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