Sunday, January 20, 2013

Penguin Awareness Lunch

Today is Penguin Awareness Day!  Not to be confused with World Penguin Day which is April 25th :)  Lately my older sproutlets like to make their own lunches on the weekends (Bella made tomato soup today), and Sprout's ill and hasn't got any appetite but I made Birdie a penguin muffin tin lunch!


Birdie had a fish egg, penguin cheese crackers, a cheddar penguin with mozzarella features atop the rest of the string cheese, grapes, yogurt with fish sprinkles, & pink grapefruit. The grapefruit was a new food for her, and she didn't go for it - this time. She also seems to have gone off eggs, so I ate that :)

Here's a collage of some past penguin lunches...


... and the posts they're from (and more):
March of the Penguins (yes I used that title twice) & Déja Vu

Clearly we're well aware of penguins over here :)

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

The Ubiquitous Top 12 of 2012 Post :)

Looking back, it appears 2012 was indeed a good year for lunches! 


I'm late to the year end Top 12 post round-up party, but here they are! Fun seeing which posts were most popular, all in one place :) And these are just the top 12... I made 20 times that many posts in 2012. Yowza!

#Fun With FunBites & Chopsticks
Cubed sandwiches are perfect to practice eating with chopsticks! Which is of course much more fun than fingers or forks :)


#Eating Real Food Can Be Fun!
Let them play with their food with this simple healthy snack!


#The Mighty Thor Bento Lunch & Birthday Party
Both the lunch & the movie party were a hit. Love that granola bar hammer!


#Do You Like Green Eggs & Ham?
Strawberry Thing 1 & Thing 2 were the stars of this muffin tin meal :)


#5 Every Day is Earth Day
With wacky aqua noodles & Planet Earth jello these were colourful lunches!


#What Makes A Rainbow?
We love rainbows! That includes reading about them & eating them too :)


#7 May The 4th Be With You
 A special Star Wars lunch any Padawan would trade his food pellets for.


#8 Disposable Field Trip Bento
Just because everything has to be disposable doesn't mean it has to be trash! Recyclable containers can be repurposed & disposed of in a recycling bin :)


#9 Yummy Mummy... On A Stick!
Isn't everything more fun served on a stick?


#10 Lunch Looks Seussalicious!
Green eggs & ham & other Seussian stuff for Dr. Seuss's birthday!


#11 Back To School 
An A+ apple-themed lunch for the first day of school!


#12 Doctor Who Bentos Are Cool 
I'm so pleased this one squeaked in at #12; it's one of my personal favourites!


Even though it's not a bento, I just love the Bad Wolf ginger carrot soup :)


Happy New Year!
May your 2013 be delicious in every way!

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