Saturday, September 20, 2008

Lunch with friends

Now that my 1 year old is eating more I need to pack more food for her to eat. She still doesn't have teeth so I need to pack soft foods. My 1 year old is a fan of rice, lentils and yogurts. Soft fruits like figs are easy for her to chew. Here we have rice, lentils (daal), and yogurt leftovers from last nights dinner, chips, figs and strawberries, and a cheese-n-lettuce sandwich halved and stacked.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Quesadilla lunch!

My 2 1/2 year old goes to preschool cooperative that I started . Sometimes we share lunch sometime we bring our own lunch. I used the 4-tier tiffin to pack lunch for us. Lunch included: cheese quesadillas, organic strawberries and grapes, chocolate pudding, fresh mozzarella, a mixed snack of veggie booty, corn chips, sesame sticks and dried cranberries. The tiffin curiosity of her friends makes her eat more which makes me happy!

Sunday, September 14, 2008

Snacks for a Long Ride

It was 10 am, not quite hungry for lunch and we were meeting friends at Rebecca's Coffee House. Put the girls in the double stroller and enjoyed the San Diego sun!

This is a 304 grade steel storage container, much much better than plastic! Doesn't leach BPA and other harmful chemicals found in plastic.


Here I packed some organic grapes and strawberries with some fresh mozzarella cheese. The girls and I were able to share with our friends too!

Saturday, September 6, 2008

Dinner at the park

It was such a beautiful day that we decided to have dinner at the park. Packed the girls and my dinner and strolled over to the park where I set up dinner on a picnic table.


For dinner we had steamed broccoli, rice mac-n-cheese, 4 clementines, fresh payaya and frozen blueberries:

I had to take a picture to show how we all devoured our dinner! Me, a 2 1/2 year old and a 11 month old!

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Children's stainless steel set

Here is a sample dinner I made for my 2 1/2 year old. Steamed califlower, milk, brown rice pasta with marinara and cheese. I think this is currently her favorite dinner. I love the versatility of stainless steel and not having to worry about her breaking anything if she drops something.

Monday, September 1, 2008

Breakfast at the zoo

My 2 1/2 year old was very hungry when she woke up and wanted to go to the zoo. We try to go to the zoo 1-2 times a week since we are members and it's only 5 miles away from where we live. So I packed our 3 tier tiffin with breakfast food and headed out to the zoo!

Here's a picture of our lunch container wrapped in a cloth napkin using Furoshiki:


The cloth napkin helps insulate the tiffin lunchbox and you have a eco-friendly napkin to tote along too. It's very easy to tie furoshiki and you can be very creative and use your imagination.

From Furoshiki.com "Originating from Japanese culture where it promotes caring for the environment and reducing waste; Furoshiki is the eco-friendly wrapping cloth. Using techniques similar to origami, it can be used for gift wrapping, grocery shopping or simply as decor. Choose from a wide variety of sizes and designs to complement your lifestyle."

Here is how I tied it:

Then I added the spoon on top and voila! You have made a furoshiki tiffin!!

My 3 year old insists on eating her meal near the elephants. We found a nice shady table by the elephant mesa, laid out her breakfast and let her have at it! I love that stainless steel is so convenient for children and doesn't leach chemicals, BPA etc. like plastic does:


This is the 3-tier tiffin, it comes with 3 containers and 2 plates in between them. For breakfast, I packed, 2 organic hard-boiled eggs, strawberries, 3 clemintines, cubed organic raw cheese, carrot sticks, a handful of cashews, hulled pumkin seeds (pepitas) and raisins. Not shown is her klean kanteen sippy cup which I just love! I think I was one of klean kanteens first customers in 2003 when I bought my kanteen!