First Day Back-To-School Lovable Lunch #Bento

Hard to believe summer holidays are over and my girl goes back to school today. I may be odd, but I’m not one of the moms who is jumping up and down today…I’m going to miss my girl.

The one thing that makes me happy though is that Back-To-School means it’s once again time to pack lunches…but not just any lunches, LOVABLE LUNCHES!

Kate, like many other young children is a little anxious about heading back to school. I hope this lunch helps her to feel very loved today. It’s something little I can do that is so worth it if it makes her smile! (I made her a Lovable Lunch for the first day of school last year too!)

Her lunch (and snacks for the day) include:

Cottage cheese
Nutrigrain bar cut in circles
Flower made from orange slices & a raspberry, celery with cheese whiz stem & kiwi leaves.
Grapes
Flower sandwich with pepperoni and cheese and a yogurt covered raisin for the center
Cherry tomatoes
& of course a little note and her cloth napkin.

She brings a Thermos bottle of water along and some tomato juice.

This Lovable Lunch is packed in the new Launch System from PlanetBox.

What are some of your kids favorite things to bring to school for lunch?

Question: Does anyone know how I can keep guacamole from going brown? I would love to send it to school since it is one of her favorite snacks to eat but she will not eat it if is is brown…

George M

Thursday 8th of August 2013

What a great idea. I will keep this in mind for September.

Amy

Friday 7th of September 2012

Love this!!!!

Jody @ Mommy Moment

Thanks Amy!

Virginia from That Bald Chick

SO cute. I've read (can't attest to the veracity of the fact, because I haven't tried it), that if you add a little lemon or lime juice it will stop it from browning.

Jennifer Sikora

That little lunch is so cute! You can always get the little Wholly Guacamole Lunch Snack packs and put them in there. Then it's only 100 calories and in a pack that doesn't turn brown.

I have never seen that they have snack packs. Where do you get them?

Anne C.

Re: Guacamole - just like apples, you can use a little extra lemon or lime juice when you make it to keep the avocado from turning brown when you first cut it (use plastic, apparently that helps, too).

Then, the major reason it turns is exposure to air. When I make it, I press plastic wrap right on top - no air space. A bit messy taking the plastic off, but worth it if you want green not brown. Also, the last time I made it, instead of sour cream I used whipping cream, and it lasted longer as well... (strange, though, since the sour cream would have been more acidic, so you'd think it would protect like the lime juice does - hm, maybe I should stir in the lime juice at the last second next time, and maybe my first sentence of this comment should be disregarded - though I got that from recipes/info on the net.... )

Thanks so much, I will have to try this!