Monday
No school for the Labor Day holiday!
Tuesday
On Tuesday, my toddler’s lunch contained: frozen shu mei dumplings from the freezer (I heated them in the microwave, then cooled them off before I put them in his lunch box), leftover broccoli, clementine wedges, cherry tomatoes and some garlic naan stars.
The two stars on top are the only actual stars in this lunch. The rest of the bread pieces are the scraps that were leftover after I cut out the stars for both boys’ lunches. Augie really doesn’t care about the shapes at this point, so this was a great way to use up the scraps.
People often ask what I do with the scraps when I cut shapes out of food for bento boxes. I do different things with the leftovers, depending on what food I’m working with but one thing I never do is throw the scraps away. Because I usually make the lunches while the kids and I are eating breakfast, one or more of us will often just eat the scraps along with the rest of our meal. I’ll sometimes include them in the bento boxes under the pretty part like I did here. And depending on what I cut, it will sometimes go back in the fridge to be eaten later.
The 1st grade lunch was packed in the Laptop Lunch box
It probably goes without saying, but when you are packing highly perishable foods like shrimp be sure to include some ice packs in the lunchbox to keep it nice and cold. Every lunch I pack gets at least one ice pack and sometimes two to keep it safely chilled until lunch time.
Wednesday
Wednesday’s toddler lunch box was packed in the panda box (the one I have is currently out of stock at JBox.com, but you can find a similar one at Amazon
Wyatt’s lunch also had a clementine and cut up cereal bar. I also made him a turkey and cheese sandwich (I wrote on the bun with food-safe markers
Thursday
School lunch day
Friday
On Friday, Wyatt’s lunch was: strawberries, baked tofu with a cut out star and garlic naan stars.
His snack was chips and black bean dip.
(Sorry about the cell phone photos — my camera battery died and I couldn’t find the charger anywhere. This morning I lucked out and found it in a toy box. Of course.)
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