I love it when the sun shines. Especially when the day starts with a layer of icy frost on the ground. That shiny bright sun melting the cold away always puts me in a happy mood.
It was still a cold morning, even with the sun. Brick wanted a hot lunch, and I was happy enough to put something together. He took a Thermos of hot bean and cheese...um, goop? What do you call something that isn't quite a dip? The Dude made bean burritos for his dinner the night before, and the leftover bean-cheese-Rotel thick goop is what Brick took for his lunch. Filling. I'll call it filling. Anyway, Brick took a Thermos of filling for his lunch, along with a small salad with shredded cheese on top, some ranch dressing and a big tub of fresh salsa, some crispy tortilla strips, and a small handful of trail mix. Everything he needed for a taco salad, or a salad with chips and dip - his choice.
G-man doesn't do beans, so he took leftover egg nog pancakes for his lunch, along with ham rolls, a couple of strips of leftover bacon, a cheese stick, some trail mix, and some canned pears (drained, rinsed, and patted dry to remove some of the excess sugar and liquid) with a dash of colorful sprinkles on top.
It's the little touches that makes lunch special. Like rainbow sprinkles (or jimmies, if you prefer) and a couple of music note picks.
Princess, on the other hand, loves bean filling goop. I made her a quick happy bean burrito - see how happy he is? Full of glee, that little burrito. Glee, and beans. Glee, and beans, and cheese. With a little snow hat on top! She also has some black olives, a cup of fresh salsa with crispy tortilla strips, and canned pears with sprinkles. I was a tiny bit nervous about sending a bean burrito for her lunch. She loves them, but she usually eats them hot and this would be served cold. I was pleasantly surprised to see that she ate more than half of the burrito at school, and then ate the rest as soon as she got home!
For Bean, who likes beans but only hot and only sometimes, I sent a sandwich made with leftover tuna salad and yummy homemade bread, one of her favorite sandwiches. She also has some black olives, a couple of mini Oreos, some canned pears with blue and white wintery sprinkles, and pepper jack cheese slices with crackers.
Love these snowflake picks!
Very nice leftovers lunches. I love your "happy" bean burrito. Thanks for linking up!
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ReplyDeleteThanks for participating! This weeks leftovers linky is up! Please feel free to link up any of your fun lunches that use leftovers :-)
DeleteI have those picks too. They're my favorites. They look so great in pictures! Great lunch. What's bean goop? I read the post quickly...did I miss it?
ReplyDeleteYeah. I missed it. In the first stinking paragraph!! Duhhh.
ReplyDeleteI later asked what he put in his "bean goop", but forgot to add it to the blog. It is refried beans, black beans, shredded cheese, and Rotel, mixed together and heated until it's melty and gooey and thick. Makes great bean dip and burritos. He also likes to add ground beef with taco seasoning sometimes. It's also delicious over shredded lettuce with sour cream and salsa.
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