As a family on a budget, we often turn to breakfast for dinner. It is simple, inexpensive, healthy and the kids just love it. We make pancakes or waffles with some sort of turkey bacon or turkey sausage. Then we add eggs on the side and a fruit smoothie or fresh fruit. Molly's little brother could a plate pancakes and he's only two years old. The other thing about breakfast is that it is usually pretty fast when you're limited on time. This lunch was done in no time at all.
Our main entree is a waffle sandwich. We toasted two toaster waffles until they were extra crisp and then let them cool completely. We added Trader Joe's Organic Maple Agave Syrup to some light cream cheese, stirred it together and then spread it on both waffles. We then thinly sliced several strawberries, spread them out on the waffles, sandwiched them together and there you have it!
Our vegetable side is, well, non-existent. When we add vegetables to our "breakfast for dinner" it usually consists of something like spinach, zucchini and peppers added to our scrambled eggs or fritata. Since we know that Molly does not like cold eggs, we don't have them in this lunch. So, we'll make sure that Molly gets extra veggies in her dinner.
Our fruit side is green grapes and of course the strawberries in the sandwich. These grapes are very large and extra sweet.
Finally, our dairy/dessert is Molly's new favorite, Chobani Champions Greek yogurt in the Very Berry variety. Molly told us that it definitely keeps her more full and that she's requesting it for every lunch from now on. Funny how she says that now. But then again, she was a big fan of Dannon Light and Fit Vanilla last year. ☺
