I used to be a really really organized person before I had kids.
My grocery list was a printed out and laminated sheet of everything I ever buy, with checkboxes next to each item.
Every week i would meal plan each meal my husband and I would make (breakfast, lunch and dinner plus snacks) and I would create the master grocery list by checking each thing on my laminated "master" grocery list, with a dry erase marker.
Then, I'd go to the grocery store, and slowly rub off each thing that was checked as I purchased it. It worked great, and I never needed to waste millions of scrapes of paper jotting down things I'd need to grab at the store.
That of course, all changed when we had our first child. Now I have two, and food planning is a luxury that my very overloaded brain occasionally remembers I need to do, and sometimes I even remember it would make my life easier.
At my house, you will find many scraps of paper, here, there and everywhere, with little things jotted down that i suddenly remember we need, and then always loose. Eggs, and Almond Milk. Written on the back of an overdue bill on my desk. Kale, Cherry Tomatoes, Cheerios. Written on a crumpled up old receipt on the arm of the couch. You can imagine.
So now I find myself here. Every morning at 7:00am staring into the fridge. Thinking the same thought, "what on earth do I pack for lunch??" (I removed the profanity so as not to offend)
I've been graced with a picky eater, as I'm sure many of you have as well. She only likes certain things depending on the day, or week, of phase of the moon (it could be, right??), and of course even if she does like something THAT day, it's absolutely disgusting tomorrow, and she's totally sick of it.
So, I've decided to tap into the collective motherhood (and fatherhood/grandparenthood) of my customers, blog readers, facebook and twitter fans. There's a lot of you in this exact same position.... maybe it's easier for some than others (we want you people that make it look easy to especially help us!).
1. I'm asking anyone and everyone to enter a week's worth of school lunches that you pack for your little people. Do you have more than a week? You rock. And if you tell us, we'll be extra nice to you.
2. Give us any recipes you'd like to share of your lunch box winners.
So, we're looking for IDEAS and/or RECIPES! And be real, if you make PB & J's every day, it's ok to tell us that too.
You can do this by adding it as a comment to the end of this blog, or by entering it on our Facebook page, or even a simple email.
Here's the exciting part! We're turning this into a contest to make it extra fun and enticing to participate. After we gather enough recipes/ideas to put into a nifty little COOKBOOKLET (everyone will get a copy once it's done, if we get enough entries), we'll be selecting 2 winners at random to win $50 each to Bumblebee Toys, just in time for some holiday shopping!
Here's 3 different places/ways to enter:
Go to our FACEBOOK PAGE and enter there in a comment field.
or
Email us at info (at) bumblebeetoys (dot) com (spammers be gone!)
or
Comment at the bottom of this blog post
Contest will close on November 15th 2011 (or earlier if we get a bazillion recipes/ideas overnight)
Thanks and good luck!!
(PS... All these photos are courtesy of Lunchbots, and if you haven't heard of them, you simply must go check them out! Or at the very least, go like their facebook page. You will NOT be disappointed with all their amazing and inspirational bento box photos!!
My grocery list was a printed out and laminated sheet of everything I ever buy, with checkboxes next to each item.
Every week i would meal plan each meal my husband and I would make (breakfast, lunch and dinner plus snacks) and I would create the master grocery list by checking each thing on my laminated "master" grocery list, with a dry erase marker.
Then, I'd go to the grocery store, and slowly rub off each thing that was checked as I purchased it. It worked great, and I never needed to waste millions of scrapes of paper jotting down things I'd need to grab at the store.
That of course, all changed when we had our first child. Now I have two, and food planning is a luxury that my very overloaded brain occasionally remembers I need to do, and sometimes I even remember it would make my life easier.
At my house, you will find many scraps of paper, here, there and everywhere, with little things jotted down that i suddenly remember we need, and then always loose. Eggs, and Almond Milk. Written on the back of an overdue bill on my desk. Kale, Cherry Tomatoes, Cheerios. Written on a crumpled up old receipt on the arm of the couch. You can imagine.
So now I find myself here. Every morning at 7:00am staring into the fridge. Thinking the same thought, "what on earth do I pack for lunch??" (I removed the profanity so as not to offend)
I've been graced with a picky eater, as I'm sure many of you have as well. She only likes certain things depending on the day, or week, of phase of the moon (it could be, right??), and of course even if she does like something THAT day, it's absolutely disgusting tomorrow, and she's totally sick of it.
So, I've decided to tap into the collective motherhood (and fatherhood/grandparenthood) of my customers, blog readers, facebook and twitter fans. There's a lot of you in this exact same position.... maybe it's easier for some than others (we want you people that make it look easy to especially help us!).
1. I'm asking anyone and everyone to enter a week's worth of school lunches that you pack for your little people. Do you have more than a week? You rock. And if you tell us, we'll be extra nice to you.
2. Give us any recipes you'd like to share of your lunch box winners.
So, we're looking for IDEAS and/or RECIPES! And be real, if you make PB & J's every day, it's ok to tell us that too.
You can do this by adding it as a comment to the end of this blog, or by entering it on our Facebook page, or even a simple email.
Here's the exciting part! We're turning this into a contest to make it extra fun and enticing to participate. After we gather enough recipes/ideas to put into a nifty little COOKBOOKLET (everyone will get a copy once it's done, if we get enough entries), we'll be selecting 2 winners at random to win $50 each to Bumblebee Toys, just in time for some holiday shopping!Here's 3 different places/ways to enter:
Go to our FACEBOOK PAGE and enter there in a comment field.
or
Email us at info (at) bumblebeetoys (dot) com (spammers be gone!)
or
Comment at the bottom of this blog post
Contest will close on November 15th 2011 (or earlier if we get a bazillion recipes/ideas overnight)
Thanks and good luck!!
(PS... All these photos are courtesy of Lunchbots, and if you haven't heard of them, you simply must go check them out! Or at the very least, go like their facebook page. You will NOT be disappointed with all their amazing and inspirational bento box photos!!
