Shaun's at a conference/seminar this week from Tuesday through Friday. The first day, obviously, was yesterday, and I got a phone call home around lunchtime with him telling me they weren't providing lunch. They also had no coffee (which is totally wrong in any seminar). Totally did NOT expect that.
I couldn't tell you the last conference either of us have been to where they didn't feed you as part of it. My staff meetings at the little private school where I last worked? They still fed us. And no coffee at a thing that starts at 8:30 am? That's just 10 shades of wrong. And really, it could have said *somewhere* lunch is not provided.
Since he ended up having to get fast food yesterday, I offered to send him a lunch today. Then I thought again and decided he probably needed a mid-morning snack too.
For lunch, he has two chicken salad sandwiches on Nature's Own 100% Whole Wheat Sandwich Thins. I had extra chicken salad from F&B on Tuesday, so I added some onion, some relish and a few drops of hot sauce to make a more grown up version of their chicken, ranch & mayo salad. ;o) He also has some of Faith's Garden Zucchini Bars from Monday, some pasta salad (also featured in Ben's rocket lunch today), and some sliced strawberries & blueberries. It was really tempting to decorate his sandwich, but I restrained myself. ;o)
It's packed in one of our EasyLunchboxes which worked perfectly today. He also used the matching EasyLunchboxes cooler so there was plenty of room for frozen waterbottles and a mid-morning snack.
Now for that mid-morning snack, I still stayed away from "cute", but he had to use a Mickey Mouse bento because it was the right size for what I wanted to send.
He took a blueberry-cinnamon muffin and some Crispy Green freeze-dried fruit. I wrote a review for MomTrends on those and they've been quite the hit with Shaun & the kids. I believe he had the banana, the Asian pear, and the pineapple today. The mango (his favorite) is long gone and I'm rather partial to the apple ones. :o)
I was hoping to add a side salad somewhere, but we're out of lettuce, so that may just have to wait till tomorrow. I am going to assume that it's healthier, tastier and more filling than the drive-thru chicken sandwich he had yesterday.
I couldn't tell you the last conference either of us have been to where they didn't feed you as part of it. My staff meetings at the little private school where I last worked? They still fed us. And no coffee at a thing that starts at 8:30 am? That's just 10 shades of wrong. And really, it could have said *somewhere* lunch is not provided.
Since he ended up having to get fast food yesterday, I offered to send him a lunch today. Then I thought again and decided he probably needed a mid-morning snack too.
For lunch, he has two chicken salad sandwiches on Nature's Own 100% Whole Wheat Sandwich Thins. I had extra chicken salad from F&B on Tuesday, so I added some onion, some relish and a few drops of hot sauce to make a more grown up version of their chicken, ranch & mayo salad. ;o) He also has some of Faith's Garden Zucchini Bars from Monday, some pasta salad (also featured in Ben's rocket lunch today), and some sliced strawberries & blueberries. It was really tempting to decorate his sandwich, but I restrained myself. ;o)
It's packed in one of our EasyLunchboxes which worked perfectly today. He also used the matching EasyLunchboxes cooler so there was plenty of room for frozen waterbottles and a mid-morning snack.
Now for that mid-morning snack, I still stayed away from "cute", but he had to use a Mickey Mouse bento because it was the right size for what I wanted to send.
He took a blueberry-cinnamon muffin and some Crispy Green freeze-dried fruit. I wrote a review for MomTrends on those and they've been quite the hit with Shaun & the kids. I believe he had the banana, the Asian pear, and the pineapple today. The mango (his favorite) is long gone and I'm rather partial to the apple ones. :o)
I was hoping to add a side salad somewhere, but we're out of lettuce, so that may just have to wait till tomorrow. I am going to assume that it's healthier, tastier and more filling than the drive-thru chicken sandwich he had yesterday.
Nice manly bento and snack! How strange to have no food or coffee provided.
ReplyDeleteI know. It was so tempting, nice flat round sandwich surface to decorate ...
ReplyDeleteGot a kick out of your need to exercise restraint! That is too funny. You should surprise him on Fri. with T.G.I.F. cutouts.
ReplyDeleteI agree it's weird that at least coffee isn't being provided. I read that you packed frozen water bottles, though. Please don't tell us they aren't even providing water?!?!!
They did have water, but I figured it was better to play it safe and send him his own, in case they ran out. After Day 1, I was not holding my breath that they'd even have that.
ReplyDeleteNice bento for him, snack and all. We had a summer health seminar for all the schools nurses and health aides (that's what I do). We had granola bars and tea and juice. No breakfast like the years prior and no coffee, just tea. The lunch which is usually provided too was a crock pot dish brought in by the nurses. (Not all of our schools have a nurse but we all have health room aides). Just shows the cut backs in the schools! I just wish they would of told us, I would of eaten breakfast first!
ReplyDeleteVery thoughtful of you to prepare him a nice bento. Love is all over written in this bento :)
ReplyDeleteWah.. So loving! What was his reaction with the mickey mouse box? ;)
ReplyDeleteI love the "grown up" lunches!
ReplyDeleteGreat bento and bento snack! This will probably also help him stay awake during the conference. Whenever I get fast food during the day, I can barely keep my eyes open for the afternoon. That's why I do fast food about once per month. Takes me that long to forget how I feel after I eat it. :)
ReplyDeleteGreat stuff. You're genius.
ReplyDeleteKeri at www.samwich365.com
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