0 Turkey Lingonberry Croissant Sandwich

October 16, 2012

Lunch:  Trader Joe's Turkey (Organic, with no preservatives. Tastes great, but kind of smells vaguely like foot when you take it out of the package), on Aldi Croissants with small dab of Lingonberry Jelly; Organic Gala Apple with Pumpkin face carved; Organic grapes; tomatoes.

Snack AM:  Grapes, Cheese, 1/2 Turkey Croissant Sandwich.

Snack PM: 1/2 Turkey Sandwich, tomatoes.

YumLunch? 
Yep. All Gone!

0 Peachy Chicken Salad on Bun (Sailboat), 5th Wk of School

Monday, October 1, 2012

Bought delicious batch of peaches (7 for $3) from Trader Joe's. Also, we have left over chicken.

We do not like Mayo in our house. Sour Cream  is used instead. It has more protein, and fat, which we think is a good thing. If you want to know why, watch this 89 minute video here.  Dr. Lustig has informed and hardened my resolve to eat less processed food and sugar, and not get too hung up about fat.  Despite my avoidance of sugar, corn syrup, and processed foods, I added a tiny baby spoonful of sugar to the chopped peaches, and then chilled them, before adding them to the chicken, so as to get a bit more peach juice. Despite the "spoonful of sugar," I think I am still on track to hit a goal of 15 grams of sugar a day, (or less), for my son.

Lunch: Peach Sour Cream Chicken Salad Sandwich, Colby Jack Cheese (sails) tomatoes, and peach sliced.

Snack: Cute Hard Boiled Egg Bear, Grapes. Peaches.

Snack: Cute H. B. Egg Bear, Tomatoes, Pretzels.

YumLunch? 
My son ate one huge bite of sandwich. He said he didn't like the texture, but it was OK. He did not declare it Yucky - see new favorite book below.  Mommy ate it, and Daddy too, and we thought it was yummy. We have many more peaches, and will try again.

Michelle writes: Yum / Yuck

Yummy Yucky (Leslie Patricelli board books)

0 Away we go. Tamago!

Monday Sept 24, 2012

Woke up early, and decided to try a Tamago recipe, that I found on YouTube.

Here is the recipe:
  2 Eggs
  1 tsp sugar
  1 tsp mirin
  50 ml (.21 cup) dashi (substitute chicken stock).

I watched the video a few times and decided to try chopsticks as my primary utensil.

It did not take long to make a thick, rectangle omelet that I could cut into cute shapes. As I cooked the tamago, I noticed that my first layer was a little brown, but that got covered as I added more layers and "rolled" them up.  (Refer to video.)  I let it cool only a few minutes, and had no difficulty cutting it into birdie and flower shapes. We ate the scraps with breakfast.

Tamago tastes a little sweet (like the tamago you get at sushi joints).  This is OK with me - I consider this "strategic sweetness."

The mirin reminds me of vanilla extract, which I might try in the future. I'm not too worried about the sake / alcohol content - it's a small amount. Hey - maybe it will help my child sleep at nap time. JK.

Lunch: Tamago Birdies, Carrots, Grapes, and one  Raspberry.

Snack AM: Hard Boiled Egg (Fish Shape with soy sauce detailing), Tiny Tamago Flower, Annie's Cheddar Bunnies.

Snack PM: H.B.Egg Fish Shape with Tiny Tamago Flower surrounded by Green Grapes.

YumLunch? 
You betcha.

0 Cute Nectarine and Carrot Flower Shapes

September 21, 2012

I have almost caught up with my blog! I've been taking pictures everyday, since the start of school, but didn't get my first post up until Sept 16th, so I've been racing to get all my posts written and posted.  Going forward, I am hoping to get one post up every day.

Lunch: Liverwurst + Cream Cheese spread on Ritz Crackers (actually Savoritz from ALDI.) Rotisserie Chicken.  Nectarines, simply split in half.  Carrot, with cute tulip shape punched out, using Bento sausage cutter (Ugh - what a name - but that's what they are for. Not sure using it on carrots is something I can continue without breaking the device - it's meant for wieners.)

Snack AM:  More L'wurst Ritz and Nectarines Flowers, using Japanese Vegetable Cutters.

Snack PM:  Rotisserie Chicken, Grapes, and cute Carrot Tulip.

Sidebar: I prefer Peach flowers to Nectarine flowers. The skin of the peach is more velvety, and the nectarine skin did not cut as cleanly. 

YumLunch? 
Yep. All Gone.

0 Meow Chicken Lingonberry Croissant

Over the weekend, I got these adorable tooth picks from Japan via Amazon.

Lunch: organic rotisserie chicken from Whole Foods with lingonberry jelly, and cute kitty cat pick. Grapes and Annie's Cheddar Bunnies.

Snacks: oops. Forgot to photograph.

YumLunch?
Yep. NomNom. All Gone.

P.S. My son loves the book ALL GONE

Begin Smart All Gone! 
by Elliot Kreloff, $5.95, from Amazon

Giraffe, Monkey, Cat, Bear, Dog Bento Toothpicks 

0 Day 2. Chicken Lingonberry Cornbread Bites

Doesn't that sound yummy? My kid loves cornbread, and he and I made some good ol' fashioned Jiffy Cornbread over the weekend. The loaf was a little odd shaped - not traditional 'wich sized slices, more like bite-size.

We had leftover rotisserie chicken from Whole Foods, and a tiny bit of Lingonberry Jelly from AnnSather. I sliced a plum in half for lunch, and paired the other half with cheese cubes for morning snack. For the afternoon snack, I made cream cheese + ritz cracker sandwiches.

YumLunch?
Yes!  Completely eaten.

BTW - How do I know my kid is eating everything? What if he's throwing away food, you ask? The PK teachers tell the kids to pack up uneaten food so Moms know to pack more/less/ or different items.

Rotisserie chicken and
lingonberry jelly
on bite-size cornbread. 

Lunch: Chickie-Cornbread-Bites
with half a plum
and cherry tomatoes.

Snacks stacked:
AM: Plum + cheese cubes /
PM: Cream Cheese Ritz