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Monday
Wyatt started the week off with a back-to-basics Laptop Lunches bento. He had granny smith apple slices, white cheddar popcorn, cherry tomatoes and a sunbutter and jelly sandwich on whole wheat. I jabbed a red star pick in the sandwich for a little interest and I slipped a madeleine into the flatware tray for a little treat.
Augie was home sick with his first cold of the year, so no snack for him.
Tuesday
On Tuesday, Wyatt had leftover goulash in our LunchBots thermal jar with a side of apple slices.
When I told my husband we were having “goulash” for dinner the night before, he got really excited, thinking it was the Hungarian version made with beef, lots of paprika and sour cream instead of the more basic dish I actually made with macaroni, spaghetti sauce and ground beef. My family (from Iowa) always referred to this pasta dish as goulash, but his family (from Ohio) never did, so I started wondering if this label was something unique to my family.
I threw the question out to Facebook to see what other people called the dish and I was gratified to learn that I am far from the only person to call this dish “goulash”! I didn’t count all of the 170 responses, but “goulash” seemed to be the most common label followed by “American chop suey” (which appears to be more common on the East coast). Other responses included “beefaroni”, “chili mac”, slumgullion”, “hamburger helper” and, my personal favorite, “noodle caboodle”. Interesting!
Augie was back to school with a snack of lemon-herb popcorn and apple slices.
Wednesday
Wednesday I had a little extra time so I put together the first Halloween lunch of the year in our PlanetBox Rover: turkey roll-ups in an orange silicone baking cup
I packed Augie’s snack in the Steeltainer snack box
Thursday
The kids had quesadillas for breakfast so I made an extra one for Wyatt’s lunch and packed it into a Laptop Lunches box along with grapes, tortilla chips and salsa. This lunch was a big hit and he ate it all!
Augie had tortilla chips and grapes speared with cute pumpkin and ghost picks. (I found the picks at Michael’s but I’m not sure who made them because I threw the packaging away.)
Friday
Friday, Wyatt had a sunflower seed butter and jelly sandwich, tortilla chips, clementines, grape tomatoes, radishes and some letter cookies. If you look closely at the sandwich you can see I attempted to imprint a skull on the bread with some cookie cutters I bought on clearance from Williams-Sonoma last year. It didn’t really work so well though, so I think I need to work on my technique. This lunch was packed in our Yumbox Panino.
I spent too much time goofing around with Wyatt’s lunch, so when it was time to make Augie’s snack, I had to keep it simple and move fast. He had cucumber slices with a dipper of hummus and clementine halves.
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