Nov 19 2012 5 stars :)

Dh packing lunch so guess what she gets, marshmellows, i hope all pasta does not come back.
Apparently marshmellows work.
All food gone except for few bites of pasta and some marshies.
No school till next monday, happy thanksgiving.

Nov 19 2012 3 stars

Raisin  bread sandwich, omlette and gummies. All bread was gone i bet she ran out of time.

Nov 15 2012 5 stars

We are doing very poorly in november with stars. :(
With a newborn, sleeping and eating schedule has been so out of place, the effect is with daughter too.
Pasta and some acorn squash baked with maple syrup today.
First success in nov all gone

Nov 14 2012 2 stars

Little ds arrived last week into our family so life has been a little chaotic in schedule. Poor dh had to fill in to make lunch and dress dd up and drop while i am chained to a feeding station with ds.
I prepped a little last night so the lunch needs to be just put together in the morning. Boiled quinoa and beans last night and went to bed.
Hopefully she eats well today.
Most of quinoa came back and just beans were gone. :(

Nov 13 2012 sad 1.5 stars :(

Diwali lunch, puran poli , baingan bharta rice, snap peas.
Dd ate just the  puran poli, she usually loves green peas but didnt touch them.
:(

Oct 31 2012 3 stars

I did a lot better in oct with her lunches.
Simple daal rice and treats today
Most of the daal rice was gone.

Nov 5 2012 sad 1 star

I forgot to take a picture today but had packed seviyan and treats and fruit and boy everything came back. Never found out what happened.
Sad lunch. :) wasnt worth the picture anyway.

Oct 24 2012 2 stars

Dont have any supplies and scrambling now. Sweet potato and peas rice. I think peas rice will come back :( it didnt taste very good this morn.
All rice and even the treats came back. Sweet potato was gone.
Sad lunch day.

Oct 23 2012 Tim horton day 3 stars

Once in a couple of weeks dd gets a treat, chocolate donut from tim hortons for breakfastand all she eats in that is the chocolate layer and donut is throw away.
While we are at it, a bagel lunch for today.
3 pieces of bagel and treats gone, cucumbers came back and dh promptly finished them in the ride back with her.

Oct 22 2012 5 stars :)

Idli, chutney podi with ghee, omlette, gummies and date. Fresh roasted corn fir breakfast and apple flowers for snack.
She didnt care much for the corn driving into school as she drank a full bottle of complan. Hopefully lunch goes well.
All gone today, not a single idli came back.

Oct 18 2012 5 stars :)

Pasta had failed twice so i fixed it today. Buttered pasta with salt and paprika without any pasta sauce. Two treats but i loaded a lot of pasta.
Everything was gone and she came home and said she has to get 5 stars coz she didnt bring anything back.
Woo hoo!

Oct 17 2012 5 stars :)

Yday i got her hot lunch at school and she just ate fruits and veggies from it and left the cheesy breadsticks apparently. Noted not to get that lunch anymore. I seem to have better luck with food feom home.
Today dh packed lunch. Scrabmled egg with chutney podi on rice, gummies and dates, double treat.
Just a few spoons of rice left, all gone!
Dh lunch box works!

Oct 15 2012 2 stars

I bought a set of bento buddies, found some other popping colors.
Some days when we are lazy to wash dishes from previous day we are scrambling in the morning.
Two sets are a must.
Peas rice, beans, grapes and date. Yumm!
Mondays are hard, my expectations are low.
Much of the rice came back but most of the beans and fruit and treat were gone. Not so good, gotta get more main course in.

Oct 11 2012 5 stars :)

Pasta, beans, grapes and gummies.
I tasted the pasta, it is definetely going to come back :(.
I need a better recipe for pasta.
So yesterday apparently she was so busy talking at the lunch table that she didnt wanna put a bite into her mouth.
She surprised me today. Ate everything but a little pasta that came back coz time was up

5 stars yayy!

Oct 10 2012 no stars :(

Seviyan with veggies, some chick peas, strawberries and gummy vitamins.
Something tells me she is going to run out of time before she can get past two stars today. My mistake, i made seviyan with lot of stuff that she is going pick and bite like veggies individually, cashews and raisins etc.
Sadly all came back, except for some chick peas and strawberries she ate nothing at all.
I gotta make these noodles differently for success.

Oct 9 2012 5 stars :)

gone no piece left behindCinnamon raisin bread and cheese into tree shape, gotta get more cutters getting tired of the same tree shape. Strawberries, sweet potato and gummy all gone none left behind.
Yayy!

Oct 8 2012 4 stars

Potato paratha in tree shapes, omlette, some potato on the side and gummy vites.
All of the paratha , omlette , vites and some potato was gone.
Yayy 4 stars.

Oct 4 2012 Tim horton day 5 stars

Thursday both dh and have early meetings, dh worse starting at 7 so gotta make something easy to beat morning rush of getting her ready and packing lunch.
Picked bagel cream cheese and got some grapes for her in lunch box.
Yummy chocolate dipped donut for breakfast.
All gone, tim hortons definetely works, will do that for time crunch days.

Oct 3 2012 3 stars

Parent blues...i got quite a few complaints on dd from her carousel today. Apparently, she wants to eat her fruit and treats first (of course) and then eat her main course and if her teachers give her main course she is closing the box moving it away and getting upset. Wow!
3 yr old personality, huh!
Well, i am improvising things going along so may be less fruit in her box.
Quinoa,sweet potato,snap peas and gummy vites today
Most of quinoa, half sweet potato was all gone, some peas gone, time was up i guess to even eat the gummies, but i sent good quantity so 3 stars, not bad.

Oct 2 2012 5 stars :)

Down with back pain so left the world to dh this morning to sleep in till 7.30am.
He scrambled and packed some daal rice (he makes the best tomato daal in the world by the way, dd eats a whole bowl at dinner with his daal usually), cucumbers, banana and date.
Date has become my bribe :)
Gotta complete my meal plan for october, fell behind on that and having to think each day.
Note to self: complete meal plan and stick it on the fridge today.
Not a bite was left today, everything was gone, yayyyy!
Gotta get dh to pack once in a while :)

Oct 1 2012 5 stars :)

Haa, successfully passed through one month of lunches.
Idli,chutney powder,omlette,broccoli and apple flowers and date today. I have a bad feeling that idli might come back or even worse much of it will coz idli was a little sour when i tasted it this morning. Prepare for a cranky kid in the evening.

She proves me wrong, two idlis came back and two pieces of omlette and broccoli came back in full, which was all gone in the ride back.
Had an empty box altogether woo hoo.

Sep 27 2012 2 stars

Shell pasta , snap peas, nectarine and dates. Everything but pasta was eaten. :(
I took the pasta too i thought it was pretty good.
Sad two star meal.

Sep 26 2012 3 stars

Yday was holiday for school in our
district. So i took the day off and gave her mamma time and enjoyed a relaxing day.
Dh made these yummy date nut bars, raw almonds, cashews and dates blended together and poured into a flat base bowl and refrigerated. They made excellent bars that my dd loved.
Peas paneer rice, sweet potato, broccoli and a small date nut bar treat today.
All of sweet potato, some rice and few broccoli was gone and time was up. I will take my grudge against this short lunch time to my grave, argh!
Lesson learnt: i garnished the peas paneer rice with cashews and i know my gal well, she must have picked them all one by one and ate and of course time would be up. No more cashews for lunch, only for drive back home snack.
Well 3 star lunch.

Sep 24 2012 2.5 stars

Methi chat masala potatoes (my moms recipe , never goes wrong) dosa rolls, date and almond cookies today.
Kid had a fun run action time in the morning class so apparently she was wiped out so bad that she didnt have the energy to even eat. :(
Still all potatoes were gone, date and some dosa rolls were gone but 3/4 of the dosa rolls came back. Not sure if it was the time crunch or tiredness.

Sep 20 2012 5 stars

Its getting cold in here just mid september, i guess warm days bye bye now. Despite sleeping at 8.30pm the gal has such hard time pulling out of bed. Came at 6.30 to me for a snuggle nap till 7.
Breakfast is still a struggle coz she is so woozy sleepy that she has no motivation to put a bite into her. Gave up on the milk in the morning long back. Gotta get creative there, sweet potato and whole roasted corn work well for breakfast some days.
Quinoa today with peas,corn and raisins,omlette,nectarine and gummy vitamins for treat.
All gone except may be 4 spoons of quinoa. Woo hoo

Sep 18 2012 Tim horton day 3 stars

Last night was left over day so this morning we gave a break to ourselves and got a sundried tomato asiago bagel and strawberry cream cheese into her lunch box.
She loves chole(garbanzo beans) too, soaked some organic dry chole and sauteed them for snack.
3/4th bagel was gone and apparently the time was up before she could eat chole.  :(

Sep 13 2012 5 stars :)

Ugh such a terrible pic, had to get her dressed and make lunch as dh left the building early for his work.
Mad rush this morning but got an alu paratha cut into flowers and sweet potato, ditto, omlette and nectarine. Date as treat, she loves dates and can eat a whole box. I tell her that it is a reward for her for eating well.

Alu paratha, omlette, sweet potato was all gone yayyy guess she ran out of time for nectarine but hey 5 stars!

Sep 12 2012 - 3 stars

Multi grain bread with organic raw almond butter, cut into heart shape and sliced. Omlette, corn and watermelon flowers.
Sandwich and omlette was gone and few bites of corn. Was surprised to see all watermelon coming back. Found out they have just 30 min to finish their lunch. Ugh, how much can a 3 year old eat in 30 min and how fast. Kindergarten has only 20 min so they prepare them from now.
I feel this rush prepares the kids to just go snacking coz they dont have time to eat a good lunch. Ah sigh!

Well 3 stars anyway as rest was gone in the car ride back.

Sep 10 2012 First day of preschool

The oh so chaotic first day of preschool. Tons of cars, parents, kids walking in. Our school does not have buses.
Our girl was super excited but also was overwhelmed with the chaos of backpacks, hustling etc.
She took flower cut baked potatoes, bulls eye, peas and nectarine and hardly touched the potatoes, ate peas and some omlette.
Kid stayed on such little food all day and was tired and cranky and bawled out for mamma in the evening.
2 stars but not giving up though

First day with bento

My 3 year old daughter started going to school so i researched a ton online to see what the best way could be to make healthy lunches for her and I came across Bento lunch boxes. I ordered mine, almost obsessed over it and created my first complete organic Bento lunch for her. I was quite inspired by http://desilunchbox.wordpress.com/. Have to see how long this steam will last, lol.

Cinnamon raisin bread cut into christmas tree with a slice of pepper jack cheese also in the same shape.
Sweet potato, carrots, plum and a date. She loves dates.

Result: She ate everything and left some sweet potato which she finished while driving back home in the evening. Some carrots came back.
Rating: 5 stars