Letter 'P' Lunches

If you've followed me for a bit, you know I have a series of letter lunches, although they come to the blog randomly and in no particular order. Today is the letter 'P'. I have to say that I certainly packed a lot of 'P' in these lunches. Wouldn't you say?

Peach, pear, peppers, turkey pepperoni, piggy pizza, and pea shoots.

'Pizza' penne pasta with peppers and Parmesan cheese, Provolone chunks, turkey pepperoni, gold and red plum slices, nut mix of peanuts, pecans, and pistachios to make a parfait with the pineapple Greek yogurt, with some PureAlmond and chocolate treat on the side. (That was quite the a mouthful of 'p')

This little panda was playing peek-a-boo behind the plum! Isn't he cute? And I thought I'd share a few of the letter 'p' worksheets, too.

In these lunches...

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K Is For Kitty

As part of our projects at home and alphabet lunches, we featured the letter K today. I even bought kumquats, but do you think I could get anyone to eat them? Um, no. But, now I know that they are fantastic cut up in a pitcher of water or a tall glass of iced green tea.
We also took this opportunity to make kale chips. We have been picking up a beautiful bunch of it every week at the farmer's market, so I figured we should give them a go. They turned out great, so we are sharing our method.

Kale Chips
Ingredients - 1 large bunch of kale, ribs trimmed and chopped roughly, 1 Tbsp olive oil, 2 tsp soy sauce, salt and pepper to taste
Toss the kale with all the ingredients. Spread on a rimmed baking sheet. Bake for about 8 minutes, tossing halfway through cooking time, at 375 degrees.
The pros? An easy, delicious, healthy, crunchy snack. The cons? Where the heck did all my kale go? I had a big beautiful pile of it. Now I have a couple of handfuls of dried bits. Hmpf.

Kiwi with a 'kiss' pick, homemade kale chips, a koala pick in Kalamata olives, provolone and mustard kitty sandwich, and a mini Kit-Kat.

And, our worksheets for the day? Here are just a few of them.

In this lunch...

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"O" What a Lunch

Today's lunches feature the letter, O. I wish I could take credit for this octopus idea, but CuteZCute creator is totally to blame for it's creative cuteness, except we did ours in cheese!

Orange bell peppers with an octopus pick, homemade oat bars, orange, orzo salad with oregano, olive oil, and kalamata olives, colby jack cheese CuteZCute octopus, and octopus white meat turkey dog.

I sent hubby with an 'O' lunch today, too. What better vessel for a sandwich in an 'o' lunch than a bagel, right?

Cara oranges, orzo salad with oregano, olive oil, and Kalamata olives, orange bell peppers, homemade oat bar, and an 'O' shaped sandwich with smoked turkey and provolone (condiments on the side).

And here are some of the 'O' worksheets we did, too!

 

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