40 Days, 40 Boxes - 2013 Box 7

Black Beans

Tortilla Chips

Homemade Guacamole

Organic Gala Apple

Ethan was pleading for black beans yesterday, so today I delivered! This is sort of a big lunch box for a 3 year old, but my kid can down tortillas, guacamole and beans like nothing I've ever seen. Typically, I make allergy safe tortillas from scratch, but on lazy days I just use tortilla chips. As seen by the pajamas, today was a very lazy day! Obviously, this lunch was a hit with the little person.

Taco Fever

Senorcito is getting so big! In less than 3 months he'll be two years old!

In addition to being busy with my little boy, I started a part time job in January. It's low stress and I work off hours (nights and weekends) so my husband is home with the little man when I'm gone. So far things are working out great. My biggest problem these days is that I hibernated through this year's extra cold and snowy winter and let my healthy meals slide. The random warm days we've been having lately are starting to reawaken my senses ... So I decided to pack colorful lunch boxes for both Senorcito and myself. I realized after I took these photos that my last post was also beef tacos. Oops :) We obviously know how to enjoy a good taco at our house.

Senorcito's Meals

Breakfast - Corn muffin style Rice Muffin, Nectarine, Banana

Lunch - Homemade Rice Tortillas, Roasted Squash and Pepper Sticks,

Avocado, Ground Beef

The Mommy Lunch

Three small Corn Tortillas

Extra Lean Ground Beef

Clementine

Avocado (most of which will end up eaten by Senorcito)

Roasted Yellow Squash, Zucchini, and Orange Bell Pepper

Also posted for What's For Lunch Wednesday

Baby Bento - Taco Angels

My husband and I wanted tacos, but Senorcito doesn't have a safe taco shell that we can buy pre-made. I decided to make something tortilla-esque for the little guy so he could have a meal like mom and dad. His tortillas are simply made of rice and water, cooked like pancakes in a pan. My mother-in-law makes authentic soft corn tortillas this way, so I may want to ask for some pointers when she's here for Christmas. They were very plain, but the boy loved his special "tacos" none the less.

This bento contains two meals:

• Breakfast - Blueberry Bottom Rice Muffins, Clementine, Cherries
• Lunch - "Angel" Rice Tortillas, Ground Beef w/ Avocado "Trees", Roasted Orange Bell Pepper, Cucumber, Romaine Lettuce