunning. Tuesday: On Tuesday, Wyatt’s lunch/snack combo had pita crackers, a Babybel cheese, dried cranberries, [...]

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The Week in Bentos: March 8-12, 2010

March 12, 2010

There was a big change around here this week. Augie started going to daycare two days per week. And get this: I have to pack him a lunch. I swear, that’s not why I chose this daycare! He’s going to be going on Tuesdays and Wednesdays so I’ll be posting photos of his lunches on [...]

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What Do You Wish You Were Doing Today?

March 12, 2010

We all woke up crabby today. The grown-ups woke up crabby. The kids woke up crabby. It’s raining. There is a kitchen that needs cleaning, laundry that needs folding, and the kids expect to be fed for some reason. I decided I needed a little influx of pure fantasy to cheer myself up, so in [...]