Could you tell? The end of the school year had me burned out from lunches, cooking, eating...too many end of the year this & thats, the internationally traveling husband, and new activities for the kids.
Before I move along more interesting posts, I have to catch up, so here goes... longest post EVER...
Lunches & snack: Good Dog rounds; steamed broccoli;
Ian's Alphatots; side of ketchup.
Upper left: cantaloupe; sandwich; cucumber slices; carrot; apricots/raisins.
Upper right: oyster crackers; cucumber slices; steamed broccoli; mashed potatoes; spicy baked tofu.
Lower left: carrot; steamed broccoli; pickle; apricot; chocolate chip cookie; smoked Tofurky, Vegan Gourmet monterey jack cheese, lettuce on flax lavash wrap bread.
Lower right (Maia's): cucumber slices; apricots; carrot; 1/4 sandwich; cantaloupe.
Maia's lunch: soy cheese slices; Tofurky slice; chocolate chip cookie; steamed broccoli; carrot; pickle; apricot.
Upper left: pineapple; cucumber slices; leftover asian stirfry over rice.
Upper right: orange wedges; blanched spinach; hummus & cucumber sandwiches; chocolate chip cookie.
Lower left (Maia's): 1/2 english muffin sandwich; blueberries; grapes; carrot; pickle slices.
Lower right: english muffin sandwiches; carrots; grapes & blueberries; cucumber slices.
Ryan & AJ's lunches:
steamed broccoli;
Tofurky slices;
cucumber slices;
cantaloupe & grapes;
sandwiches.
Maia's lunch:
cantaloupe & grapes;
steamed broccoli;
Tofurky slices;
1/2 cinnamon
raisin bagel.
Lunch: cantaloupe; cucumber slices; broccoli cheddar crescent rolls; peanuts.
Ryan
& AJ's
lunches:
water-
melon;
Tofurky
slices;
cuc-
mber
slices;
peanuts;
pickle;
carrots;
banana
blue-
berry
mini
muffins.
Ryan
& AJ's
lunches:
spicy
sweet
potato
waffle
fries;
carrots;
green
beans;
side of
ketchup;
mini
banana
blue-
berry
muffins.
Maia's lunch: carrots; green beans; mini banana blueberry muffin spicy sweet potato fries; side of ketchup.
Ryan & AJ's lunches:
carrot; steamed broccoli;
cucumber slices; peanuts;
apricots/raisins;
sandwiches.
Maia's lunch: pizza rollup; steamed broccoli; carrots; tomato; pickle; watermelon.
Ryan & AJ's lunches: pizza rollups; watermelon; steamed broccoli; cashews; carrots.
Ryan & AJ's lunches: soy yogurts; dark chocolate square; carrots; english muffin sandwiches.
Ryan & AJ's lunches:
Sunshine Burgers on
buns; carrots; pickle;
blanched spinach;
pineapple.
Lunches: green grapes; Tofurky slices; steamed broccoli; blueberries; carrots; tofu spinach stuffed pasta shells.
Ryan & AJ's lunches:
cinnamon raisin bagels;
soy cheese cubes;
Tofurky slices; carrot;
pickle; watermelon.
Ryan
& AJ's
lunches:
broc-
coli
onion
tofu
mini
quiches;
baked
sweet
potato
fries;
side of
ketchup;
water-
melon.
Maia's lunch:
watermelon;
mini broccoli onion
tofu quiche; baked
sweet potato fries;
side of ketchup.
Ryan
& AJ's
lunches:
peanuts;
pickle;
carrots;
blanched
spinach;
water-
melon;
crack-
ers w/
soy
cheese
and
Tofurky
slices;
raisins
and
apricots.
Lunches: rice pilaf w/green beans; blueberries/mixed nuts; Tofurky slices; carrots.
Ryan & AJ's
lunches:
grapes;
sand-
wiches;
cucumber
slices;
peanuts.
Ryan & AJ's lunches:
banana blueberry mini
muffins; carrots; raisins;
grapes; steamed broccoli;
cucumber slices; peanuts.
Maia's lunch:
grapes; steamed
broccoli; carrot;
black olive; mini
banana blueberry
muffin; pickles;
cucumber slices;
cheddar soy
cheese;
snow peas.
Ryan's lunch: peanut butter & agave nectar rollups; steamed broccoli; carrots; pickle; black olive; mini banan blueberry muffin; pineapple mango salsa; cucumber slices.
Maia's lunch: blueberries; snow peas; pickle; Tofurky slice; rice cube with goma shio; blanched spinach; cucumber slices.
Upper left: rice cubes w/goma shio; blanched spinach; Tofurky slices; cucumber slices; grapes; mini muffin.
Upper right: grapes/strawberries; sandwiches; carrots; pickle.
Lower left: cantaloupe & grapes; kale & veggie sausage; carrot; pickle; brownie; mini muffin.
Lower right (Maia's): cantaloupe; blueberries; strawberries; kale & veggie sausage.
Ryan
& AJ's
lunches:
1/2 an
apple;
steamed
broc-
coli:
english
muffin
pizza;
choc-
olate &
vanilla
soy
pudding.
Lunches (left): baguette slices; steamed broccoli; chocolate chip cookie; apple slices; sesame tofu.
Lunches (right): english muffin pizzas; green beans; watermelon.
Ryan & AJ's lunches: cashews; carrots; orange slices; brocolini stem fried rice.
Lunches (left): sesame noodles w/spinach; strawberries/watermelon; edamame.
Lunches (right): english muffin sandwiches; apple rhubarb crumble; steamed broccoli; carrots.
Ryan
& AJ's
lunches:
mini
banana
blue-
berry
muffins;
straw-
berries/
raisins;
pickle;
carrots;
eda-
mame;
cucu-
mber
slices.
So that's that for the school year! In a few months I'll have 3 boys in the same school in 3rd grade, 2nd grade, & kindergarten. And Maia will continue in preschool, but 3 morning a week.
I'm a huge Vampire Diaries fan. And the season 3 premiere is coming up this week. I had some grand plans, only one of which has made it to reality thus far. This bento is MINE.
I created the ribbon and blood drop out of blanched red pepper. And I added baked some Sophie's Kitchen vegan breaded shrimp (frighteningly realistic actually).
It was almost too cool to eat! TVD bento: pineapple, orange cherry tomato "vampire" (with the closest thing I had to Ian Somerhalder's signature hat), blanched spinach, steamed broccoli, edamame, vegan breaded shrimp, rice.
Ryan & AJ's lunches: brown rice w/veggies; vegan breaded shrimp; edamame; steamed broccoli; pineapple; lemon cookie; potato leek kale soup (w/side of smoked salt).
The
But potato week didn't quite go as planned. I pulled out these yummy spinach tofu quiches from the oven and popped in a baking sheet full of sweet potatoes wedges. Half way through, the oven promptly turned off and displayed an error code. Now, I love my new oven to bits, but according to the GE website, all error codes are proceeded by the letter "F", and all mine as showing was a red "5". Go figure. So I abandoned the sweet potato fries (yuck, half-cooked sweet potatoes? Hopefully the squirrels enjoyed them from the compost). Luckily I still had some rice in the rice cooker from the night before...
Ryan & AJ's lunches: garlic broccoli stir-fry; spinach tofu quiche w/cheddar Daiya cheese; rice.
Ryan & AJ's lunches: mashed purple potatoes; blanched spinach w/peanut sauce; simmered shiitake mushrooms; edamame.
