I mentioned in the mac ‘n cheese lunch post that I had a found a better way to store condiments.  I found these condiment cups at WalMart on sale for $1.50 and they fit perfectly in the kids lunch box.  I probably should have put the cheese in one too.  Ah well, live and learn.

To make your own mini pizza lunch you will need:

• Sandwich thins
• Ketchup
• Shredded cheese
• Pretzels
• Fruit Twist

(You make the pizzas just like this.)

Everything fits so nicely in our faux bento box.  Every time I send mini pizzas to school with the kids they come back with empty lunch boxes.  Ryley’s teacher told me ‘She ate the whole thing!  She loves it!’  Yea, its has ketchup on it, of course she loves it.  I have literally watched my daughter shovel ketchup in her mouth with her bare hands and lick it off her plate.  So when you throw in on a piece of bread and cover it with cheese [another one of her favorites] of course girlfriend is going to love it.  Like mother, like daughter I guess.

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To make a copy cat lunchable for your kiddos you will need:

• Deli Meat
• Sliced Cheese
• Crackers
• Apple

Our grocery store has a pretty good selection of organic products that are fairly priced.  The crackers are Central Market brand and the meat/cheese is Boars Head.  I don’t mind paying a little more for either since I know they are healthier for my family.  Plus, the kids can’t tell the difference which means they eat it all right up.

To make the meat round like a luncable I use a coffee scoop to make circles in the meat and cheese.  I push down, rotate and out comes a perfect copy cat circle.  I usually do a few layers at a time of both the meat and cheese.  [I make sure my cape isn’t in the way first.  Duh.]

I don’t even think my kids realize that this isn’t a real lunchable, which rocks.  They normally eat the whole thing and don’t complain, which rocks even more.  And its healthy for them, which rocks but I don’t tell them that part.  After lunch I retire my cape and return to the world of two toddlers running amok.

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What do you make that your kids love and makes you feel like super mom?

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