What's in the Box?

Rocket, spinach and cucumber salad with French Dressing

Moroccan veggie burgers

Fresh snowpeas 

Miss Tracy xx

What's in the Box?

Organic ramen stir-fry with Korean BBQ tofu and mushroom, broccolini, carrot and corn

Gluten free cheese rings 

Strawberries 

Miss Tracy xx

What's in the Box?

Pasta Salad - Wholegrain penne with roasted capsicum, olives, zucchini, mushroom, spinach and eggplant.

Mixed roasted nuts

Chobani blueberry yogurt

Miss Tracy xx

Semester 3 Begins!

Alas, the time has come for me to return to uni and I have looking forward to a new year, new challenges and new goals!

As always I will endeavour to share these experiences on the LMST blog and starting up again will be some of the regular semester posts, including:

WHAT'S IN THE BOX?

&

STYLE FILE - Placement Series

The start of my 3-5 age placement also begins this semester so expect more posts based planned experiences, creating environments and educator-child interactions.

Get ready for a fun filled semester!

Miss Tracy xx

What's in the Box?

BBQ Chicken Drumsticks 

Original Corn Chips

Brown rice with broccolini, spinach, carrot, celery, Lebanese eggplant and zucchini. 

Miss Tracy xx

What's in the Box?

Nacho cheese corn chips

Polenta toast with cheese and Italian herbs

Roast Vegetables - capsicum, zucchini, potato, pumpkin, broccolini, mushroom and eggplant

Miss Tracy xx

What's in the Box?

 

 

 

Turkey dumpling with garlic, ginger, leek and roasted peanuts

Corn chips 

Vermicelli salad with squash, capsicum, snow peas, carrot, bean shoots and mushroom

Miss Tracy xx 

What's in the Box?

Pretzels

Fruit Salad - nectarine, red grapes and Corella pear

Pretzels

Chicken Waldorf salad and alfalfa on a pumpkin and sunflower seed roll 

Miss Tracy xx

What's in the Box?

Popcorn

Strawberries

Brown rice with tune, corn, leek, zucchini, spinach and mixed beans.

Miss Tracy xx

My Bento Box

Hi all!

So recently I looked at what I have been doing for lunch when I'm at uni and realised I was spending a lot of money on food. I bought lunch with my friends, we went out to Melbourne Central for lunch, if I felt like a coffee...I would buy one and so on.

There was also the issue of time. In the morning I'm struggling to get up , have a shower and get dressed and out the door without worrying if there's something for me to eat at lunch time. Plus I did my time, I ate sandwiches for my 13 years of schooling so if I end up with a sandwich in my handbag there is a 100% chance that I am not going to eat it.

So there's the problem, what's my solution? A Tumblr teacher blogger came to my rescue . While scrolling mindlessly, I saw a post about a bento box and how this teacher was using this. Consider my mind blown.

The physical box is a sectioned lunchbox that can be seen in many different shapes and sizes and in the end, I ended up buying the Bentgo.

The Bentgo Box

And it has changed my lunchtime for good.

I use the top sections  for my snack type foods like pretzels, popcorn, cut vegetables, fruit and crackers . The bottom usually holds my 'main meal', so maybe tuna and rice,  noodles ad stir fry or rice paper rolls. The colour of the box, a lovely purple, really stands out in my bag….plus it's pretty.

One of my favourite parts of this box is the built in cutlery. I will never leave my fork/knife/spoon at home again. The food areas are microwavable for up to three minutes and another plus is that the box is dishwasher safe. No more hand-washing!

I had to buy the box online, since the box has only been available since March this year and only available in the US. I bought mine from LunchBoxes.com since most other online stores were out of stock of the purple.

It did take awhile to come, close to 5 weeks, which has been the only problem I have had with my experience with the box so far.

If you are interested, here are some links for purchasing the box:

Bentgo

Amazon

LunchBoxes.com 

Bento&Co

Leave me a nice note!

Miss Tracy xx