Lunch Made Easy: Sports Themed Ideas

We are a sports loving family. Football, hockey, cycling, soccer, tennis, and more! All year, you'll find us at live events or glued to the television seeing our favorite teams in action.
I know I'm always looking for fun ideas and ways to incorporate our favorite sports into a creative themed lunch box idea for Little Miss to take to school.
So, why not do a large round-up of ideas from our site and some from our friends!? Sounds good to me! 

Lunch Made Easy: Fun Football Ideas

If you've followed our site for a bit, it comes at no surprise to you that we are a football family. Obsessed even.
So, as you can imagine, this time of year is our absolute favorite. College football season is kicking off and the NFL preseason is just winding down. Plus, ya know, I have a Fantasy Football title to defend. Big things are at stake here people! ;)
Today happened to be College Day at school for Little Miss, where the kiddos were encouraged to wear their favorite college shirt. She, of course, wore her University of Michigan shirt (the fella and her favorite) and since they play football tonight against Utah, I knew a fun lunch was in need. 
Details on this lunch are included below (click that expand and read more button!) + fun football lunches we've made in the past, for added inspiration, for the fan in your family!

Lunch Made Easy: NFL Super Bowl Celebration!

If you've followed our site for a while, or know me personally, you're well aware that I am an NFL junkie.
It's true. I'm obsessed. I even was champion of my Fantasy Football League this year (yeahhh that's right! In a league of guys, the girl won! WOOT!)
I have my favorite team - the Colts, being an Indy girl at heart - so of course, in this years Super Bowl, I'm routing for Peyton Manning. Notice I did not say the Denver Broncos, I said Peyton Manning. ;) 
Anyways, my love affair with all things NFL has rubbed off on my Little Miss. Her favorite team? The Carolina Panthers. (She loves "Cam Cam", as she calls him.) However, we'll be butting heads during the Big Game because she also loves Russell Wilson (she likes to repeat her favorite Deion Sanders line "First Name Russell, Last Name Wilson" from the NFL Network -- see, told you we're junkies!)

Lunch Made Easy: {Allergy Friendly} School Lunch Boxes ~ This Week in Bento!

Alas, another week of two snow days off from school. Lucky kid! Make this mama's week a bit hectic though, again. The joys of living in Michigan, I suppose!
With the snow days, we only packed three school lunches so here is our round-up from this week in {Allergy Friendly} Fast, Fresh, & Easy Bentos:

Fresh Kits: The Ultimate Snack for the Game! By Pure Flavor {Review}

My football lovin' family was fortunate to be given the opportunity to review Fresh Kits by Pure Flavor... and just in time for the BIG GAME this Sunday! 

Lunch Made Easy: Go Blue! (UofM Football)

 ♫ ♪ It's the most wonderful time of the year! ♫ ♪

That's right... FOOTBALL SEASON!!
We are *HUGE* football fans in our house ~ NFL & College ball. This Saturday night is an epic match of University of Michigan vs. Alabama!
Now, I love me some Nick Saban and Houndstooth but the Fella is a Michigan fan. His love for them has rubbed off on my Little Miss, as well. ;)

Lunch Made Easy: Draft Day!

We're rather huge NFL fans in this household and Thursday night is DRAFT NIGHT! Finally!!

The fella is a diehard Lions fan.

I'm a diehard Colts fan. (Spare me your Peyton Manning condolences, please. I'm still in mourning.)

Believe it or not, my Little Miss is a HUGE football fan as well. She watches on Sunday afternoons with us religiously.

She has about 8 favorite teams, lol, so I chose one of them for her lunch tomorrow. Mostly because a star was the easiest to cut out that small for the helmet, hehe... and she really only loves the Cowboys because Sandy Squirrel (SpongeBob) is from Texas... I forgive her for it too. LOL

Food for Thought: Hamburger Cupcakes & Cookie Fries - Gameday Special!

Today we're getting together with friends to watch the Wisconsin vs. Michigan State football game (I'll be sneaking into the other room to catch the ND game too. ;) hehe!)
As I mentioned before, I always volunteer to bring dessert when we get together. My little sous chef (aka "little miss") gladly helped me put this one together. It was so much fun!

Lunch Made Easy: Football Friday!!

Last night while watching the Packers v Saints game (and flipping to the Arizona v OSU game while that was on commercial) I was inspired to make Little Miss  a football themed lunch!
Our house is a football FANATIC home! All sports really but Sunday afternoons are sacred. I'm a Colts fan... my boyfriend loves his Lions... and last year Little Miss declared her team would be the Jaguars. She chose them because Diego has a Jaguar and she thought that was pretty cool! :)
Had I planned ahead I could have bought a few more football picks or inspired items but with what I had on hand, I think it turned out pretty cute. She loved it. She even wore her Jaguar socks to school today, lol.