Computer issues....

I will be taking a bloggy break while my laptop is being repaired. I have been struggling to load pictures, hold a wireless connection and now I am having power issues so I am taking a break from posting lunches until I get my computer back. I will still be around but it won't be as convenient to post.

See you soon :)

This week so far......

Pizza, carrots, pretzels with peanut butter and oatmeal cookies

Pizza, pretzels,carrots with dresing and oatmeal cookies.

Chef salad, chips and pinapple-mango skewers.

Smoked sausage and potatoes with greens beans, chips and cookies.

Egg salad wrap garnished with hearts, fruit with fruit leather hearts, peanut butter cookie hearts and a beverage mix packet.

Pizza pasta, cut up tomato, egg and carrots, strwaberries and gummy bunnies.

Large pizza pasta, pineapple and granola bar.

Some lunches so far this week...
PB&J, banana, granola bar and fruit leather (self serve lunch)

I only made DD one lunch this week. Monday she had a sore throat, Tuesday I packed leftover spaghetti, wheat bread and yogurt with cereal to sprinkle on top and Wednesday she had a cooking class.

DH took wings and potato wedges with a orange and a banana. I did not get a picture of his lunch so here is a picture of the food still on a tray.

DS1 had Mexican rice and beans, yogurt with Kashi cereal to sprinkle on top and a orange

DH also had rice and black beans with tortillas, cheese, sour cream and a salsa packet leftover from a taco salad. I bought some spicy sausage on sale today so I cooked it up and added it to the rice and beans.

I needed to test the sausage to see if I should go back and buy more. Its a marked down item at my local GFS. It was really good but I was afraid to buy much without trying it. I think I will go back tomorrow and buy more because it was really good. DS2 worked in the cafeteria all week so I did not have to pack him lunches.

A few more from last week....

Here are a few lunches from last week. Mostly we took leftovers and a few lunches are not pictured.

Alfredo pasta, salad, sunflower seeds and a couple chocolate quakes.

Chili, cornbread, sour cream and cheese

Leftover mexican rice and beans

Monday and Tuesday

I accidently posted Monday and Tuesdays lunch at my main blog here. :)

These are out of order. Not pictured are peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, pretzels and pineapple for DS1&2 one day and the one day DD did not feel well and she just had instant noodle soup.

Chili with cheese and sour cream, garlic croutons and oranges


DD- Red beans with smoked sausage, rice, peas/carrot mix, and fruit parfait













DS1&2-Red beans with smoked sausage, rice, applesauce, carrots and snack bar or fruit leather

DH-Red beans with smoked sausage, pineapple, and cheddar quakes

DD- "Instant" potato- broccoli casserole*, mixed fruit, garlic croutons and gummy bunnies

Instant sweet and sour noodles with steamed carrots, oranges, and choice of snack bar or fruit leather.

A note....

For anybody out there who follows our lunch adventures ( Google says there are quite a few of you out there) I wanted to let you know where we are right now. If you follow my other blog you may know I am trying to buy as little as possible this month. This may lead to a little less color in the lunch boxes and more creative (hopefully) use of leftovers and things we may not usually use.

Next month after I have cleaned out my pantry, fridge and freezer I will need to stock back up and will probably work on some OAMC/Freezer lunch items. When the kids are out of school we will still need to pack many lunches because the older kids will be spending a lot of time at the pool and we will be doing some serious garage sale shopping this year.

Hopefully also I will put up more tips, ideas and links in the upcoming weeks. Please email me or leave a comment to share your favorite sites and ideas or to ask me any questions you might have. I am always happy to talk lunch :)