Lunchboxes from July Week 3

So starting from this week, I decided that I wouldn't post "recycled" lunchbox ideas. I mean, I'm running out of "new" ideas, but everyone's seen the ham & cheese dino sandwich pictures three thousand times now, so until something new comes along, that picture is taking a break.

I'm getting a bit worried - not so much that the readers will get bored but that Justin will, but as long as he eats it (I suppose he has no choice - it's either eat it or starve) he'll be getting it until I get new ideas (please help!).

This week as I was completely out of ideas, Whole Foods was a godsend! I never stop by but for some reason I looked into their hot foods and found a penne pasta in vodka sauce that looked pretty good. Justin completely devoured it, and all I had to do was cut up the penne in half. We sent it with chicken nuggets, strawberries, and grapes.

This week we also tried sending fish, which he normally loves at home but I just felt "fishy" about sending it in a lunchbox. It worked fine, he finished everything. Pieces of broiled spanish mackeral, burdock (우엉), nori rolls with yellow peaches (code 4044, they're the best!).

Our final "new" attempt this week was chicken porridge (which does not look very appetizing in the picture, I am just realizing...). He ate about half of it - but probably because I forgot to season it in the morning. I have a bland container in the fridge that I add salt & pepper to as I cook it, but this morning I just simply forgot. He also got shrimp & squash tempura and bulgogi, with white seedless grapes for dessert.

Lunchboxes from July Week 2

Still catching up! Note, I'm back to work, so no, I'm not sitting at home blogging while everyone at work thinks I'm sick.


First off, nori rolls, mixed vegetable omelettes and one shrimp (that was the last one I had in the fridge) with cut up plums and a mini-muffin for dessert. I've noticed the Red Raven plums are delicious, and Justin can finish off two in a sitting so I have bought a ton and have been serving them day and night.

Finally - I started to use the 180mL containers I received. They are the perfect size! We have leftover macaroni & cheese, boiled sausages & ketchup, and diced up yellow peaches. The containers are perfect because I can ask for just the mac & cheese to be heated up and not have to worry about the other things in the same container. But of course, he didn't eat any of the mac and cheese at lunch, although he really enjoyed it at dinner. It's homemade, four cheese mac and cheese with mascarpone, aged cheddar, parmesan, and i can't even remember the name of the fourth one...

Wow, this really looks like a mess in the photograph... We had fried rice but I know he has a hard time scooping it up with a spoon so I tried to make balls. Fried rice is not as sticky as regular rice and the pieces of ham and veges were getting in the way as well, but I succeeded in making a few clumps. I also cut up some leftover casseroles (squid, 빈대떡), and added some strawberries for dessert. He finished the casseroles but I got almost the entire container of fried rice back. Oh well.

So for breakfast this week, we had french toast because I suddenly got a craving. Justin finished off 4 pieces for breakfast, so I thought I'd pack it for lunch. He has french toast, boiled sausages with ketchup, and a whole Red Raven plum.

Leftover Wednesday

I was really aiming for something else today (there's always tomorrow) but last night we had chicken and pasta for dinner, with tons leftover. Not that my son is a means to get rid of things I do not want to keep in the refrigerator. He just seemed to love the food, it was sitting there, so I took the opportunity to sleep in another half hour this morning. The results? Not so pretty. But so much easier on me!

So we had prosciutto stuffed chicken with marinara sauce and fettucine with alfredo sauce. I added a broccoli floret for color and a few raisins in the divide between the chicken and pasta. Why raisins? For one, Justin loves them in general, and secondly, last night we had a salad with dried cranberries which Justin enjoyed with the rest of his meal (the lettuce, he did not like so much). They'll zap this at preschool for him, so I hope the raisins don't explode in the microwave or anything weird like that!

I thought of packing granny smith apples for his dessert (the salad also had granny smiths, which he liked as well, but I think it was more because of the green color than the taste) but then chose oranges which has a success rate of 100%.

After yesterday - he didn't like the D'Anjou pears at all! - I need a better hit ratio.