'Twas The Night Before Halloween

It's the day before Halloween! Are you all ready with your kidlets costumes? I know my little ones are excited! 

I wasn't quite sure what I was going to do with today's lunch, so it's somewhat all over the place.  I wanted to do something really super cool, but at the same time, something easy that wouldn't take too long. Pasta it is! I finally got to use the skeleton food pick for decoration and the Halloween pasta that I bought at Cost Plus Market. You can't really tell, but the pasta is Halloween shaped and colored black, orange and cream.

In the top box are Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Mini Muffins (Click here for the recipe!) which I made to resemble a one eyed monster ?? (Yes, yes that's what it is!) Strawberries and apples on the side.  The bottom has Halloween pasta with light Alfredo sauce and turkey meatballs.

Happy Halloween Eve!

We Did It!

We made it through our first month of school! YAY! Is it time for summer break yet? These are the remaining lunches that the boys took for September. (As I'm posting this -  it's mid October!)

Bow tie pasta, turkey meatballs, steamed broccoli and apples.

Cheese quesadilla, chicken breast, cantaloupe, grapes & a mini PBJ Bear Sandwich.

Chicken cordon bleu, Grilled sweet potatoes, strawberries, oranges.

Grilled Cheese sandwich (don't forget the ketchup!), turkey slices, apples, strawberries and Teddy Graham cookies. I really love how the star turned out on the apple.

This was another pizza Friday alternative. I used low fat pizza dough and topped it with sauce and cheese. Bake and ta-da! Pizza! My initial intention was to have them "build" the pizza, but I went ahead and baked it all together.  Apples and grapes on the side.