We talked yesterday about ways to keep lunch fun for your kids. Today can be about keeping lunch fun for Mommy. 🙂
I rotate lunch choices, sometimes eating what the kids eat with them, sometimes picking something else and waiting to eat until the house is quiet and they are all resting.
For a couple of weeks I will be on a salad kick. So I’ll stock 3 kinds of lettuce, shredded carrots, and have cucumber, red pepper, and tomatoes diced and ready to go in the fridge. While Dale is home on the weekend and grilling anyhow, I have him grill me a couple of chicken breasts or a steak to go on my salads all week.
The next rotation might be sandwiches with the kids, I get fun kinds of mayo like the A1 sauce version, yum! I also like to buy unique kinds of cheese like Smoked Cheddar, Muenster or Provolone, to keep it interesting.
Sometimes I like to do Oven Nachos in my toaster oven: a layer of chips, cheese, taco sauce drizzles, shredded taco chicken, cilantro and lime juice with a dollop of sour cream and some tomatoes on top after it comes out of the oven.
Within these rotations, I am also eating supper leftovers with the kids some days. Sometimes we just don’t have enough leftover for all of us to eat the same thing.
So, the other day, I found a new lunch to add to my rotation….
Oh man, I loooved these when I was preggo with Paxton. I had forgotten all about them, until the other day when a friend posted a pic of her Super Bowl Snacks.
Move over Pigs In A Blanket, because here comes Pickles in a Blanket! The lunch of choice for pregnant (and not-so-pregnant!) women everywhere.
Yum.
Pickles In A Blanket
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Ingredients
- 4 slices Oscar Meyer Cutting Board Ham (These Are Sliced Thicker Than Lunch Meat)
- 4 Tablespoons Whipped Cream Cheese
- 4 whole Baby Kosher Dill Pickles
Spread slices of ham with 1 tablespoon of whipped cream cheese. (like what you put on bagels) Add a whole pickle and roll.
Easy, right? Enjoy this lunch when everyone is laying down for nap time. Tastes great with a good book. 🙂
I’ll share a few more simple lunch favorites of mine in the days to come!
Happy Lunch Making!
Another recipe coming your way tomorrow….
~T
Blog reader, Rachel, posted a great dip on my Facebook page when she saw this photo. It is found here and looks AMAZING! It’s the dip version of the above pickle and ham deliciousness.
4 little Fergusons 