Well, Friday's lunch was SUCH a huge hit that Molly requested the cold tortellini salad again for Monday. She said that it was her favorite lunch but would like a larger portion of the main entrée. I never thought that she would ever complain about portion size. I try to keep the portions smaller because I know that she has a limited time for her lunch. I figured that with smaller portions, she would have enough time to eat a balanced meal with a nice variety of food. Then, she could have a snack when she came home. Molly was so funny about it. "Mom, that tortellini was so awesome but I really could've used more of it. I mean, I could've eaten a whole lunch box full of it." I'm guessing that this dish earned her stamp of approval. ☺
Today's main entrée is a larger portion of Trader Joe's multi colored cheese tortellini with light Italian dressing on it. We hope that Molly has enough time to eat everything but we're confident that there will be little or none left. This salad covers our protein, grain and calcium, plus it tastes REALLY good.
Our vegetables are sugar snap peas and shredded carrots. They both have a crunchy texture that will nicely offset the soft and chewy texture of the tortellini salad.
The fruit choice of the day is a granny smith apple cut into thick slices. We think that the sweet and tart flavor will be a good change of pace from the tangy Italian dressing.
Since there are only 3 compartments in today's lunch, we decided to give Molly a small dessert of an individually wrapped Pez candy. Not our normal every day dessert but small enough that she will enjoy the yummy sweet flavors but won't get a sugar high and subsequent drop.
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