Lunch Made Easy: Lazy Day Tacos

Ahh Friday! This week has flown by... we've been so busy (but all good things). Yesterday we took a road trip to visit family. Our LONG day trip involved 8 hours of Mama driving, so when we stumbled in at 1am I was tiiiiired. Here is lunch time ~ Little Miss and I are still in our jammies. We'll be productive this afternoon. I promise. ;) lol

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Lunch Made Easy: Christmas Dinner

What a busy morning! I just got back from Little Miss's school - today is their last day before break. I went because I dropped her off lunch, warm. :)

Let me explain - Today at her school, all the kids are partaking in "Christmas Dinner" for lunch. The school is providing free of charge for all students Ham, Potatoes & Gravy, Corn, Rolls, and misc Desserts. Since I already know they cannot guarantee me that the food does not have peanuts, peanut warnings, or been cross-contaminated in their kitchens I always make her lunches.

She was bumming because she wanted to have lunch just like everyone else (minus a few other students with allergies too). So I surprised her with a lunch just like the other kids, that I know is safe for her, and dropped it off so it'd be warm and ready to eat for lunch time. She was so thrilled!!

Lunch Made Easy: Holiday Delight

Thursday. Three days left until Christmas.
*insert panic attack here*
I kid, I kid... I still do have quite a few things to do/buy, but they are easy last minute type pickups - I've just been too swamped to get them taken care of already! Thankfully, I have Friday off work and Little Miss will be at school, so after chapel I can get them all done!! (That's the plan anyways *fingers crossed*.)

Lunch Made Easy: Elf in the LunchBox

Elf on the Shelf, look out! Elf in the LunchBox coming through! EasyLunchBox to be exact. ;)

Wednesday marks only 4 Days left on our *Advent Lunches* Christmas Countdown

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Lunch Made Easy: Five Golden Rings!

I was on the road all day for work today. When I got home this evening I was spending some time with Little Miss and she reminded me ;) there were only 5 more days left until Christmas tomorrow (Tuesday)!
I asked her if she had any ideas for her lunch... she pondered "five, hmm... hmm..." and then screamed "GOLDEN RINGS!" I should've known!
We sing the 12 days of Christmas song together - well I sing it for her until we get to 5, that's her cue. She'll then belt out her one line "five golden rings!" and then giggles as I continue singing. :)
I couldn't have thought of a more perfectly perfect lunch to incorporate the number five for our *Advent Lunches* countdown.

Lunch Made Easy: Joyful Joyful!

Holy cow! In the home stretch now for the *Advent Lunches* Christmas Countdown!!
Monday marks only 6 days left!
(This has seriously flown by... I've really enjoyed making the lunches and Little Miss only has 5 more school days left before break - They go through Friday!)

Craft Complete: NOEL Word Art

Oh how I love Pinterest!
I saw a pin for this NOEL Word Art knock-off. It's a take on Pottery Barn's version - which was $149! Um, no thanks. lol

Frugal with a Flourish did her own fantastic version I knew I could replicate.

Lunch Made Easy: Up on the House Top!

Only 9 more days on our *Advent Lunches* countdown... and Santa's getting ready to come down the chimney!

Food for Thought: Crockpot Love - Beef Potato Stew

I found this recipe (via Fun Recipes and Life Stories) towards the end of last winter. Can't believe I never posted it before ~ Duh Keeley! I even mentioned it when I gave Little Miss leftover is her Pow Wow Fall Bento (click respective names to see links).

Well, I put it in the crock before work this AM and mmm, the BEST to come home too!

 

Lunch Made Easy: Only 10 More Days!

Thursday marks 10 more days left on our *Advent Countdown*!
Not gonna lie... lunch took me all of 10 minutes to throw together. Not my finest work but some days, we all have better things to do - am I right? ;)

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Lunch Made Easy: These are a few of my favorite things...

Wednesday marks 11 days left on the Advent Christmas Lunches Countdown!! We're almost in single digits people!! I still have so much I WANT to do and make. Ahh!

Food for Thought: Broccoli Chicken Noodle Casserole

This is such a simple casserole but was a staple recipe my mom would make in our house growing up. I've always loved it and now I make it for my little family quite regularly. :)

Broccoli Chicken Noodle Casserole -

Lunch Made Easy: Birds of a Feather

Not gonna lie... when I started making Little Miss's sandwich, I had intended it to be a penguin buuuuuuut it looks more like a bird. So... BIRD IT IS! :)

Tuesday marks 12 days left on the Advent Lunches Christmas Countdown too. Doing the countdown has seriously been the best thing with Little Miss - even though I've made her lunch the night before - she'll wake up and tell ME how many days are left. I love it!

Lunch Made Easy: Every Day is a Gift

*Yawn* Pardon me - we were at the Lions v Viking games today and I am tiiiiiirrrrrred. We got home no too long ago. Carried Little Miss straight to bed (her grandma had her already in her pj's for me - THANK YOU!), grabbed a quick snack (since the last thing I ate was a hot dog at the game at 1pm), began making lunches and now I'm posting quickly so I can crawl into my marshmallow of a bed. Mmm... lol

Giveaway: Lunch Box Scribbles *WIN IT*

What better way to start the weekend then with a GIVEAWAY, right!? Heck yeah!!

The amazing Carolyn of CaitiMac Creations sent me two of her adorable Lunch Box Scribbles - one for Little Miss to have and one to give to you!! How awesome is that!?

(above photos courtesy of Lunch Box Scribbles)

Lunch Made Easy: Stocking of Fun

16 days left on our Advent Lunches Countdown to Christmas! Bahh, I can't believe it's going so fast!!

For Friday's lunch I thought it'd be fun to fill Little Miss's stocking with goodies. :)

Lunch Made Easy: Oh Spinach Tree, Oh Spinach Tree!

I've seen a couple variations of a "vegetable Christmas tree" on Pinterest and Google - some made of cucumbers, some of sugar snap peas... I decided to make Little Miss a Spinach Tree. :)

Thursday also marks 17 days left on our Advent Countdown!

Food for Thought: Junior Mint Cookies

Oh yeah, you heard me... Junior Mint Cookies. I know what you're thinking - Junior Mints AND Cookies? Those are two incredibly powerful forces being combined. I know. It's amazing. Trust me.

When I was trying think up some cookie ideas, this came to me. I thought about my Junior Mint Brownies (<--- click name for recipe & info) and how the topping made that delicious minty shell when cooled. I figured that HAD to be amazing on a cookie, right? Oooohhhh yeah.

Lunch Made Easy: Frosty the Bagel

Wednesday marks 18 days left on our Advent Lunches countdown!

Food for Thought: Holiday Bread

So not my best work but a tasty, colorful idea I just had to share. :)

It started when I fell in love with Astrid's Rainbow Pain de Mie over at Lunches Fit for a Kid. I wanted to make just a regular bread rather than pain de mie, however, a rainbow didn't go with my advent lunches I've been making so I figured why not use the same idea but with only red & green! Holiday bread!

Lunch Made Easy: Reindeer Games

When I saw these adorable cookies on Pinterest from Martha Stewart, I knew that if you could make a cookie out of them... I could make a sandwich out of them! lol
(Click here to see her Gingerbread Reindeer Cookies.)

Lunch Made Easy: Simple Snowflakes

Monday's lunch marks 20 days left on our advent countdown!

Lunch Made Easy: Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree

Friday's lunch marks 23 days left! And another 'advent lunch' bites the dust! :)