The little dude is making this lunch thing way too easy for me. No complaints! Yesterday he took burger bites again. I didn’t even make fries. He took rotini instead along with grapes. How easy is that? Then he announced that he wants to take pizza the rest of this week. Hmmm. O…K? He couldn’t […]
Today’s lunch is pasta salad and grapes. This has definitely been a favorite. That makes me happy because it is SO easy! The pasta salad includes tofu, tomatoes, color peppers, and kalamata olives. We sprinkle it with a tiny bit of vinegar or vinaigrette. Done! Total cost of this lunch is approximately $1.10.
Today’s school lunch was vegetable summer rolls. This was an alternative to the school menu item, shrimp spring rolls. ($6!) Ours included tofu, color peppers, cucumbers, carrots, and bean thread noodles all rolled up cozy in brown rice wrappers. He took two of these along with grapes. He also randomly asked to take a piece […]
Today’s school lunch was these cute little mini burgers, baked fries, and grapes. I had a FAIL when I tried to create something similar to the catered menu item, steak teriyaki. The rice was under done and the vegetables were overcooked. Ick. Luckily I have several packs of these burgers waiting in the freezer. I […]
Pizza Friday! I wasn’t really feeling like tackling shepherds pie (school menu), and the little dude was happy with pizza. Sweet. It was actually a small personal pizza equivalent to about 2 slices. This was the leftover from a second identical one he had for breakfast. He also had one for dinner last night. Pizza […]
Baby boy is in kindergarten! Wow. All day big guy school means school lunch. They do offer a catered “healthy” hot lunch, but for a few reasons we will be packing lunch. 1. The catered option doesn’t include vegan options. Every day includes cheese and/or meat. 2. The catered option is $6 per day. (!) […]
Laksa was comfort food for Dizzle returning from travels. Chili and cornbread is today’s project, so I’m hoping to post both those recipes. I’ll probably do a couple cornbread waffles and do muffins with the remainder. We’ll also have a salad with greens from the garden including some spicy purple mustard greens. Rajma is new […]
The first time we made the falafel waffle the little dude turned up his nose. I think the whole waffle concept threw him off his game. Now he’s accustomed to seeing the strange squares, and he jumped right in to make his own falafel plate. He buried his falafel under lettuce, naan, peppers, and cucumbers. […]
I really thought I’d seen it all when it comes to my 4 yr old and his pizza toppings. Nope. We were at the library yesterday, and he was looking at cookbooks with a friend and the gal who does food programming. Pizza came up, and the little chef excitedly tells everyone he is having […]
This was one of the first things I tried from my coveted Indian Vegetarian cookbook. I absolutely adore it, but I don’t make it very often. It takes a little more prep time than I’m accustom to lately. Lots of ingredients and spices that have to be prepped and ready to go before starting. That […]