Lunch Ideas

I am all the time trying to get lunch ideas for my family ---  lunches that we eat at home, on the road as well as at school and work.  I have looked at many ideas and here is the list I came up with: 

apple slices and peanut butter or almond butter or Nutella
 

bagel with butter

baked potato

buttered noodles

carrots, pepper strips, celery & hummus
celery sticks with peanut butter and raisins
chicken nuggets

cold leftover meatloaf with ketchup
cottage cheese and fruit

cream cheese and jelly
 

Egg salad on bread or crackers

English muffin pizzas

fruit cup

fruits and veggies

fruit salad
 

grilled cheese

grilled veggies
guacamole and chips or crackers

ham slices and cheese not on a sandwich
hard boiled eggs

hot dogs and baked beans

hummus and pita and/or veggies
 

kabobs --cheese cubes, fruit cubes, chicken cubes, and veggie cubes

leftovers--which at our house we call "Venegas Buffet"

lettuce leaves to wrap a sandwich instead of break

muffins

nutella and banana

oil-based pasta salad with veggies and meat or tuna
 

pasta salads
PB and banana and/or honey, instead ofjelly
pasta with a bit of butter and grated Parmesan cheese

salad in a container with dressing packed separately
sandwiches with cheese, vegetables, roasted veggies, hummus

sliced oranges
smoothies
soup in thermos*

taco salad

trail mix

tuna salad or chicken salad stuffed into a hollowed out tomato or pepper
 

whole-wheat crackers and cheese, meat, or hummus or pretzel or pita chips
 

yogurt

*Thermos tip: In the morning, heat up soup or the leftovers.  Pout boiling water into your thermos, then pour it out and put the heated up food in there.  Put the thermos lid on.  The food usually will stay warm until lunch time.

Do you have any lunch ideas to share?

Having lots of choices and a list on hand, is my friends, 

Green habits

This year, I chose for one of my resolutions it to develop two new green habits. I have decided one habit it to use more reusable bags to cut down on the plastic bags that are brought into our house.  I don't know about you, but plastic bags seem to over take us. Plastic grocery bags are made from natural gas and petrolium.  I hate the idea of having, yet, another petroleum based product in our house. Someday I would love to be rid of my petroleum dependance.  I have a bunch of canvas bags, but for various reasons, they are not always used.

My new plan is thus:

1. Keep a few canvas bags in the car near the driver's seat so I will see them.

2. Make a note on my grocery list to bring bags.

And, that my friends, is