back from the dead winter hybernation… with the packing, the relocation, the unpacking (still a great deal of boxes to unpack, but we can function, so we are getting lazy to unpack the remaining ones…), hubby starting a new job, jon starting at a new pre-school, getting used and enjoying our new surroundings, quick trip to zimbabwe, all of these factors limited my blogging time. but we continue to put together lunchbox on a weekly basis. same procedure as last year 
monday
box 1: greek yoghurt with sugar free jam from norway (thanks to SIL+BIL) box 2: physallis (some of us are addicted) box 3: walnut bread from our local bakery with slices of gouda cheese and cucumber box 4: boiled egg (you can never go wrong with boiled eggs)
tuesday
box 1: portuguese rice (i call it portuguese rice, because i grew up on this stuff) – rice boiled with peas, onions, carrots box 2: cucumber slices box 3: soya sausages (from nutana) box 4: yellow pepper slices on the side: physallis
wednesday
box 1: tri-colour fusili pasta with aubergine tomato sauce and mozzarella box 2: red pepper slices box 3: tomato wedges with gouda cheese with sprinkled oregano box 4: organic raisins
thursday
box 1: spinach omelette box 2: red pepper sticks box 3: rye bread buns with organic beef salami (free of colourings and similar nasty stuff) box 4: physallis
friday
box 1: boiled broccoli with sweetcorn (seasoned with fresh raw garlic, olive oil and lemon juice) box 2: goat cheese with sugar free apricot jam box 3: potatos sautéed with zucchini (courgettes) and carrots box 4: organic raisins
Welcome back!
thank you Tina!
Actually, have you ever tried muffins? I’m a Spanish-Swiss but I live currently in Australia. I’m therefore trying all sorts of toddler food from different countries. Léo seems to enjoy muffins A LOT. And if you do mini-sized ones, they fit nicely into the lunch box. And you can freeze them as a quick solution for stressful days…
His favourites are
http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/368/savoury+texas+muffins
(attention: the recipe uses too much salt for my taste. And we add more carots and zucchini. And they are equally good without the salami).
thank you for the link tina! those savoury muffins look great – will have to try them out sometime very soon.
sometime last year i followed a suggestion of a reader and we did some zucchini pancakes which jon loved http://tigeladas.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/week-36-pumpkin-time/
we have done muffins for jon’s lunchboxes but not too often… (see “muffins & biscuits” in side bar.
gracias tina – tienes un blog?
Yes, I have a blog. But it contains only private photos and stupid stories for the families back in Switzerland. It’s written in German and French (depending on the author – my partner is a French speaking Swiss).
I discovered your blog a couple of months ago and I enjoy it very much. I love cooking and currently I’m obsessed with my toddler’s childcare lunch. Thankfully he eats almost everything – but he doesn’t like too much repetition and I therefore need a huge amount of recipes for different food.
Anyway, I shut up now. Time to go back to work. I wish you a lovely weekend!