Being Bentoriffic: What my family eats for lunch

Anyone can do it.  No, really...as with anything else, know your audience.  It's not hard...I do it, and so can you.  Yes, you, too, can be Bentoriffic!  (That is a word, right?)

It started out innocently enough.  When Kid 1 (aka, Cupcake) started school, I would use a sandwich container and silicone cupcake molds to pack her lunch.  Then, this past year, I caught the bento-bug.

 Cupcake and Sugardoodle have an assortment of bento boxes for their lunches.  I'm not all Death Star carving about it, because I know my audience.  They want it familiar, and I want them to eat it.  I don't use food picks, because I think that their teachers have enough to deal with at lunchtime without worrying about someone getting poked.  Also, less washing when they get home.

The kids are currently using Bentgo Kids (BGK), Yumboxes (YB, both the 6-compartment original, and the Panino), and Rubbermaid Lunchblox (RLB).  Hubby gets his lunches packed in Easy Lunch Boxes (ELB).  I don't worry too much about things leaking in his lunch, as his lunch bag allows for his to be packed flat.  His afternoon boost is usually packed in a two-compartment container that I picked up at my local Dollar Tree (DT).  The Bentgo Kids, Yumboxes, and Lunchblox are all leak-proof, which is perfect for the kids.  (I don't pack soup for them, as again, the last thing that their teachers need is to have to clean soup off of them...or their neighbors).

So, I started taking pictures of their lunches.  If you follow me on Instagram (aggiegurl99), you'll see them daily.  Here is week one.  (I'll get better on staging the pictures this coming week)

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What Hubby ate:

 Ham and cheddar sandwich, celery sticks with bleu cheese dressing, Mandarin orange.  Packed in Easy Lunchbox (ELB)

Laughing Cow wedge, hummus, red grapes, broccoli, and Wheat Thins flatbread crackers for an afternoon snack.  Packed in some containers that I got from Dollar Tree.

Pesto and Parmesan ham sandwich, broccoli florets, and poppyseed dressing (ELB)

 Laughing Cow wedge, hummus, red grapes, carrot sticks, and Wheat Thins flatbread crackers (DT)

 Cupcake's lunch:  Popcorn chicken, Greek yogurt, Goldfish crackers, Mandarin Orange.  Packed in YB-Panino

 Popcorn chicken, cheese stick, Greek yogurt, Goldfish crackers, and jelly sandwich hearts, YB Panino

 Laughing Cow wedge, baby carrots, red grapes, hummus, flatbread crackers (DT)

 Ham and cheese, celery sticks, poppy seed dressing, Mandarin orange (ELB)

 Fish sticks and ketchup, apple-orange-grape fruit salad, chocolate pudding (RLB, ELB Easy Dipper container)

 Ham and tortilla roll-up, pretzles, apple, chocolate pudding (RLB)

 Craisins, Honey roasted peanuts, Babybel round, flatbread crackers, 1/2 of a cucumber sandwich.  (I ate the other half....I LOVE cucumber sandwiches.  DT,)

Slow cooker BBQ chicken, mini crackers, Greek yogurt, Teddy Grahams, Strawberries (BGK)

 Slow cooker BBQ chicken, mini crackers, fruity snacks, Greek yogurt, toddler trail mix (BGK)

Since Cupcake has had an increase in appetite, no doubt due to an upcoming growth-spurt, I filled two of her compartments with popcorn chicken.  Also included, strawberries, chocolate pudding, cheeze-its, and raisins. (YB-original)

Popcorn chicken, cheese cubes, pudding, cheeze-its, red grapes (YB-Original)

Ham and cheese, baby carrots, broccoli, hummus (ELB)

Cucumber sandwich, flatbread crackers, Laughing Cow, strawberries, grapes, Cocoa roasted almonds (DT)

Fish sticks and ketchup, Greek yogurt, Mandarin orange, Goldfish crackers (BGK)

So, you see, nothing fancy, but it's what my family eats. 

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