Happy Valentines Day

Happy Valentines Day! So today was a Friday which is usually when Green monkey buys lunch, since I knew I would see him at his party anyway, it was ok to let it go and not pack today. He's had Valentines Day themed lunches all week anyway.

Heart Breaker

Before

 After

In this lunch : In an Easy Lunchbox

• Heart Puzzle - Peanut butter and jelly sandwich
• Heart strawberries
• Celery with peanut butter and a heart pick

For breakfast I cut their Eggos with a heart cookie cutter and arranged them to look like roses. After school I took them for holiday Krispy Kremes. It's the little things they appreciate and I'm ok with that.


Hopefully they grow up knowing I  love them every day :)

Valentine's Day

Sorry this is up after Valentine's day but its been that kind of week. So many fun parties for the kids though so I had to do at least a party wrap up.

Valentine's Day was yesterday but we've been adding love to our food all month it seems. Here's some of the highlights from this month. I wanted to have this up earlier but it has been that kind of week :)

Breakfasts

 Love bug chocolate chip pancakes

 Mickey Mouse pancakes

Mommy loves you pancakes - no I don't look like that just being silly

Scrambled egg heart

Heart omelets and bacon roses

 Directions :

• Roll bacon
• Secure with toothpick
• Place on a wire rack over a pan ( mine fits perfectly on an 8" square cake pan)
• Bake at 350 for 25-30 min or until browned, turning a few times
• Once cooled a bit you can remove the toothpick and add stems
• My stems are 1/2 of a green pipe cleaner, twist a leaf.

 Little monkey's Valentine breakfast

Mommy's Valentine breakfast

Party Foods

Little Smokie hearts and veggie tray

Directions :

•  Cut smokie diagonally in the middle, turn to form a heart
• Wrap with crescent roll dough
• Bake at 375 for 15 min or until golden. I use Pillsbury dough. 
• Heart foil pan and veggies (carrots, cauliflower and broccoli) in the center

Strawberry Pie Pops

 Directions :

• Pillsbury pie crust cut with heart cookie cutter
• 2 egg whites whipped for wash
• Brush one heart with egg white
• Add a dollop (yep very technical I know) of pie filling I used strawberry
• (Optional) Insert stick to the middle, wrap the exposed stick with foil so it won't burn
• Add second heart
• Seal all the way around by pressing a fork around the edges
• Brush top with egg white  - You can leave it plain like these or decorate with sprinkles
• Bake on parchment paper at 375 for 15-17 min
• Let cool a few minutes before gently moving to a wire rack to cool completely
• I winged it but here's directions from Pillsbury I just found

My fellow BBF Keeley made these gluten free this week as well check out her great tutorial over at Keeley McGuire

Chocolate dipped Strawberries

Valentines

 

Teachers

• 2 dipped Strawberries
• 2 mini strawberry pies

 

Green Monkey - Time Lords love twice as much

• TARDIS with 2 hearts on card stock
• Hershey's chocolate heart
• Bubbles
• He wrapped his box by himself and decorated with foam stickers

 Blue Monkey - You blow me away!

• Bubbles on blue card stock
• Hershey chocolate heart
• Bubbles
• Daddy wrapped his for him, he added the stickers

Our Lunches are on the previous posts:

• February 4-8 lunches
• Love in your lunch

I hope you all had a wonderful Valentine's Day.