Momma's Chili



Momma's Chili, cantaloupe, pineapple, and a strawberry

Momma invited us to dinner yesterday because she was making chili.  We watched dancing with the stars and had a great time.  She was surprised that the entire pot of chili was just about gone by the time we left.  But what could she expect when everyone had seconds and even thirds.  So I sent some with Mani for lunch today.

Grilled Chicken

Grilled Chicken, vanilla cake muffin, pineapple and cantaloupe

Corn Pasta

Corn pasta, tangerine, and caramel corn cake

2x2 Muffin



Chicken & mixed vegetable stuffed corn muffins, grapes, pineapple, oatmeal cookies



Homemade Potato Chips

turkey w/jelly sandwich, homemade potato chips, and pineapple

I made the potato chips in the microwave.  I sliced a potato using a mandolin, then to remove some of the starch and help make them crispy I washed the potato slices and let then let them soak in water.  I placed them on top of a piece of parchment paper, sprinkled some with salt and some with garlic power and microwaved until a little brown and crispy.

I'm trying to eliminate as much salt as possible from my diet.  So I made the ones with salt on them for Mani and to my surprise he only liked the ones with the garlic powder.   WINNING!!!

GoGo Squeeze, corn muffins stuffed with chicken and mixed vegetables, marshmallows, oatmeal & chocolate sprinkle cookie, and oatmeal raisin cookie

Mini Cucumbers

Mommy Lunch

corn pasta w/mushrooms, mango, GoGo Squeeze

Half Day Lunch



Half Day Lunch
pineapple, grapes, toast w/jelly, corn cake, and marshmallows



jelly bread, fruit snacks, chicken w/rice, and pineapples

Close Your Mouth

Turkey Sandwich, grapes, oatmeal chocolate sprinkle cookie, and pineapple

Chips, cantaloupe, turkey and bacon meat rollups



Turkey Sandwich, captain crunch, marshmallows, mango, and cantaloupe



Pasta in thermos, corn flakes w/marshmallows, mango, cantalope, and bread.

Meat Rollups, oranage, pineapple, and cherries

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My Last Minute John Cena Theme Bento

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Thanksgiving Cooking 2010



Mani didn't like these cookies.  We had fun making them though.  I hadn't planned on making these cookies but Mani was having so much fun helping me cook and he wanted to experiment with adding different ingredients but I told he couldn't just go adding things to the other items I was baking.  So I decided we could make these cookies and add whatever he wanted.  We used Skittles, marshmallows, Nerds, and raisins.



This is Whole Foods 365 corn bread mix, and we didn't think this was going to turn out tasting good.  Mani tasted the batter after we had everything mixed.  And I thought ok I'll taste it and boy let me tell you I have never tasted regular corn bread batter but this batter was one of the worst things I have ever tasted.  If it wasn't for the fact that I had tons more cooking to do, I would have went and laid down because I felt so sick after tasting this.  But when it was finished cooking Mani wasn't scared to taste it and he loved it.  He even requested it for breakfast on Thanksgiving morning and I was happy because it meant I could go right into cooking for the day.  So this will be a repeat purchase.

This is the second time we tried this mix but this time I replaced some the oil with applesauce and it turned out better.

73rd Day of School Lunch

73rd Day of School Lunch

Half a soy nut butter sandwich, carrots, turkey and baby spinach meat rollups, GoGo Squeeze, and grapes.

72nd Day of School Lunch

72nd Day of School Lunch

71st Day of School Lunch



71st Day of School Lunch

Today was the field trip to the movies to see Tangled in 3D.  He just had a sandwich, juice, chips, and a roll of Smarties.  And of course I sent enough money with him in case he changed his mind and wanted to buy lunch or if he lost his lunch.  But, his daddy made him put $10 in his sock just in case he lost his wallet so I don't feel so bad about over thinking and stressing.

When he came home he said he only spent $2 on the tea cup ride but he wanted to buy lunch but he didn't feel like going through the trouble of the teacher calling to make sure he could eat something.  Which he had just experienced the day before when the bus driver called to see if he could eat corn chips.