Lunch Made Easy: My Bento Loot...

Some of my fellow bento blognesses have posted about their spectacular bento loot recently (such as Candy Girl and Chef Corey, just to name a few).

A Pinterest board was even created for all of us to share our goods. It's pretty amazing actually.

I feel my "collection" is small, in comparison to everyones but when I spread it all out I realized I have more cookie cutters than I even realized, haha! :) I'm okay with this.

BEE NUT FREE Giveaway Winner Announced!

A special thank you to everyone who entered the Bee Nut Free Sampler Box Giveaway!

For those that didn't win, I urge you to take the plunge and order one of their terrific products from BeeNutFree.com ~ They are DELICIOUS!!

Lunch Made Easy: Cauliflower Crust Lunchbox Pizza (with recipe)

Pizza is a favorite of Little Miss (and me too)! One reason since going gluten-free, I've been enjoying finding and making her fun alternatives to the "traditional crust" (such as the Chebe pizza muffins I made previously).

There are endless cauliflower crust recipes out there, most are very similar but with a twist on the seasonings and toppings used.
Here's my version which yields two crusts that fit perfectly inside this EasyLunchboxes container:

Lunch Made Easy: SunButter & Banana Goodness

Tonight has been one of those cram session evenings - got home late, which seemingly throws off my entire evening. Oh well, but I did throw together this lunch in probably less than five minutes... lol

Food for Thought: Honey Glazed Petite Potatoes

I made these over the weekend for dinner and boy ohhhh boy were they DEEEElicious!
A hit with the fella and Little Miss.

Lunch Made Easy: (Insert Witty Title)

Witty title? I got nothing tonight. lolMy brain is friend - been one of those loooooooong days. ;)

Think of one for me and leave a comment. There. That's your homework assignment. lol

Lunch Made Easy: Peanut Free Princess

I finally got my first set of Lunch Punches!
I was so excited to use my new Sand*wishes* set, knowing that my little girly-girl would adore them.
The makings for Monday's lunch seemed appropriate for my little Peanut (and Gluten) Free Princess. :)

Lunch Made Easy: Sausage and Rice + GF PF Muddy Buddy (with recipe)

*Whew* LONG day! Thus my late lunch posting.
Busy busy followed by parent-teacher conferences this evening (always entertaining to hear about Little Miss and read her class journal).   :)

Lunch Made Easy: Babysitter Bento

Little Miss is actually off school tomorrow and Friday (conferences/ end of marking period).
She will be going to her usual babysitter, who's been watching her since she was about two and half I think, when she hasn't been in school.
She's a saint when it comes to being attentive to her needs and foods with regards to her peanut allergy but now that we're on the gluten free kick, I didn't want her to have to worry or feel like she had to purchase anything special. So we agreed that I would happily provide her with snacks and lunch for the days she's there. :)

Lunch Made Easy: MOMables Grilled Frenchman (Gluten & Peanut FREE version)

The great thing about MOMables is you don't have to think. Seriously, because there are some days my brain has completely shut down before I even make it home

All the work is done for you. They give you the ideas, the ingredients, the directions, and you can choose how creative you want to be from there! In our case, also make them gluten and peanut free ~  Fantastic!

Lunch Made Easy: Tuesday Treats

Little Miss was so cute this evening helping me pick out the goodies she wanted in her lunch for Tuesday ~ I love when I have time to pack them before she goes to bed and can be involved in what's inside her EasyLunchBoxes container.
Besides a sometimes quick Q&A session, lol.

Lunch Made Easy: LunchBots Lunching

Oh Monday, how you alwasy come so quickly! :)

How was the weather by every one else? Record highs here for this time of year - uppers 70's, with a few rain showers, but for most part sunny and delightful!! Loved it.

Review and Giveaway: Bee Nut Free Foods!

I first read about Bee Nut Free from Shannon over at BentoLunch.net. Someone had gave her packages of their products in a Christmas gift basket.

Bee Nut Free is an allergy friendly food company based in Colorado. Inspired by her son’s positive attitude toward his life threatening nut allergy and a friend’s challenges with celiac disease, owner Jo-Anne Tyson began fulfilling her dream of providing tasty, nutritious, SAFE snacks to allergy sensitive individuals. 

I can also tell you that I have emailed with Jo-Anne personally - talk about a wonderful, caring individual who just wants to spread the love and make safe treats for families like mine!

Lunch Made Easy: “If you are lucky enough to be Irish, then you are lucky enough"

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Well, almost... Friday IS technically St. PRACTICE Day! ;) hehe

In case you missed it, Tuesday we did a St. Patrick's Day Blog Hop! Be sure to check it out and follow the links at the bottom of my post for some fantastic ideas!!

Lunch Made Easy: Chicken Tacos

We had beef tacos for dinner tonight. Little Miss loves tacos so much she jumped up and down, giving me hugs when I told her what I was making (lol, silly kiddo)!
Anyways, with some of the leftover mini-corn shells, I thought it'd be great for her lunch - she was happy to hear that too.

Lunch Made Easy: Flowers and Cheese, Please

Little Miss is excited to try her new Udi's Gluten Free, Nut Free Bread in her lunch tomorrow. She was actually smelling the bread slices and said it smelled like a bakery, lol! I'll take that as a good sign it'll be yummy. :)

Lunch Made Easy: Luck of the Irish

Saint Patrick is the most well known patron saint of Ireland.
St. Patrick's Day (basically) commemorates him and the arrival of Christianity in Ireland. It was made an official feast day in the early seventeenth century but has become a celebration of Irish culture in general.
Keeley (meaning beautiful in Gaelic) was given to me not only because of our Irish heritage but because I was born right in between the Ides of March and St. Patrick's Day (on the 16th - this Friday). I also was given our family name that moved to the States from Ireland as my middle name (McGuire).
My Irish ancestry is something I cherish and love sharing with my daughter.

My bento blogger friends and I are doing a St. Patty's Day blog hop today ~ Rather then waiting until the end of the week, we figured share ideas now so that y'all can use them! Right?! :)
I'm really excited to see every one's work.

Lunch Made Easy: March into Spring

Ahh, it was a simply gorgeous, spring like day today! Little Miss and I went for a long scooter ride this afternoon - well, she scooted I walked ;-) Just gorgeous and it had me so excited for warm weather again and sunshine!

Lunch Made Easy: GF Pizza Muffins

I love pizza. So much so I would eat it every.single.day... if I could. I don't think my thighs would take too kindly to it, however. ;)
Little Miss loves pizza too (what kid doesn't, right?) so she and I baked up some gluten and nut free pizza muffins tonight using our Chebe bread mix.

Lunch Made Easy: Orange you glad it's Thursday?

Little Miss was super excited when I showed her her brand new LunchBots Duo! She loves new bento goodies just as much as I do. :)
She loved it so much so she insisted I pack my lunch with my orange EasyLunchBoxes lid, so that we could match. I happily obliged!

Snackable: SunButter & Banana Chocolate Bites (Gluten & Nut Free w/ Dairy Free Option!)

Little Miss stayed home sick today (Tuesday), so her lunch remains in the fridge so she can enjoy that tomorrow when she goes back to school. (She is doing leaps and bounds better now - a little rest and relaxation seemed to have done the trick.)

Since I don't have a new lunch post to share, I figured I would post about these delicious SunButter and Banana Chocolate Bites we made over the weekend!

Lunch Made Easy: Tuesday Tiers

I thought I would give Little Miss a change up for her lunch tomorrow and use her ladybug tiered bento box. It's been a long while since she's had a school lunch in it. :)

Lunch Made Easy: Chebe Cheese Bread ~ Gluten Free, Nut Free, Peanut Free, HomeFree :)

Monday's lunch features Chebe GF Cheese Bread that I baked Friday evening. (More info on this bread later in the post ... because it is delicious!)

Lunch Made Easy: Weekend Bento

We spent Saturday evening at a friends house for dinner so I figured I'd post the bento I packed for Little Miss to eat. (Our friends are so great about her peanut allergy, but knew that dinner wouldn't be gluten free so that's why it was easy enough to pack hers.)

Food for Thought: Crockpot Love - Shredded Pork Salsa Tacos

The first time I made this recipe, it actually happened by mistake :) but we loved it! I had bought the pork for BBQ pulled pork sandwiches, but realized I forgot to buy buns *d'oh!* and I really don't care for eating pulled pork on regular bread... sooooo I decided to use the meat for tacos.

The fella loved it so much that it's become a hit in the house and a recipe I now make on purpose! LOL

Lunch Made Easy: Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

Friday is Dr. Seuss' birthday! Little Miss has been so excited all week - she knew she was getting a special lunch and she has her Seuss shirt, socks, and her "Yot in the Pot" doll set out for school tomorrow. :)