It's Artichoke Season!

It's artichoke season here in my neck of the woods!

That means I've been getting them in my produce bag.

YUMMO!

Tomorrow's lunch is an artichoke with some Mayo for dipping.

The last of the leftover Farmer's Market Cous Cous.

An Orange, a string cheese, and some dark chocolate cocoa covered almonds.

I added some piggies for cuteness, and because I've been thinking of a certain friend of

mine who hated pigs.  I started buying her pigs as a joke.. at one point she called me

and told me she had been walking through a store and saw a little pig statue

and thought "Oh.. what a cute little, NO!!!!!!" Hee Hee.. 

Check out some other meatless lunches in the Meatless Monday Link Up!

Picnic

Tomorrow I will join my brother's family at the 

Mount Diablo Coalfield Descendant's Picnic.

You might ask why we are attending the picnic when we aren't descended from

any of those who lived in the coalfields.  Well.. it's started years ago

when one of my sisters was at the cemetery on Mt. Diablo on a field trip.

While she was there she spotted a headstone with our last name on it.  Our last 

name isn't overly common, so when she got home she told our parents about it.

At some point after that my mom took a group of kids up to the cemetery to look

for the headstone, but they couldn't find it.  They searched the whole cemetery.

After a while a man approached asking them what they were doing.  Upon hearing

the story he said he though they should look in the back of his truck. He had

been picking up some headstones which had been vandalized, but his truck

wouldn't start, so he was waiting for someone to come help him.  

Sure enough, the missing headstone was in his truck.

My mother took four pictures, one of each side of the headstone (in the days of film).

Each picture turned out clear enough to read! 

After the pictures were taken, the man got back in the truck,

and attempted to start it.  It started....

A few years ago my oldest brother decided to sponsor a new marker for them.

So now we get invites to the picnic.

I'm hoping to enjoy some picture taking, but we shall see.

In any case, I need a lunch!

Lunch consists of: a sandwich, some celery with tomato basil laughing cow cheese,

watermelon flowers, rainbow carrots, sugar snap peas, and some dressing for dipping.

So life went a little nutso...

My life went a bit nutso recently.. I guess I just got busy.

Some days I went home on my lunch break (the joys of a half mile commute).

and others I just snagged something from the fridge on my

way out the door.  But I am trying to go back to being

mindful of what I am eating.  To taking the time to prepare and eat

healthy foods.  To care enough for myself to eat the way I need to.

So while tomorrow's lunch isn't overly cute, it is planned.

Lunch is some greek yogurt with raspberries, along with some 

Farmers' Market Cous Cous.  This version contains rainbow chard, zucchini,

a bit of garlic, cous cous, and some feta over the top.

I'm happy to have my lunch back!

Beyonce For Lunch

Warning: The lunch is very kid friendly.. the links are up to your discretion.

Tomorrow's lunch is a salad, with a flower shaped hard boiled egg (the center is a

cheddar circle), Beyonce is painted on cheddar, there are carrots,

dressing, and half and apple too.  

Tomorrow's Lunch is inspired by my all time favorite Blogger,

Jenny Lawson, aka The Bloggess! 

She moved recently, and Beyonce lost a leg.

If you want to learn more about Beyonce, click here:

http://thebloggess.com/2011/06/and-thats-why-you-should-learn-to-pick-your-battles/

And of course, anytime she posts about Beyonce I always end up with 

this song by The Merry Wives of Windsor (NOT for children)
stuck in my head... 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tnxdcm7yQOU

And yes, I will be eating this song at work.. no I won't be explaining it to

my students beyond, yes, it's a chicken!  We recently finished a farm

unit, so it's perfect!  I'm sure my students will love it!

(and yes, I will be giggling in my mind)

Two-fer

Friday is a Two-fer day for me.. as in "Two-For-The-Price-Of-One"

I have a lunch to take to work with me, and a dinner to take to class with me.

Lunch is in my two tier Strawberry box from Daiso, it's an egg and cheese sandwich,

salad with Creamy Avocado Cilantro salad dressing, and an apple.

Dinner is asparagus grilled with lemon, quinoa with black beans and corn,

half an orange, a bit of salad with more of that dressing 

(it's my first time making it,if I like it, I'll share the recipe), 

and a fiber one brownie tossed in for an easy peasy dessert.

Cheerful Lunch

I had a crazy day today, not a bad day, just a really crazy one.

We had quite a bit of rain last night.. and my classroom has a new leak.

A bad one.. 

Thankfully my program manager is awesome, and we got things moved.

Now they can start getting the water out of the carpet.

Thankfully I rearranged my classroom during the break and moved my

desk just enough that my printer and copier were not under the leak.

So... tomorrow's lunch is a cheerful lunch.

What is more cheerful than polka-dots?    

Even my fruit cup lid declares the lunch to be cheerful.

Lunch is an egg, veggie sausage, and avocado wrap (that I will pop into the microwave).

Spinach salad with thousand island dressing (hiding under the lid), and baco bits, topped

with cheddar dots (of course!). And some kiwi dots to eat (with a dot pick).

Have a great Tuesday!

Back to Work

Spring Break is over.  I am both happy and sad.  I missed my kiddos,

but man, I could use a few more days!!!

I got home kind of late, so tomorrow's lunch fits in the packed in five minutes or less category!

I still wanted a bit of spring in my lunch, so I grabbed some cutters and a hole punch.

Lunch is the first of the sugar snap peas, a Trader Joe's meatless meatball sandwich

with some sauce for dipping and an orange.  I used a bit of cheddar to make two flowers and

a butterfly.  You might notice I do meatless meatball sandwiches often, 

they are a fast and easy standby!!  

Check out BentoForKidlet, and Meatless Mondays for more fun yummy Bento ideas!