Day 15 and Day 16 Bento Days

Well, our dishwasher was broken for a few days, and I got so behind on the dishes for six people that I didn’t have their lunchboxes clean each day to have them take lunch! That coupled with one day of a migraine that lasted so long and was so bad I could barely see straight, and they’ve had lunch at school three times in last six days. Boooo. However, it’s a real eye opener and I figure it’s good to see  and show you guys what they’re eating at school. For the three days they ate at school the menus were:

Day 1:

• Hot Dog
• Pickle spears
• Green beans
• Carrot sticks/ ranch
• Pineapple tidbits
• Cookie
• Milk and or water

Day 2:

• Chic Fajita/loco bread
• Cheese cup
• Corn
• Peaches
• Milk and or water

Day 3:

• Shredded Pork
• Baked beans
• Pears
• Juice bar
• Milk and or water

At first glance it doesn’t look too bad. Until you realize the the meats are not lean, and are processed, and sodium and nitrate heavy. The fruits are packed in heavy syrup, not their own juices. The veggies are packed in sodium water and are canned, not fresh or frozen. And a Juice Bar? What the ever-loving heck is a juice bar? Last I understood physics, juice was a liquid, not a solid, and something tells me it’s a frozen bar of juice cocktails, which is basically flavored waters, colorings and sugar. And hot dogs are just so many levels of wrong.

So while it’s an acceptable lunch, and it will feed your child, it’s not healthy in the sense that it’s providing all the nutrients and vitamins your child needs, so I will continue to pack lunches anytime I can.

So then, lets get down to what we had!

Day 15 Menu:

• Pizza/pita triangles
• frozen corn
• homemade greek yogurt
• apricot halves (canned packed in water).

Cost per lunch: 90¢

Kid Rating:

The pizza triangles are simply pita pockets, covered with pizza sauce, cheese and baked at 400º for about 15 minutes.  Let cool completely and cut into triangles.

 

 

Prep Time	Cook Time	Ready In
5 min	15 min	20 min

Servings	Calories	Fat	Carbs	Protein
1	347	5	55	27

 

Day 16 Menu:

• Mini Salmon Patties
• broccoli spears
• honeydew melon
• homemade granola bar

  Cost per lunch: 76¢

  Kid Rating:

Salmon patties are made by mixing salmon, whole wheat bread crumbs, chopped veggies and  1egg and then sautéing in a skillet with a tad bit of olive oil.

 

 

 

Prep Time	Cook Time	Ready In
6 min	10 min	16 min

Servings	Calories	Fat	Carbs	Protein
1	411	8	59	27