bento box

Obviously Madeline is my favorite school-aged valentine. She was on the lookout for Love in every meal today. This morning scrambled eggs and heart-shaped peanut butter pancakes topped with strawberries…

I love holiday lunch and snack packing. Holidays are a great excuse to think creatively about what I’m packing in Madeline’s lunch box or bento box and hopefully give Madeline a…

Maddy is a snacker. If I let her she would snack all day long. So for lunch it’s a bento box filled with yummy and healthy snack food to fill…

Okay so this isn’t really a steak dinner. It is part of our leftover steak dinner though. Maddy thinks condiments are the best things on the planet. I often have…

Leftovers are a major part of my life. Luke likes leftovers for lunch everyday so I make almost every meal with the goal of having enough for a hungry guy…

Maddy likes vegetables. Probably more than the average four-year-old. Even with that said there are only so many raw veggies that seemed to get eaten if I pack them in…

Cookie cutters make ordinary food a little more fun. Medium and small star cookie cutters can come together and make for a surprise for my child’s eyes. It’s also more…