We Should Be Folding Laundry

I haven’t been posting Cam’s lunches this week because she’s been taking reheated leftovers in her thermos and for the most part, food in that thermos just doesn’t photograph well.

I made a big batch of veggie chowder over the weekend and we’ve been eating it for lunch this week. I love when I can stretch a meal like that!

My original plan was to make a loaded baked potato chowder, but when I noticed all of the elderly veg I had in my fridge that needed to be used up (kale, carrots, onions, celery, and corn) I decided to change up my game plan.

I still made baked potato chowder but instead of cheese and green onions, my new version had kale, carrots, celery, onion, and corn.

Along with her soup she has some Goldfish crackers, a few strawberries, and her favorite sweet pepper rings.

A new grade usually means a new bento box or lunch container of some sort.

Also, I have zero self-control and can’t seem to pass up a cute food container (especially if it’s under $10).

So… since Camryn is in a new grade as of a few days ago and I may may have lost all restraint while in Target over the holidays…

Look! A new lunch container.

In this off-center and slightly out of focus picture is Cam’s new lunch container that I found in the housewares section at Target. It’s pretty nifty. The container itself is big which is great because it will hold a lot of food. That will come in handy on Mondays when I have to pack lunch and snack.

For $8.99, it comes with two separate containers with lids and an ice pack that fits in the middle.

I spotted a few different sized containers with Spiderman, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Minnie Mouse on them.

Pictured above is Cam’s lunch and snack. She has a butterfly shaped chicken sandwich, Annie’s snack mix, sweet pepper rings, carrot coins, a Babybel, some fruit and veggie gummies, and a juice box.

And it all fits in that box!

The ice pack goes in the middle and the sandwich and snack mix go on top.

I did a little searching online for this box but couldn’t find it anywhere. I also didn’t see it at target.com. That doesn’t mean that it won’t be available on their site eventually but for now, it seems that you can only find it in store. 😦

Wow this picture is bad.

Blame the gloomy weather we had this morning, my broken camera, and this cold that has me so congested that I honestly didn’t even care this morning.

I’m so glad Cam asked for veggie soup.

That request made it so much easier and faster to put lunch together this morning.

All I had to do was warm up some leftover soup, add some pasta that I had boiled last night, stir, and add it to a warmed thermos.

I never add pasta to soups or stews or any other liquids for that matter until right before I’m going to eat it.

Otherwise, the pasta gets too mushy.

Nobody likes mushy pasta.

I grabbed a smallish container and threw in some tiny saltine crackers, a Babybel, and an oatmeal cookie.

And that was lunch.

I’m so looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow.

Happy Friday! ♥