Showing posts with label School Lunches. Show all posts
Showing posts with label School Lunches. Show all posts
Friday, September 30, 2011
School Lunches today . . .
At Kevin's suggestion, while at Costco the other day, we picked up a four pack of pizza crust and sauce for each. Today, I surprised the boys with pizza for lunch. Usually, if we have pizza for lunch it's on an english muffin or soft taco shell. They were very happy about it today. This got Thing One talking about how he'd have pizza for lunch, on Fridays, when he was at the public school for K and 1st. The one I made, though not home made, was still way better than I remember from being in public school (I spent all but two years attending a Fairfax Co. Public School and we're still in the same county). The one thing I missed today was having a chocolate eclair after the pizza; I would usually by a slice of pizza and one of those just about every Friday. Ah, fuzzy wonderful memories from so long ago.
Monday, August 8, 2011
School Food
I suppose can be good! When Thing One was in Public School for K & 1, he loved getting the pizza on Fridays. There was also the rare occasion, that I'd send him with lunch and he'd still buy lunch anyway.
Anyhoot, last Friday we had a variation of pizza on English Muffins and he even brought it up that public schools had pizza every Friday for lunch and so should we. That got me asking what they'd want this week for lunch. So this week, with mostly the kids input the school lunches for the week are:
Today, I used the fruit salad to my advantage as I'm trying to add more fruit into what they'll eat whole and from the "tree" or "vine". In addition to the bananas and apples they had strawberries and pears. They weren't so sure about it, but I reminded them that you can't base a decision off of one nibble. It takes several, real sized bites, over several days. When introducing new foods or for monitoring kind of fun junkie food, I really like using these plates I found at Target awhile back. They came in two packs for $1.99 and they have three different sized sections. I can tell the boys that they can have chips but only "this section" full. It helps with portion control.
Anyhoot, last Friday we had a variation of pizza on English Muffins and he even brought it up that public schools had pizza every Friday for lunch and so should we. That got me asking what they'd want this week for lunch. So this week, with mostly the kids input the school lunches for the week are:
- Monday - fruit salad
- Tuesday - hot dogs
- Wednesday - peanut butter sandwiches
- Thursday - grilled cheese sandwiches
- Friday - pizza
Today, I used the fruit salad to my advantage as I'm trying to add more fruit into what they'll eat whole and from the "tree" or "vine". In addition to the bananas and apples they had strawberries and pears. They weren't so sure about it, but I reminded them that you can't base a decision off of one nibble. It takes several, real sized bites, over several days. When introducing new foods or for monitoring kind of fun junkie food, I really like using these plates I found at Target awhile back. They came in two packs for $1.99 and they have three different sized sections. I can tell the boys that they can have chips but only "this section" full. It helps with portion control.
Monday, May 23, 2011
School lunches?
May be an odd question given that we home school and we've finished the 2010/2011 school year. Seriously though, there are times I just have a blocked brain for new and different things for lunch. Our boys get a bit bored with the same thing everyday and so do I. Here are some of our favorites:
- Popcorn chicken
- English Muffin Pizza's
- Meatball subs
- Grilled Cheese
- Grilled Peanut Butter & Cheese
- Sliced apples, cheese, & crackers
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