May Flowers Lunch

We have breakfast for dinner quite often at our house.  The kids just love it.  Last time I made breakfast for Molly's lunch, I had some fun with a squeeze bottle.  I recalled it tonight when I was making dinner.  I made more Hello Kitty pancakes, smiley faces, a few rocket ships for my son and a whole bunch of flowers.  Those flowers were the inspiration for Molly's lunch tomorrow.

Our main entree is pancakes.  These are honey wheat Krusteaz that we put into a squeeze bottle and created fun flowers with.  We added a side of Biscoff Spread for Molly to dip into.  (That stuff is so delicious that it would make even a plain rice cake taste spectacular!)

Our vegetable side is baby carrots.  Molly has said that they are the best option for a vegetable when breakfast is on the menu.

Our fruit side is a mix of fresh berries.  Raspberries, blueberries, blackberries and strawberries that have been cut into flower shapes to match our theme.

Finally, our dairy/dessert is vanilla yogurt.  We added a few berries to liven it up and add more fun flowers to Molly's lunch.

Fun Friday Lunch

Molly had an absolute blast at "Yo Vikings!" today.  She loved how the book came to life and the fact that the main character had such a vivid imagination, kind of like our Molly.  I'm so happy that we live in a city where a short bus ride can offer awesome theater, music and world class museums plus an incredible zoo.  The "burgh" sure is a great place to live.

Our main entree is turkey pepperoni, crackers and cheese.  Molly requested this just before bed tonight.  Sometimes, she's all about the finger food.

Our vegetable side is sugar snap peas.  These looked so yummy at the store yesterday, that we had to pick them up.  They are sweet, crunchy and juicy.

Our fruit side is a mix of berries.  One of our local grocery stores has raspberries 2/$3 so we loaded up.  We added a few blueberries and blackberries too.

Our dairy is plain old vanilla yogurt....but we added some fun sprinkles to liven it up a bit.  The weekend is almost here so we're ready to celebrate!

Finally, our fun Friday treat is an Archer Farms Organic blueberry fruit strip.  We purchase these at Target all of the time and they usually serve as an after school snack or an accompaniment to yogurt at breakfast, which means that there aren't any left for lunch.  We held on to one just for Friday.

*Happy Mother's Day to all of you Mommies out there!  My plan is to sleep in and that is enough for me.  ☺

Planning Ahead

Back to normal is within our reach and hopefully we will all stay well for a long time.  Normal means that we are back to our routine and the activities that go along with that.  Tonight was CCD and tomorrow is dance so these are our busy days.  I'm trying to plan ahead and rely on re-heating several things that we've already prepared.  I cooked the tortellini that is in Molly's lunch so that we would have an easy re-heat for her siblings' lunch but it's a nice cool pasta salad in hers.  Time savers are a necessity in our house.

Our main entree is Trader Joe's Cheese Tortellini made into a pasta salad by adding light Italian dressing to the cooled pasta.  Molly likes this salad because it is a great combination of carbs and protein so it fills her up nicely.

Our vegetable side is carrot sticks.  Molly requested that they be cut like this because she has a wiggly tooth and it's easier to bite these on the side.

Our fruit side is mixed fresh berries.  Strawberries, blueberries and blackberries are so delicious by themselves or mixed into a favorite treat.

Finally, our dairy/dessert is Chobani Champions Orange Vanilla Greek Yogurt.  Molly said that the Chocolate Chunk was super yummy and can't wait to have the orange vanilla flavor.

Pizza!

Mom hasn't been feeling 100% lately so we're going for some easy meals.  We still try to keep it healthy but sometimes convenience trumps healthy and frozen pizzas won the race tonight for dinner.  That means that Molly is the lucky recipient of leftover cold pizza for lunch.

Our main entree is leftover Freschetta cheese pizza.  The taste is pretty great with a nice crust that isn't too chewy or too cardboard-like.  It also isn't greasy like the pizza parlor around the corner.

Our vegetable side is a vegetable salad.  It's actually called veggie lovers salad because it has carrots, snap peas and radishes in it.  We added some light ranch dressing on the side.  It's in the pizza container so that there was more room for the actual salad in the salad container.

Our fruit side is fresh blackberries and raspberries.  These are great in yogurt, on ice cream, in oatmeal or just plain by themselves.

Finally, our dessert is New Ocean Spray fruit snacks.  We received these in the mail as a sample and the kids just love them.  They are made with real fruit juice instead of tons of sugar like other fruit snacks.

Holy Snow!

Living in Western PA, the weather is beyond unpredictable.  The weather man this morning said that we were supposed to get 2 to 4 inches of snow starting at 9pm tonight.  Well, when I left to pick Molly up from school this afternoon, we had just under an inch of snow already.  Now, we have at least 6 inches and the precipitation is still coming down heavily.  Molly's school already has a 2 hour delay and they may just cancel school altogether but we made lunch anyway, just in case.

Our main entrée is a peanut butter and jelly on white.  We purchased some "uncrustable" like sandwiches at the store just to have on hand and decided to try one for Molly's lunch.  These things are loaded with peanut butter, no wonder the kids like them so much. ☺

Our vegetable side is cucumber slices.  They will hopefully cut the peanut butter a little bit.

Our fruit side is a mix of fresh berries.  Strawberries, blackberries and blueberries.  Sam's Club is always good for fresh and delicious berries year round.

Finally, our dairy/dessert is Dannon Light and Fit vanilla yogurt.