March recap

March was a long
month. So lots to
cover. Best to stick
all the lunches in
one post.

Stuffed pasta shells,
grapes, carrots,
strawberry, mini
muffin.


English muffin sand-
wiches decorated with
rice cheese "peach
blossoms", pickle,
carrot, mini muffin,
steamed asparagus,
grapes, strawberry.

And for Maia...
carrots, steamed
asparagus, 1/4
sandwich, pickle,
dried apricot, strawberries.


Orange
"Puffle"
english
muffin
pizzas,
carrots,
mini
muffin,
steamed
broccoli,
grapes.












And breakfast for lunch: home fries, steamed broccoli, mini tofu asparagus quiche, whole
wheat bagel with Tofutti cream cheese.

Thermos of leftover
pasta & broccoli
casserole.

Side of honeydew
melon.






Maia's
Hello
Kitty
lunch:
cucu-
mber
slices,
Hello
Kitty
sand-
wich,
straw-
berries,
carrots,
pickle
slices.

I got
out the
old
Hello
Kitty
toaster
for this one. I remember buying it while visiting a friend outside of Chicago, then carrying the big box with me on the train and through the windy city streets in the city. But I was very happy to have it!

Next up: pizza sandwiches (to imitate the school lunch menu of French bread pizza that day), carrots, mini muffin, dried apricots/raisins, cucumber slices.
Below are just simple sandwiches & tater tots w/sides of ketchup.












Maia's lunch: cantaloupe, Terra chip exotic potato chips, snap pea crisps, steamed broccoli, a pickle.

Canta-
loupe,
bagel
chips,
rice &
bean
burrito,
steamed
broccoli,
pickle.













Kid-made lunches:
pbj sandwiches,
carrots & pickles.









St Patrick's Day!
steamed asparagus,
soba noodles, honey-
dew melon, green
banana muffins,
pickles.













Below: honeydew
melon, tater tots w/
ketchup, burrito.













Grilled nutritional yeast cheeze sandwiches, pickle, carrots, green grapes, steamed broccoli.

Brown
rice w/
chik'n
donburi,
cucu-
mber
slices,
carrots,
straw-
berry,
green
grapes.











Leftover vegan
pepperoni pizza
from Peace O' Pie
restaurant, orange
slices, steamed
broccoli, mini
muffins.





Wrap sandwiches,
green grapes, carrots,
steamed broccoli,
pickle.








Maia's lunch: sliced wrap sandwiches w/rice cheese flowers, strawberry, green grapes, pickle, steamed broccoli & asparagus.
Finger food lunches: Green grapes, steamed broccoli, carrots, cucumber slices, peanuts & chocolate chips, spelt bunny pretzels, dried apricots/raisins.

Nate's snack:
cucumber slices,
pickle, carrots,
green grapes,
strawberries.







Rice & chick pea curry, honeydew melon, steamed broccoli.

Carrot
sticks,
cucu-
mber
slices,
raisins/
apricots,
pickle/
straw-
berry,
tofu
salad
sand-
wich
rolls.








Cantaloupe and
honeydew melon
chunks, sour pickles,
carrot sticks, mini
banana blueberry
muffins.






Melon, pickle,
carrots, spelt
bunny pretzels,
mini muffin.








Stuffed pasta shells,
strawberry, steamed
green beans, carrots,
smoked Tofurky slice,
mini banana walnut
muffin.






Maia's lunch: strawberry, steamed green beans, 1/2 english muffin pizza, pickle, smoked Tofurky slice, carrot sticks, cucumber slices.

Wear Your Green!

It's St. Patrick's Day! I may only be a teenie bit Irish, but my husband and the kids are very Irish, with fair complexions and some with freckles. Amazing we didn't end up with any redheads!Ryan's lunch: tofu herb ravioli; a green bell pepper shamrock; chocolate truffle w/green frosting; blanched spinach; pickle bites; 1/2 sandwich of avocado & lettuce.
AJ's snack: mini waffles;
cucumber slices; a pickle.

Ryan's snack: snap pea
crisps; cucumber slices;
a mini waffle.

I tried to get a photo of
all the kids together. Of
course
Nate
was
still
in his
pajamas,
and Maia
wanted
to sit
down,
but
all
things
consid-
ered
it's not
a bad
picture.

My
food
diary
from
the day before:
7:45am- smoothie: 1 banana, 1/2 a nectarine, 5 frozen strawberries, liquid DHA, water.
9:45am- a pickle; 3 dried apricots; 1 banana.
12pm- flax crackers; a pickle; an apple.
3pm- Raw Revolution chocolate coconut bar.
5pm- carrots & olives.
8pm- 1 avocado; small bowl of raisins, sliced almonds & date pieces.

St. Patty's Day

Ryan's lunch: oatmeal date scone; steamed broccoli; brown rice edamame salad; more edamame; shamrock sugar cookies.

I may not be very Irish, but
my husband's family sure is.
Add that to the fact that we
live near Boston, and you HAVE
to like St. Patrick's Day here.
Ryan wore his Celtics hat and
a green shirt to school.




I packed Ryan an extra
cookie for his afternoon
snack just in case his
class did something special.
He politely refused the
Lucky Charms marshmallow
bars that a teacher had
brought. But apparently all
of his friends sitting at his
table had also brought cookies of various sorts, so it was a good call. Usually their snacktime is very brief--enough time for a few crackers or a fruit roll--so it's not something I usually photograph.

AJ's snack: edamame;
steamed broccoli; a pickle;
oatmeal date scone; a
small shamrock cookie;
sesame pretzel sticks.



Dada was parent helper
in Nate's class today.
Part of the snack included
shamrock cookies of course!





Nate's lunch: steamed
broccoli; edamame;
shamrock pita sandwich
with Tofutti cream cheese
& cucumber; pickles; sesame
pretzel sticks.



Maia's first St. Patty's Day!