Star Wars Lunches

 

On Thursday Ady and Tayden had Star Wars lunches. 

I found these fun Star Wars Party Rings and Light Saber Cupcake Picks and when they arrived in the mail, Tayden was excited to have a Star Wars lunch.  I wasn't sure if Ady would want one, but when I mentioned Princess Leia she was on board!

For Tayden's I made a ham and cheese quesadilla and then used a knife to cut it out in a Yoda shape (my husband says the ears are too small.  Next time I will have to have him cut it out!)  I used a green food markers to color the ears and the mouth and used icing eyes.  I gave him a green light saber.

I put a Clone ring on a carrot and a Darth Vader ring on a celery stick.  I used another light saber as a pick for some grapes.  He also got some Star Wars gummies and some Outer Space Goldfish Crackers.

Ady also has a ham and cheese quesadilla, but hers is cut in a circle for a face and then I cut out two smaller circles for Princess Leia's famous buns.  I colored them with a brown food markers, gave her some red lips with a food marker and some icing eyes.  Since she is a princess she also got a crown cupcake pick.  

Again we have a Darth Vader carrot with a celery Clone, some grapes on a light saber, star wars gummies and Space themed Goldfish crackers.

Some of the supplies used to make these lunches:

Linking up to these parties:

Tuesday Talent Show
Show Me What you Got
Take a Look Tuesday
What's For Lunch Wednesday
For the Kids Friday 
Whatever Goes Wednesday

Dairy Free No Bake Cookies

 We have some food allergies at our house, so more often than not I am baking dairy free.  Most recipes work out just fine by simply substituting regular milk for soy and butter for margarine. Most margarine has a lot of trans fat, though, so I opt for Vegan butter instead. It has no trans fat, less saturated fat than butter and no cholesterol either! 

  When we first realized that we had some food allergies, it was a bit discouraging and overwhelming to figure out what to eat, so for anyone who is just starting out, it isn't as hard as it seems at first. There are so many great products available. I do have to spend a bit more money and shop around a bit more than I would have, but it isn't so bad! My kids can still enjoy the same treats without having the things they are allergic to. 

We do eat junk food around here (more than I would like), but when I make things from scratch I try to make them with high quality ingredients.  These are by no means healthy, but I wanted to share how easy it can be to make simple substitutions and still get yummy results! 

Here is my version of No Bake Cookies without the dairy. 

No Bake Cookies

slightly healthier, non-dairy option

1 stick vegan butter (I use Earth Balance Vegan Buttery Sticks)

1/2 c. soy milk (rice milk works fine too)

2 c. sugar (I actually use Turbinado)

1/2 c. natural peanut butter 

3 c. rolled or quick oats 

4T cocoa

1t. pure vanilla

In a saucepan combine butter, milk and sugar.  Heat until boiling, boil for 1 1/2 minutes.  Remove from heat and immediately add peanut butter, oats, cocoa and vanilla.  Stir well.  Drop onto wax paper and cool completely.

Enjoy!

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Crazy Sweet Tuesday at Crazy for Crust 

Sweet Treats Thursday at Something Swanky 

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Lunches Lately - Ghosts

Here is a look at what Ady took in her lunch on Monday

Ham and cheese with a ghost cut out from some Havarti cheese and food marker eyes drawn on, grapes on ghost picks, Halloween shapes pretzels with havarti cheese ghost ( I actually used a jingle bell cookie cutter to make this ghost!)  and some ghost marshmallows with a few chocolate chips.

And don't forget about my Free Printable Halloween Lunchbox Notes located here! This ghost one would be great to put in a ghost themed lunchbox!

Lunchbox Supplies used:

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Weekend Lunch Fun - Sticks and Outer Space

Kyler likes to eat the school lunch most of the time, so I rarely get the opportunity to pack a fun lunch for him.  Yesterday he told me that he would like a Muffin Tin Lunch since he never gets a fun lunch from me.  I had been thinking of doing a "stick" theme so I tried it out on him.

I made a rolled up sandwich for him and cut it into "sticks", he has a cheese stick some Oreo sticks, a few grapes on Halloween "sticks" and some carrot sticks with ranch to dip them in.  It was easy and he liked that I took the time to make it special for him.  

When Tayden saw that I was willing to make fun lunches, he asked for a Space lunch.  I had some space theme goldfish crackers that he had been wanting to open, so I started trying to think of how to do a space sandwich.  This is what I came up with.

I cut a sandwich into triangles and arranged them to sort of look like a rocket.  I added a bit of ham and cheese for the flames.  He also has the space goldfish crackers, some moon and meteor marshmallows (I used the moon marshmallows from the Halloween ones and the meteors are chocolate marshmallows).  I needed to add some fruit so I at first thought of using green grapes as martians, but Tayden only likes red grapes so I was going to use them as meteors.  Then I saw the little animal food picks and decided to use the green ones to be aliens.

I think it turned out cute!  

Here are the links to some of the supplies I used:

Linking Up to these parties:

Muffin Tin Monday
For the Kids Friday
Tuesday Talent Show at Chef in Training
Show me What Ya Got #45
What's For Lunch Wednesday #73