(clockwise from upperleft) Jarred halved peaches, cut into chunks. Cubed beets with American Flag picks. Sliced Gala apples. Jelly beans. TJ's spinach flour tortillas wrapped up with ham and muenster.
Peaches: Trader Joe's has different types of jars of fruit (peaches, pears, mangos), and they are delicious and easy, plus you can pour out the liquid in a cup, add some water, and drink it as juice.
Beets/Flags: The beets were in a pre-cooked, pre-peeled package so they are ready to eat right away with no prep. Perfect for salads or as little bites seen here. And they taste really good. I used the American Flag picks, which I had been saving as my "big guns" for enticing Nugget to try something he hasn't been keen to try in the past. I say big guns because he loves, loves, loves the American Flag. He has begged us to install a flagpole in our front yard so we can fly the Flag. His 4th birthday cake was - yes - the American Flag. So when I came across a package of these picks at Pier 1 (25 picks for 50 cents on clearance), I bought two packs, and saved them for when I really wanted him to try something out of his comfort zone. The only problem is it backfired! He ate one beet and became so enamored of the flags he took all the flags out of the beets and left the beets behind. He even told me later that he liked the flags so much he almost forgot to eat his jelly beans so when he was getting ready to leave the cafeteria he put all the jelly beans in his mouth at once. Ugh. But, I do plan to try the beets with him again. This was only the second or third time he's ever been offered them in his life.
Mini-wraps: I made one big wrap, then cut it into pieces sized such that they reached the top of the container so they wouldn't tumble around. That is also why I included the mini-muffin liners, to keep them from unwrapping. Nugget said they were still wrapped when he opened his lunchbox. They were quite a surprise hit, since I've never done wraps with him before. Apparently, part of the appeal was their ability to be unrolled and rolled back together, which Nugget and his friend who came over after school both reported was "so cool..."
2 comments:
I'm a big fan of your blog. I thought if you wanted to try beets again what about pickled beets? If nugget likes pickles that is! my mom pickles beets every year and alot of people I know including my husband and son who don't love beets will eat them pickled.
juli233 - that is a great suggestion, because he does love pickles. But I have not seen pickled beets anywhere in Maryland! I guess b/c MD is too far north? Are you in the South? Or do you have a good recipe you could share? Thank you for the suggestion - and if you send a recipe, I will try it!
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