Showing posts with label trail mix. Show all posts
Showing posts with label trail mix. Show all posts

Monday, June 22, 2009

Recent lunchbox samplings

I've been a bit lazy so I'll play catch up today and show you a couple days' worth combined. Nothing super exciting other than the fact that I've had fabulous results (i.e., completely empty lunchboxes in the evening!) with these:

Eggs, sausages (boiled, of course), rice rolls, and leek cakes (부추전). For dessert, blackberries and green grapes, with a handful of teddy bear trail mix.


Black forest ham & cheddar cheese sandwiches with trail mix, and bluberries and strawberries for dessert. Justin especially loves having strawberries and whipped cream for dessert after dinner - it's a pity I can't send along whipped cream (I could but it would turn into a milky soup by lunch time!).

It might help that we have a new lunchbox/ container. It's a tomotomo ($1.50 from Ichiban Kan) and it's really the perfect size! The top container is 310 mL (entree) and the bottom is 210 mL (dessert) and comes with a space for the fork and spoon, all-in-one (utensils not included). It's so cheap but the funny thing is the little rubber belt that holds it all together is almost as expensive ($1.00) as the container!

Anyway, he seems to enjoy the portions and the bear on his container. If it works for him, it works for me.

Thursday, June 18, 2009

No ingredients in the fridge!

I was up at 5am (after taking a call at 4am) but without any ingredients in the refrigerator! So I had to make do with what I had.

Today's menu:


  • Grilled ham and cheese sandwhiches - I'm guessing if he sees the dino too often, it won't be fun anymore. I might go shopping for the train shaped one soon, but it's no longer online so I'm wondering if they're all sold out?!! (I tried plain ham & cheese before without luck, but as it seems he likes grilled cheese and he loved my leftover ham & cheese croissant from lunch, I am hoping he likes this. And I'm using cheddar cheese instead of American these days, which I think he likes a bit better.)
  • Grilled corn on the cob - leftover from last weekend's bbq, but still seems to be okay. Cold from being in the fridge, but at least it's not gone bad, and this is a sure-eat.
  • Mom's cop out! A little tin of trail mix treats with teddy bear grahams, pretzels & raisins.
  • Strawberries & peaches

Tomorrow's lunchbox should be of higher quality :) I plan on going grocery shopping today.