Category: Lunchbox

  • Chicken Panini Sandwich from Leftover Chicken Cutlets

    Chicken Panini Sandwich from Leftover Chicken Cutlets

    I really made too many chicken cutlets the other night. However, they are good simply reheated.  Last night I used some up in a Chicken Divan casserole.  For lunch today, my daughter took a simple salad with some chopped romaine lettuce mixed with Ranch dressing and a chopped chicken cutlet. She loved it. Today for…

  • French Dip Sandwich with Deli Roast Beef

    French Dip Sandwich with Deli Roast Beef

    Here’s my normal French Dip Sandwich recipe, but it requires hours of time, a crock pot and perhaps more beef than you might like (although it does freeze well, especially if you freeze it in the jus/juice). Driving home from school today, youngest and I talked about dinner and settled on French dip sandwiches.  We…

  • Chicken Tacos Tonight, Chicken Salad for Lunch Tomorrow

    Chicken Tacos Tonight, Chicken Salad for Lunch Tomorrow

    I cooked up a couple of boneless skinless chicken breasts to make chicken tacos tonight. I started with the recipe here despite the mix of reviews. I was intrigued by the idea of lemonade somehow…but I would definitely classify the chicken as bland.  When I tasted some partway through the simmering to reduce the sauce…

  • Turkey, Spinach and Carrot Wraps

    Turkey, Spinach and Carrot Wraps

    My eldest packed this for lunch for her first day of school. We bought some wraps and spread flavored cream cheese (chive and onion in this case but we often just use the “veggie” one), baby spinach leaves, grated carrots, chopped olives and turkey. Spread the cream cheese on the wrap first, then lay out…

  • Sesame Chicken and Practice Bento Lunch Stuff

    Sesame Chicken and Practice Bento Lunch Stuff

    Youngest is starting a new smaller private high school so bringing lunch to school is once again a necessity. I thought she might enjoy the bento lunch idea, since I’ve been reading a few blogs that make it all look delicious. As soon as I showed her a hello kitty bento lunch she was sold!…