Breakfast for Lunch!

Just before 1pm today, my phone rang.  It was the school nurse calling to let me know that Molly was feeling dizzy and had a slight temperature.  Luckily, Molly's Daddy was working from home today so I was able to run down to the school to pick her up without having to take her little sister and little brother with me.  After resting for most of the day, she says that she's feeling better.  We'll see what tomorrow brings.

Our main entrée is mini waffle sandwiches.  We spread maple flavored cream cheese on each mini waffle and topped one side with thinly sliced apples, then sandwiched the waffles together.  We also added a small container of peanuts to add some protein and crunch.

Our vegetable side is, well... nonexistent.  Without some sort of egg dish or potato dish, it's hard to integrate a vegetable into breakfast.

Our fruit side is a mix of strawberries and blueberries.  There aren't enough apples to constitute a full fruit side in our opinion.  

Finally, we have our standard vanilla yogurt.  Molly is a really big fan breakfast for lunch so if she isn't feeling 100%, this should put a smile on her face. ☺

Maybe Monday?

Molly has been feeling kind of sick all weekend.  She has a stuffy nose and a cough that just won't let up.  She didn't go to church this morning and I'm wondering if we'll send her to school tomorrow.  Poor thing.  Plus, she is still a sad sack because she says that school won't be the same without Miss Sizer, the student teacher who's last day was Friday.  I'm preparing myself for a little bit of a struggle tomorrow morning and I'm hoping to be pleasantly surprised with a child that is feeling better and not as sad.

Maybe a little breakfast for lunch will help.  We haven't done this in a while.

Our main entrée is mini waffle sandwiches.  We put some real maple syrup in a little bit of whipped cream cheese and then spread it between two mini waffles.

Our fruit side is a sliced apple.  A nice crunchy and juicy contrast to the waffle sandwiches.

Our dairy side is Dannon Light and Fit strawberry yogurt.  This will provide extra protein plus a delicious creamy and sweet flavor.

Finally, we have a little mix to round things out.  We used about 1/4 cup of unsalted, dry roasted peanuts and about 1 TBSP of raisins.  This is something that we usually have for an after school snack and we figured that it would be nice for a lunchtime side as well.

Wafflewich Wednesday

We are preparing for Halloween at our house.  Our town has a huge Halloween parade on Monday night.  The high school band plays and most of the town shows up for the celebration.  The kids get all dressed up and can even win prizes for their costumes.  Both of the girls have school dress up parties and parades on Thursday for Preschool and Friday for Elementary school.  Molly has a Halloween dress up ballet class on Friday.  Then the Main Event on Sunday night...Trick or Treat!  Needless to say, we've been busy getting our costumes together and our treats purchased.
Busy means an easy lunch for Mom to make so we've decided on Breakfast for Lunch.

Our main entrée is mini wafflewiches.  We spread peanut butter on one side and Nutella on the other and put them together.  We've also added a few slivered almonds on the side for some extra protein.

The fruit side is a Bosc pear.  We sliced this pear into large sections so that its easier for Molly to pick up and take bites from without chomping on any seeds.  These pears are more firm than the Sugar pears that we've served before, but they are just as sweet and juicy.

Our dairy/dessert side is blueberry yogurt.  This sweet and creamy yogurt is the perfect addition to any lunch. It adds protein and calcium without a lot of calories and fat, plus it tastes really good.

Breakfast for Lunch

It was a LONG day for Mom today.  I think I had something scheduled for just about every minute today, but that made it absolutely fly by.  On my way home from the PTA meeting I was contemplating a nice easy lunch for me to pack and the first thought that popped into my mind was...Breakfast!  I could prepare this pretty quickly and still get some other things done in the process.  Plus, who doesn't like breakfast?

For our main entrée, we have mini waffle sandwiches with a spread of light cream cheese that has been flavored with real maple syrup and a little bit of cinnamon.  We layered in a few thinly sliced apples for crunch, since the "toast" on the waffle will more than likely wear off while sitting in the lunch box.  This is our take on waffles with syrup.

Next we have our tropical fruit kabobs on plastic re-usable lollipop sticks.  We found a very large and yummy looking papaya at the store this weekend and its perfectly ripe and ready for eating.  On this outing, we also found a pineapple for just over $1, so it was a no brainer.  We sprinkled a bit of shredded coconut on top to complete the tropical theme.

We are going to try bringing strawberry yogurt tomorrow.  I'm a little concerned about this because I fear the mess it will make.  Guess we'll just have to wait and see what tomorrow brings and whether we need to completely clean out every nook and cranny of Molly's lunch box.  (Laptop Lunch Box, don't fail me now!)  This is dotted with a few pieces of strawberry cut into heart shapes with a micro cookie cutter.

Finally, we have a hard boiled egg.  Molly really likes them so I'm hoping that this will give her a little extra protein to power through the day.  I cut it with a crinkle cut knife, just to make it cute.

Now, I know what you are going to say...where is the vegetable?  I have no good answer.  I couldn't find anything that would really go with the breakfast theme and taste good cold.  I pondered whipping up some potato pancakes with some zucchini and carrots grated into the mix but I'm pretty sure that they wouldn't taste too good cold.  Then I thought, maybe a cold carrot and raisin salad, but that is pretty acidic when I put the vinegar dressing on it, so that combined with pineapple might be a bit on the tangy side.  So, my question for you is...what kind of vegetable would you serve?  I decided to go for the extra protein instead and make grilled chicken and spinach salads for dinner tomorrow so that she gets her daily allotment of vegetables and all will be right with the universe again.  ☺