Meatless Monday: Week 13

It's that time again! Meatless Monday! Link up your completely meat free posts at the end and share in the veggie love!

Packed in our EasyLunchboxes, Kidlet has a deconstructed layer dip of beans, Chobani 0% Plain Greek Yogurt, guacamole, and cheese. Beside the dip there are corn tortilla chips. The large side compartment has strawberries and blackberries. The small side compartment has some lettuce to go with the dip.

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Puzzle Baked Pancakes

I wanted to get one more puzzle lunch in before the end of April and I succeeded! I got this adorable Silicon Puzzle Mold that I found via Melissa at Another Lunch. Kidlet loves baked pancakes so I was thrilled to find this pan! It will definitely get a lot of love from us.




Main Compartment: Puzzle shaped baked pancakes and a mini dipper of syrup

Large Side Compartment: Grapes, blackberries, and strawberries.

Small Side Compartment: Chobani Champions Blueberry yogurt with a strawberry yogurt frozen puzzle piece

This lunch was made possible by:

Autism Awareness Guest Post

Hello lovely people! I am guest posting today over at following in my Shoes. You can find details of the new lunch I made there!

Doctor Who: Impossible Astronaut Day!

Today has been declared Impossible Astronaut Day! Why you may ask? Well, because this is the day that the episode The Impossible Astronaut first aired! We're talking Doctor Who in case you haven't caught on yet. In celebration my Edible Geekery buddies and I are having a little Who Hop! Check out the next lunch by clicking the button at the bottom of this post!

Main Compartment: Peanut butter and jelly sandwich with cheese Silence and letters

Large Side Compartment: Strawberries, blackberries, and apple with hash marks

Small Side Compartment: Carrots and a pineapple jelly


Now check out what my buddy Karen has going on at What's In Our Lunch Bags?

 

Meatless Monday: Week 12

Happy Earth Day! What a perfect pairing for Meatless Monday! No lunch on our end as I have a sick Kidlet on my hands. Link up and show off what you've made!

*Note: Please only link up posts and recipes that are completely meat-free. If you have more than one lunch in a post and one contains meat, please don't link that post. That way we don't confuse anyone looking for meat free ideas!! Thanks guys*

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Pillsbury Artisan Pizza Crust Giveaway!

Kidlet, like most 12 year old boys, could eat nothing but pizza and be happy. I was really excited when I found out about Pillsbury's new Artisan Crust Pizza dough with whole grains! I generally prefer to make my own dough but this is perfect for those rushed Oops-I-Forgot-I-Need-To-Feed-You-Again nights.

Main Compartment: Leftover pizza with pineapple on a Pillsbury Artisan Crust! 

Large Side Compartment: Celery

Small Side Compartment: Checkered apple

The verdict was all thumbs up! Everyone loved the nutty flavor of the crust. It was crisp and just a little chewy. So delicious. We topped ours with mozzarella, parmesean, pineapple, and ham on one side for the carnivores. This is likely to become a staple in my fridge for busy nights!

Now I know what you are thinking! You are wishing you too could have this deliciousness in your home! Well it's your lucky day. I am giving away an awesome Pizza Prize Pack! Oh yeah! Here's what you can win:

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"Disclosure: The prize pack, information, and giveaway have been provided by General Mills and Pillsbury through MyBlogSpark." 

Meatless Monday: Week 11

It's week 11 of Meatless Monday! Yay! Today Kidlet gets a TARDIS sandwich thanks to an amazing cookie cutter we got from a bento buddy!

Today also marks my Bloggaversary! I have been blogging on BentoForKidlet for 5 years today! Woo! Thanks to everyone who has come along for a ride :) It's been a fantastic 5 years!

Main Compartment: Peanut butter and jelly TARDIS on whole grain oatmeal bread

Large Side Compartment: Grapes

Small Side Compartment: Bell peppers

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Indian Samosa Wrap

I would like to tell you that I made an incredible new recipe. Sadly this is not the case. Instead I am showing you what Kidlet will have tomorrow. It is also known as a Mommy-Doesn't-Feel-Good-Lunch. The good thing is it involves some of Kidlet's favorite foods so he doesn't mind that it isn't fancy. I don't like feeding him too many prepared foods but sometimes it's the only option so I try to at least make them good ones.

Main Compartment: Amy's Organic Indian Samosa Wrap

Large Side Compartment: Strawberries

Small Side Compartment: Carrots and dip

On the Side: Chobani Champions Jammin' Strawberry yogurt tube!

Meatless Monday: Week 10

Happy Rainy Yucky Monday! I hope the weather is nicer wherever you are :) The weather has caused me to slack in my lunch making so today is just a simple toss together lunch!

Main Compartment: Quorn Turk'y burger on a sub bun and macaroni salad

Large Side Compartment: Strawberries

Small Side Compartment: Carrots and dip

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Happy Rex Manning Day!

My all time favorite movie is definitely Empire Records. If you have never seen this movie you must see it immediately! It's amazing. Luckily for me some of my Edible Geekery buddies are also big old nerdy fans of the movie! Yay! So we're having a little blog hop to celebrate the fact that today is Rex Manning Day!

Kidlet loves this movie right along with me so I know he will love this surprise lunch for tomorrow! Since we are doing some rearranging of furniture it will be nice to not have to worry about fixing lunch. And then he can enjoy the fun without worrying about it possibly being inappropriate for school. 

Main Compartment: Sandwich Buttons with silly sayings

Small Side Compartment: Carrots and cucumber

Large Side Compartment: Grapes

And now go see what my buddy Cristi at BentOnBetterLunches has for you on this most auspicious occasion!

Easy Pizza Lunch

Today I am very grateful for leftovers! And of course despite the lovely lunches I always fix for Kidlet, nothing makes him happier than leftover pizza! :)

Main Compartment: Leftover cheese pizza with pineapple

Large Side Compartment: Salad

Small Side Compartment: Grapes and a checkered apple

Doctor Who Fish Fingers and Custard Day!

Today has somehow been declared Fish Fingers and Custard day. If you're familiar with Doctor Who you will understand why! If not, well, why aren't you?! ;) Mostly it's just a reason for my Edible Geekery group to be nerdtastic together so we're hosting a linky in celebration! Check out more awesome Doctor Who lunches at the bottom!

Main Compartment: Peanut butter and jelly sandwich with cheese letters

Large Side compartment: Salad

Small Side compartment: Grapes and checkered apple

World Autism Awareness Day 2013

Today is World Autism Awareness Day! This is a cause very close to my Kidlet's heart and he was very excited for me to make a special lunch for him today. For the past two summers Kidlet has spent a large part of his summer going to summer school. By choice. Not because he needs summer school but to participate in a Peer-Buddy program. He worked in a classroom of special needs kids helping with their summer school work and most of all being a wonderful friend.

Now that Kidlet has started Middle School he was given the opportunity to give up his Study Center class period to help in the special needs room. He has made some great friendships there and is amazing at working with kids who have Autism and other special needs. His sweet nature, patience, and understanding of the differences we all have make him a rather extraordinary person in my book. The teacher he works with told me he is just a natural and they love having him!

Main Compartment: Peanut butter puzzle piece sandwiches

Large Side Compartment: Grapes and a puzzle apple

Small Side compartment: Carrots, cucumber, and dip

Kidlet got these special bears at Build-A-Bear Workshop. A $1 donation to Autism Speaks is made for every bear purchased! He made the one on the left for himself and it is unbelievably soft! The bear on the right in the cutie shirt he made for the teacher he works with in the special ed room.

Check out my buddy Cristi's lunches at BentOnBetterLunches for World Autism Awareness Day, which is every day for her and her awesome kiddo Pickle!

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Meatless Monday: Week 9

It's Monday again! We're recovering from a fun and action packed Spring Break! I wish I could have another week like this because I enjoyed having my boy around!

This lunch is a little bit sad to look at because it is the last lunch ever to be packed in our beloved tiffin! Kidlet has had this tiffin since 1st grade and after this final use it broke in a way that could not be repaired. No idea what happened to it. Maybe it was just ready to be done :)

Kidlet has a Quorn turk'y burger with cheese decoration, salad with dressing, strawberries, and pretzels.

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