"Turtle-eenee"

Most kids who take their lunch are perfectly fine with the same bologna sandwich, Cheetos, some grapes and a juice box. And that's great ... for those kids. However, my kids are used to eating different food every day because I'm a foodie and I can't eat the same thing day after day. (Except spinach dip ... I could eat that every - single - day.) But the consequences of my love for food is having slightly "bougie" little eaters. Packing a sandwich day after day would put my girls on strike. Needless to say, it was a good day when I discovered a lunch idea in their dinner!



RED: Three-Cheese Tortellini with Shredded Parmesan
(carb, dairy)

We had tortellini (or "turtle-eenee" as my youngest says it) with pesto and shredded Parmesan cheese for dinner the night before. The girls LOVE tortellini. They will eat it with or without sauce, with or without COOKING it ... in a box or with a fox, in a boat or with a goat ... you get the idea. They don't mind eating it cold or at room temperature either, so this was perfect! Plus, this is a good heavy entree for colder days to keep their bellies full and their bodies warm.

YELLOW: Mixed nuts
(protein)

The 'mulligan' is on the corner of the yellow box ... a Jaffa Cake. It's an English snack cookie that you can find in the international section of most grocery stores. A spongy little cake with an orange squidgy middle covered in a light layer of chocolate. Yummmm!

GREEN: Fresh-cut kiwi fruit
(fruit)

PURPLE: Salad w/Ranch dressing
(veggie)

Those are carrots on chopped iceberg lettuce.

DRINK: Water