J's Lunch Box

 14 Jan 2019:  Baby FECS and Little FECS each has this lunch box for tomorrow

1st layer clockwise from left: rye bread topped with no-bake peanut butter oatmeal cookie, grapes, prunes & red pepper bells, strawberries, blueberries & strawberries, carrots & cucumber sicks and smoked salmon sprinkled with dill on rye bread

2nd layer clockwise from left: Green yogurt sprinkled with cranberries, edamame drizzled with olive oil, salt & dried basil, pears, sweet peas,  1/4 piece of left-over no-bake nutella oatmeal cookie (the mouse, i.e. me, has broken half of it and ate it :-P) and almonds, raisins & goji berries

J's Lunch Box

11 Jan 2019

Top from left: Left-over broccoli lagsane sprinkled with cheddar cheese and fried onions, edamame drizzled with olive oil, salt and dried basil, carrott sticks

Bottom from left: Mixed nuts of almonds, pecans, walnuts, goji berries and dried fig and cucumber (second layer not shown), baby spinach, blueberries (second layer not shown), rye bread spread with homemade nutella enriched with sunflower seeds and sliced apples (second layer not shown)

C's Lunch Box - Sweet Potato Fries

 Top layer clockwise from left: Sweet potato fries left-over from dinner, egg white, strawberries, rye bread with egg yolk spread and sprinkled with cress, potato left-over from dinner, mozzarella cheese.

Bottom layer clockwise from left: Pineapple, melon, shredded carrots with raisins and raspberries with raisins.

Flower Fruit Sticks

Idea credit: http://www.lindsayannbakes.com/2011/05/flower-fruit-pops.html

Ingredients:

1. Watermelon

2. Cantaloupe melon

3. Green grapes

4. food sticks

5. Cookie cutters

Directions:

1. Cut out flower shape from cantaloupe and watermelon.

2. Use a round cookie cutter to make a hole in the middle of the flower.

3. Swap the round shape around and place them into each flower.

4. Skewer through the green grapes as leaves for the flower.

5. Skewer through the flower 

6. Here you go, fruit flower sticks :-)

Here are the steps in pictures:

 I ran out of cataloupe and used dark purple grapes instead for the middle part of the flower.

C's Lunchbox - Rainbow Fruit Stick

From left: Purple grape, dark purple grape, blueberries, green grape, galia melon, pineapple, cantalope, water melon, raspberry, strawberry

Clockwise from left: bread with peanut butter, frozen peas, frozen sweet corns, watermelon, cucumber, gojiberries

C's Lunchbox - Flower

 Danish rye bread spread with cauliflower puree (white), carrot puree (orange), broccoli puree (green) and parsley

  Clockwise from left: Sweet corn & peas, carrot & cheese, sweet corn & peas, kiwi, pear without skin, blueberries and strawberries

All packed :-)

C's Lunchbox - Letter H

The Letter H Danish rye bread open sandwich spread with broccoli puree (green), carrot puree (orange), salmon puree (light orange), chicken puree (beige) garnished with cress (karse) and sprinkled with olive oil.

  Clockwise from left: Boiled broccoli & boiled champignon mushrooms, shredded carrot & de-skinned cucumber, sweet corn & peas, apple without skin, wholewheat spaghetti with olive oil and goji berries

All packed :-)

C's Lunch Box - Letter C

The Letter C for Chastine Danish rye bread open sandwich spread with broccoli puree (green), red pepper fruit puree (red), sweet potato puree (orange), sweet corn puree (yellow), cauliflower puree (white), chicken puree (beige) garnished with cress (karse) and sprinkled with olive oil.

 Clockwise from left: Boiled broccoli & boiled champignon mushrooms, shredded carrot & de-skinned cucumber, wholewheat spaghetti with olive oil, sweet corn & peas, blueberries and strawberries

All packed :-)

C's Lunch Box - Girl

 Rye bread spread with broccoli puree (green), chicken puree (beige), wholewheat spaghetti for hair, red pepper fruit puree (red), carrot puree (orange), salmon puree (beige) and black sesame seeds

Clockwise from left: Boiled broccoli & boiled champignon mushrooms, wholewheat spaghetti with olive oil, shredded carrot & de-skinned cucumber, strawberries, blueberries and sweet corn & peas

9 May 2017 (11M24D): Now it is all ready to be packed :-)

C's Lunch Box - Chick and Star

Clockwise from left: Rye bread spread with broccoli puree (green), sweet potato puree (orange), red pepper fruit puree (red), carrot puree (orange), sweet corn puree (yellow), salmon puree (beige) and black sesame seeds, sprinkled with olive oil; hard boiled egg, black sesame seeds, tomato and broccoli, sweet corn and peas; raspberry with raisin; blueberries and pear without skin and goji berries, sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds

J's Lunch Box - Goldfish

Goldfish open sandwich made of rye bread spread with sweet potato puree (orange), sweet corn puree (yellow), red pepper fruit puree (red), cauliflower puree (white), salmon puree (beige) sprinkled with olive oil.

When J saw me making bento lunch box for C, he requested that I made a goldfish for him. But he refused to eat it and took it back from school untouched :-(

C's Lunch Box - Rainbow

Rainbow rye bread open sandwich spread with pea puree (bright green), red pepper fruit puree (red), sweet potato puree (orange), salmon puree (beige), sweet corn puree (yellow),cauliflower puree (white), carrot flower and cheese circle, sprinkled with olive oil.

 Clockwise: Carrot, peas, sweet corns, goji berries, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, blueberries, raspberry with raisin and orange.

All wrapped up :-)

C didn't eat much of the rye bread today, but finished all others except carrots.

C's Lunch Box - Teddy Bear

 Teddy Bear open sandwich made of rye bread spread with pea puree (bright green), broccoli puree (green), carrot puree (orange), sweet corn puree (yellow), red pepper fruit puree (red), chicken puree (white), salmon puree (beige hidden below broccoli puree) and black sesame seeds, sprinkled with olive oil.

 Clockwise: Shredded carrot, peas, sweet corns, goji berries, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, blueberries, raspberry with raisin and apple without skin.

All wrapped up together :-)

C ate all the rye bread today, making mommy very happy :-)

C Summary (11M15D): Baby FECS' First Lunch Box - Heart

Rye bread spread with broccoli puree, (green) sweet corn puree (yellow), chicken puree (white) and red pepper bell puree (red)

It's gonna be BABY FECS first day at vuggestue (day care) tomorrow. Will she cry? Will she get used to it? Maybe she wouldn't cry, but I will be the one to shed tears... tears of goodbye to her babyhood. I guess I will survive. After all, I have survived the day, when our Little FECS started daycare for the first time, right. I prepared her first lunch box tonight. Daddy FECS said over dinner that tomorrow marks a new chapter of our lives... Baby FECS will have her own activities and I will have my life back. I am filled with nostalgia for the last 11 months, since Baby FECS was born. It had passed by so fast, or maybe I have just zombied through it, half-awake and half-asleep, constantly lacking sleep with more things to do that time available.

I have felt that I have gotten nothing much done for the last 11 months, apart from getting Baby FECS to sleep and eat, and if I have a bit of energy left, to play with her (hardly) and bring her out.

With this new change, in fact, Daddy FECS has already handed me a new assignment - to clean the home, since our cleaning help has quit. Talk about getting my life back!!!

I am not so worried about Baby FECS not being able to adjust to day care. I am more worried about me. Would I be able to get used to it?

What shall I packed for a baby of 11 months old?

I prepared a similar lunchbox for our Little FECS, when he started vuggestue at 10 months old. So I repeated the same thing that I have done.

I also packed all her favorite food - strawberry, blueberries, sweet corn and her absolute favorite - goji berries (if I don' stop her, she can eat the whole packet!!!)

This is the very first lunch box I have made for Baby FECS. It will be very memorable to look back at it years from now.

How much time did I spend on it?

I have to confess, two full hours -  after Baby FECS went to bed from 7.30-9.30pm.

 First layer clockwise from left: Sweet corn, green peas, shredded carrots, apple slices without skin, blueberries.

The vuggestue told us during the first meeting that we have to peel the skin off apples and cucumber, since they can't bite it and are choking hazard. They also told us that raw carrots should not be included, since they are choking hazards.

I wanted her to get used to eating raw carrots, but raw carrots are too hard. It was actually our Little FECS who gave me this idea, when he made the carrot salad (which he learned from his after-school care) for us a couple of weeks ago. So I shredded the carrots for Baby FECS.

2nd layer clockwise from left: Rye bread and goji berries.

I have included sunflowers seeds and pumpkin seeds (since she still can't eat whole nuts yet).

I know I am going a bit overboard. Baby FECS is not going to finish such a big lunch box.

P.S. Ideas for future variation:

Boiled egg, cucumber without skin, small boiled chicken pieces, raisin, pear without skin, mango, water-melon, honey-dew, raspberries with raisins...

J's Lunch Box

8 September 2016 (7Y6M3D): The state of J's lunch box after C was born... back to the simplest basic...

J's Lunch Box - Teriyaki Salmon

Due to bad planning (yes, it happened to me again! This will never happen to my mum), we ran out rye bread for Joshua's lunchbox. Thank God, leftover dinner to the rescue :-)

Clockwise from left: honey melon, Teriyaki salmon, rice topped with carrots, sitr-fried french beands, biscuit sticks, carrot, dried fruit, almonds and edamame.

J's Lunch Box - Cat

J's Lunchbox - Letters

Clockwise: Danish rye bread spread with walnut butter, cheese and lettuce; strawberry; apple; and rapsberries, raisins and blueberries.

J's Lunch Box - SG Election Day Lunch Box

Majulah Singapura!

May all politicians (main party and opposition parties) serve with the future of Singapore in mind to the best of their might and heart.

Election Day Lunch Box - Vote with the future of Singapore in mind

The little boy and girl signify the future of Singapore. Edamame signifies the green grass, and raspberries signify flowers. The lunch box signifies Singapore the Garden City.

J's Lunch Box - The Flag of Germany

German flag made of Danish rye bread with smoked salmon, dried seaweed and cheese.

Clockwise from top: German flag made of Danish rye bread with smoked salmon, dried seaweed and cheese; honeydew; blueberries and raspberries; edamame and mixed nuts (pecans, raisins and goji berries)

 

With a card included with the message...

Dear J

Today, mommy would like to tell you about Germany.

This is the flag of Germany, the country which is a neighbour of Denmark. It is governed by the Head of State called Chancellor Angela Merkel.

The Germans did something remarkable for the refugees. They took the risk, showed compassion and opened up its door to the refugees, setting an example for the rest of us.
Many Germans welcomed the refugees at the train stations with banners, balloons, food and toys for the children.

Germany has a very robust economy, but no doubt, the road ahead for Germany will be challenging and not easy. Dear Joshua, let’s pray for Germany that God bless the country abundantly for the kindness she has shown on the refugees.

Hope your day in school is going great.

Love,
Mommy & Daddy