Week 9

Monday

Cuties, maple cookie (Cadia brand makes the best) and some tuna pockets.

Tuesday

 Maple shaped BLT sandwich, (a not so decorated half a sandwich below my maples BLT) maple cookie, and sharp cheddar cheese flowers.  




Wednesday - Thanksgiving break, no school


Thursday - Happy Gobble Gobble


Friday- Thanksgiving break, no school

Week 8

The weather here in the west coast continues to be beautiful.  I don't know when this going to end, but I'm soaking this all in as much as possible.

Monday

Mango, edamame quarter of a sandwich (from breakfast scrap below, mini bagel with cream cheese, and Newman's Own chocolate sandwich cookie.

Gobble, gobble. Can you see my turkey french toast?  I made this using a circle cutter for body,  flower cutter for the feather, straw for the eyes and scissors or beak.

Tuesday

No school. Veteran's Day

Wednesday

Chex cereals, apple sauce,salami, mini grilled cheese sandwiches and seaweed.

Thursday

Mini brownie, atrawberries, mini tuna salad stuffed pita pockets.

Friday

Pesto pasta, mix fruits, chicken salad and saltine crackers.

Week 7

This is my third attempt blogging. I enjoy doing this, but seems like life sometimes gets in the way.  I am hopeful this time it will stick and i wont be missing in action again.

Monday

Corn chips, grapes, goat Gouda cheese shaves, mini toast, half of home baked oatmeal and raisan cookie and wild berry apple sauce.

Tuesday

 Grapes, elephant toast with peanut butter and jam, Oreo, pea inners, cheese crisp.

Wednesday

Pea inners, berry sauce, strawberry fortune cookie, potstickers and edamame.

Thursday

Roche hazelnut chocolate, peanut butter dip, pretzels, raisins, half egg salad sandwich, baby babel cheese, and frozen mango pieces.


Friday

Potstickers, seaweed fried rice with extra edamame, per request from my little guy, fried wonton trips and frozen mango and mixed berries.

Week 6

The weather is so unusually warm and beautiful, it hard to believe winter is quickly approaching.  The only sign is the sun is setting a little earlier and earlier and our mornings starts off a little darker and darker every day.

Ahh, how i will miss our long summer days.

Monday

 Strawberries, pretzel thins with cream cheese, jam bear sandwiches, cheese it, mini hot dogs.

Tuesday

Bacon strips, pb&j ghost sandwiches, butter cookie, pirate booty white cheddar popcorn and strawberries.

Wednesday 

 Yogurt, blueberries, breakfast sausages, mini pancake, scallion bread and maple syrup.

Thursday

Blueberries, grilled cheese and salami on a stick and yokids squeeze.

Friday

Peaches, rice crispy, bacon and cheese sandwiches, ritz cheese crackers.

Yumbox Review

 

 

After almost a year of use, I think I'm ready to share my review of the Yumbox lunch system.  This lunch system measures approx. 8.5 x 6.5 x 1.8 inches and weighs 1.1 lbs.
Here are my love and dislike.  Let's start with the Love:

Love:

1. Totally Leak Proof -  We put in maple syrups, hummus, salsa, yogurt, ketchup, applesauce, berries, cheese shreds, chips and they all stay within in their contained area. I love love this box for this reason.
2. Super Study - My son is known to toss his back pack along the side of the play yard when it's recess time.  I would say he's not the most gentlest creature on earth. So far, not one crack, scratch or ding. 
3. Great Size - This fits into all the  lunch bags we currently own.  I think the majority of “flat” type lunch bags out there would work.
4. Removal Tray - I sometime use the tray as a plate for meals serve at home. 
5. Less Pieces - My son is really good in bringing back all the picks and containers I put in his lunches, but I find it such a hassle to wash them individually.  This lunch system is only two piece, an inner and outer.  Washing is such a breeze.

Okay, now for the dislikes:

1. Small Sections - The compartments are small, really small.  The compartments are deep, but small. I would rather have one less compartment than several tiny compartments.  At max, I can fix 3/4 of a sandwich if I cut it up and arrange it to "make it fit" way... Not a big deal for me since I do like to cut up my lunches to have more of a cute effect.  Yumbox however came out with a new box (Yumbox Panino ) in recent months that have one larger compartment which would fit our needs.
2. Heavy - If I know my son will have to carry a lot of school books that day, I will spare him by using another lunchbox. My guess is the silicone seal to prevent things from moving around also the reason why this is so heavy. 
3. Cost - Okay, $28 is a lot of money for most of us to spend on a lunch box.  Yumbox however run promotion every now and then and if you sign up for their newsletter, they will send you updates YUMBOX SIGN UP

The Verdict

We love our yumbox and will recommend this to friends and family. Since they have now solve one of my dislike (small sections) with their newer Panino addition, this box is almost the  perfect lunch system we own. 

Here are some our past Yumbox creations. Enjoy!

 

 

Week 5

Last week for halloweenie lunch. I had so much fun.

Monday

Strawberries, popcorn, mash potato with bacon, sour cream, chives,  with sharp cheddar cheese in a cupcake mold and a few slice of salami.

Tuesday

Tuna pocket "eyes", stone wheat crackers, strawberries, and a milk chocolate ball.

Wednesday

Tuna pocket, stone wheat crackers, jam roll (above eyes), strawberries and milk chocolate ball.

Thursday

The SF Giants won the world series! Congrats!

Turkey and cheese sandwich, stick of cheese salami, oreos, chex mix, and persimmon.

Friday

Halloween day: Mini cheese pizza on top left was suppose to look like a mummy, instead i think it looked more like a Ninja turtle or something... oh well, so much for my big Halloween finale.

Hope everybody had a spooktackular Halloween!

Week 4

I use my phone's camera to take most of my lunch pictures.  I just found a cool phone application to create a watermarks.  It has lots of other cool features like adding clip arts, stickers and special effects.  I'm still exploring this app and finding lots of new possibilities.  I'll review and share more information as soon as i familiarize myself with it.

Monday

 Columbus Days - No School 

Tuesday

Pita cracker, hummus dip, pizza bites, and strawberries.

Wednesday

Tangerines, butter cookies, rice cracker mix, onigiri, green peas and gummy peach ring.

Thursday

Scallion bread twist, blueberries, breakfast sausage, ghirardelli peppermint twist chocolate, ham flowers, and craisins for desert.


Friday

Yogurt, salsa dip, salami, tortilla chips, frozen mango (will thaw be lunch time) and a peach gummy ring for desert.

Week 3

Halloween bento continues.  October is my favorite bento times.  Spooky, creepy fun lunches are my favorite.  I've always found Halloween bento to be the most fun to make.

 

Monday

Nabisco party mix, mini pancake with sausages, mini cookies, and fresh strawberries.

 

Tuesday 

Homemade mix berry smoothie (banana, strawberries, raspberries, and blue berries), pumpkin cookie, cheese melt sandwich, tangerine, and white cheese popcorn.

 

Wednesday 

Asian pear, baked pea crisp, cheese quesadilla shaped like bears (I gave them some scars to have a halloween-ish zombie effect).

 

Thursday

Frozen mango pieces, tangerine, salami and cheese pumpkin sandwiches, stone wheat crackers with hand drawn insect pictures, and smoke gouda cheese.

 



 Friday

Mango pieces, cherry tomatoes with ranch sauce (kinda pumpkin-ish?) peanut butter ghost sandwiches, and tuna salad on pita cracker.

 

OMG! What a milestone

Big thank you to my IG friends.  I just reached my first 1K followers. This such a great encouragement to keep on packing lunches.

Week 2

The weather have been soon beautiful.  I almost feel bad summer vacation is over and my Little guy is coop up in school all day long.  I also have to schlep myself back to work.

Monday

 Trader Joe's pea inners, mini cookies, mini turkey and smoke Gouda cheese sandwich and strawberries.

Tuesday

Mini chocolate chip cookies, cheese-it, sun chips, raspberries, bacon, lettuce, cheese sandwich and a few salami swirls.

Wednesday

Oreo cookies, raspberries, mini toast and tuna salad.

Thursday

 Green seedless grapes, sharp cheddar cheese flowers, salami slices, mini cookies and cashews.

Friday

Frozen mango (will thaw by lunch time) cheeses slices, salsa, flour tortilla crisp up and cut out with my teenie weenie spider cookie cutter and a pistachio fortune cookie.

Halloween Lunches

Halloween is right around the corner.  Im so excited to see all the lunch inspiration on instagram.  Here are some of my past halloweenie lunches. Let the fun begin!