Preparing Lunch

School has started and it is time to start packing lunches for school each day. I will share some pictures here of our lunch making process - so you can see it is not that bad.

Fill Thermos with boiling water

I do this as the lunch is heating in the oven - I dump the water out when it is ready to fill. This helps keep the food hot longer.

Ketchup

I send ketchup in a tupperware container - my guy has to dip everything in ketchup. This is a nice size container for him to dip, seals tight, but not so tight he can't open it and easier to manage than packets.

The filled thermos

Layer the hot items in the thermos - there is corn on the bottom and then the fries and nuggets side by side. It fills the thermos up and the fuller the thermos the hotter the food will stay.

Lunch ready for the lunch bag

His first day of school lunch - a thermos with chicken nuggets, fries and corn; silk vanilla soy milk, a fruit cup, ketchup and a rice bar for his morning snack.

All ready for school

My big first grader on his first day of school.

Grocery Shopping 8/26/06 & 8/27/06

This week I visited the Bittersweet Bakery and Valley Natural Foods as well as my normal grocery stores. Items I bought at Valley Natural included foods that I cannot buy anywhere else, but also items that are carried at my regular stores but were cheaper there.

At Bittersweet Bakery I bought:
2 loaves of bread
Orange Delight Cookies for Andy
Monster Cookies for Dan and I.

At Valley Natural Foods I bought:
Enjoy Life Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips
EnviroKidz Panda Puffs Cereal
EnviroKidz Gorilla Munch Cereal
Soy Dream Strawberry "Ice Cream"
Tamari Soy Sauce
Ian's Allergen Free Fish Sticks
Welshire Kids Chicken Hot Dogs
Brocolli
Welshire Kids Chicken Nuggets
Almond Breeze Chocolate Almond Milk
EnviroKidz Peanut Butter Rice Bars
Savory Thins Rice Crackers
Tinkyada Spaghetti
Silk Soy Yogurt

At Super Target I bought:
Johnsonville Brats
Jennio Extra Lean Ground Turkey
Motts Fruit Snacks
Fresh Cantaloupes
Baby Carrots
Fresh Plums
Fresh Peaches
Fresh Strawberries

At Rainbow Foods I bought:
Tofutti Sour Supreme
Fresh Grapes
Fresh Lettuce