Easy Lunchboxes Mini Dippers!!!

I had a plan for sandwiches tomorrow but when I was asking the girls what they wanted for their vegetable, they both were all about salads.  Molly then suggested that they have big salads for lunch.  Luckily, we just got our shipment of the new Mini Dippers by Easy Lunchboxes.  They are perfect for a lunch like this.  The only difference between the two lunches is the dressing choices.  They agree about most things but are completely different when it comes to condiments.

Our main entree/vegetable is a salad with black olives, mozzarella and salami.  One of their Mini Dippers has their dressing of choice (Ranch and Italian) and the other has some cottage cheese.  We were trying to increase their protein by adding the cottage cheese.

Our fruit side is a mix of berries.  The berries aren't quite as sweet as they were at the beginning of the summer but they are still really tasty.  We have strawberries, blueberries and black berries.

Finally, our dairy/dessert is Chobani Champions Vanilla Orange Greek yogurt.  We put a few little heart sprinkles on top to dress it up.

Tomorrow is the color black day in Bean's Kindergarten class, so we decided to make her snack blackberries.  We put a few little black and white animal picks in for fun.

Un-Birthday Lunch

Tomorrow, is Molly's Un-Birthday at school.  Her real birthday is in the summer.  She is so excited to be the special birthday girl tomorrow.  She gets to have a special sticker, a crown and other fun special things.  She is bringing in a snack and drink too.  Our school district has implemented a healthy snack policy so she is bringing in frozen grapes and little Hug drinks.  It is going to be in the 90's tomorrow and her school doesn't have air conditioning so we think that it will be a nice refreshing snack.  PS - little Hug drinks are only 10 calories and don't have nearly as much sugar as Kool-Aid or Capri Sun.

 

A friend of mine recommended the new Thomas' Pretz-A-Bagels so that is our main entrée.  We cut the Pretz-A-Bagel in half and put Trader Joe's pimento cheese spread on it.  Cheese and pretzels are such a great combinations.

Our vegetable side is sugar snap peas.  They will be cool and crispy on a hot day.

Our fruit side is mixed berries again.  We have strawberries, raspberries and blackberries as per her request.

Our dairy side is low fat cottage cheese.  Molly really likes cottage cheese and it will be a great source of protein and a cool and filling treat.

Finally, we added a fun size bag of Skittles because every kid deserves a special treat on their Un-Birthday! 

Special Treat Lunch

This week seems to have dragged on a bit.  I think because we had a 4 day week last week, it makes this week seem so much longer.  I keep thinking that tomorrow should be Friday but it's only Thursday.  I think the kids feel the same way because Molly asked if she should put her library book in her bag for tomorrow but she doesn't have library until Friday.  Even though she doesn't have library she always has lunch, so on to the tasty vittles for tomorrow.

Our main entrée is banana bread with peanut butter sandwiches.  We made our healthy banana bread a few weeks ago and froze several of the small loaves.  We thawed one out and now we have the start to an awesome lunch.

The dairy side is cottage cheese.  It is a really good source of protein, calcium and vitamin D.  Molly really likes cottage cheese because she likes how creamy it is.

We've decided that edamame would be a yummy compliment to this lunch.  This veggie is a super food.  Its loaded with vitamins and omega-3s.

A fresh orchard apple will be the fruit of the day.  We've sliced it into pieces and kept the skin on since the skin holds a lot of nutritional value.

Finally, we've tossed in a small pack of Pez for dessert.  We've kind of left out dessert for the past few days so a little sweet treat is definitely in order.