Day 36 - Smoked Salmon

Lunch Box Menu
- Smoked Salmon & Cream Cheese on Rye Wasa Bread
- Cheesy Kale Chips
- Vegan Blueberry Scones
- Apple

We have a smoker which we use maybe twice a year.  My husband is the king of the smoker (and the grill, for that matter) - I don't enter these domains!  He smoked some lovely salmon a couple of weeks ago which we enjoy mostly as little appetizers, but it served me well with my bare fridge today.  I just took out some whole grain wasa bread, spread a little cream cheese on it and then the smoked salmon.  Kids did eat it after a bit of coaching - there sense of smell was leaning a little too much on the smoked side! 

Smoked Salmon on Wasa

The Kale chips were made in the dehydrator - a favorite among raw foodists.  The "cheesy" is the vegan substitute - soaked raw cashews and nutritional yeast.  Got my daughter to eat them and my son tried them, but only ate a couple.  I guess I shouldn't complain!

Cheesy Kale Chips

Lastly, the vegan, low gluten (made with spelt flour) blueberry scones.  Delectible!

Vegan Blueberry Scones

Day 32 - Red Quinoa & Teriyaki Salmon Salad

I actually got really organized and made and packed this lunch last night!  First time I have successfully done this (and only 32 days into lunch making LOL).

I made some teriyaki salmon a couple of nights ago for a friend who was over for dinner with her kids (got all but one to eat it), and had leftovers - perfect for the lunch box.  So, looking through my cupboard of grains I found some red quinoa that I have yet to try out.  Cut up the leftover baby cucumbers, added some scallions, feta and olive oil - packed it in the thermos containers - all done.

The quinoa was really fast to make - 20 minutes - during which time I prepped the rest.

Full Menu:
- Red Quinoa & Teriyaki Salmon Salad
- Apple Sauce Cookies

The salad is pretty heavy, so I don't think the kids will need more to fill their bellies, and I'm fairly certain they'll have fruit for snack at school, so a fairly uncomplicated lunch.

Oh yes, and no blog for a week.  I'll be back blogging on November 8th.

Dried Red Quinoa

Cooked Red Quinoa

Red Quinoa & Salmon Teriyaki Salad

Apple Sauce Cookies

Day 26 - Goddess Kale Chips

Today you'll see a little  bit of repetition.  Lots in fridge that needs to be used up!

Black Bean Burger
Coleslaw
Goddess Kale Chips

Invariably the kids bring home some lunch, which they get to eat as their after school snack!  So, I'm going to dial the amount back a bit.  We'll see how it goes.

Black Bean Burger

Coleslaw

Kale Chips

Day 25 - Corn Salsa Pizzettes

Goodness gracious.  What a morning.  Late, late, late.  Confession - I tend to get addicted to certain 'specialty shows' - Lost, The Tudors, Rome, etc.  The latest - Fringe.  Am of course seasons behind, so we get the shows through Netflix, but that means we can watch 4 episodes, commercial-free, into the wee hours of the morning.  Last night - fell asleep during the show.  To top it off, got adventurous with the new dehydrator - made raw goddess kale chips last night. Of course this morning on top of being late, had to get all the chips into air tight packages with a couple not quite done the dehydration process.  So, I was a bit of a crazy woman running around this morning and of course, the kids were late for school.  The good part about this morning - the kids stole a kale chip before I could pack some in their lunch - the LOVED it!  Yeah!  Kids loving kale.  From my nutrition persona - I couldn't be more delighted!

Today's Lunch
- Corn Salsa Pizzettes
- Baby Cukes
- Goddess Kale Chips
- Apple Chips
- Water (as always, I just don't always put it in the blog).

Here are the before and after dehydrator kale chips:

Kale Chips Mixed in Goddess Marinade

Raw Goddess Kale Chips - All Done!

Note - the kale chips are raw as they were dehydrated at 105 degrees (F).  Anything below 118 degrees is considered raw cooking.  Raw foodies, as they are called, believe that if you cook food higher than 118, that you kill off all the good nutrients and enzymes.  Dehydrators are a raw foodie's best friend!  (Along with raw cacao, but we'll save that for another conversation.)

Corn Salsa Pizzettes

Full disclosure here.  My husband put the corn salsa on the pita bread a couple of nights ago for us to snack on - we never did.  So, they were sitting in the fridge and with my lack of time this morning, I just sprinkled some cheese on top and broiled for a couple of minutes.

Baby Cukes

Apple Chips