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Adventures in Nature Camp Food-a-Go-Go

First let me say that, yes... we're still homeschooling.  1.)  I just haven't been blogging about it and 2.) we've been on a minimal schooling schedule this summer due to camps and trips. So those that visit this blog specifically for homeschooling related posts, stay tuned--- more are to come in the not-so-far-off future.

 What HAS been going on this week is Adventures in Nature Camp! A full day (9am-3pm) week-long camp at a local forest preserve. Kiddo has been fishing and swimming in the man-made lake (formerly a rock quarry), canoeing (even having to be capsized so the kids could learn how to right a canoe, get to shore, etc), bicycling trails (10 miles that day!), hiking a local bog, and today is horseback riding. Each day had an activity as well as a lesson in nature... from sustainable fishing, snakes of the county, fish habitats, bog ecology & animal adaptation/survival, animal camouflage and predators, and more.  Kiddo has REALLY, REALLY enjoyed the camp.

For lunches and snacks this week I had to pack stuff that could be kept cold with our little ice packs since they were kept in her backpack and activities were all outside.

Here's what i made this week:

--MONDAY--
Lunch: Chickpea Cutlet
strips w/ ketchup & mustard, cauliflower and green pepper mini-skewers,
and cucumber flowers, sticky rice w/ a soy sauce fish,  red grapes,  a grape gel,
vanilla yogurt w/ granola to sprinkle on (tiny yellow container), string cheese,
and a fun "toy soldier" breadstick thing from my sister in Japan.


Snack:
Apple wedges (preserved for the day in lemon juice)
w/ peanut butter to spread on (in the little red and blue elephants),
 banana bread cubes, and a Japanese candy. (I put some tomato
pretzel sticks in the lid where the plasticware is, too,
but did that after I'd take this photo.)



And, just because it is cute, here's a photo of the snack box
wrapped up in a cloth (furoshiki) from a different bento box.
I wrapped al lthe snack boxes this week.



--TUESDAY--

Lunch:
Japanese egg noodles w/ a quick stir-fry I made that
morning (carrots, zucchini, bean sprouts, & broccoli) w/a little
bottle of noodle sauce (Kikkoman Memmi sauce),
fresh broccoli and dip, deli chicken meat rolls and string cheese,
and vanilla yogurt w/ pineapple tidbits, granola and raw peanuts on top.


Snack:  kiwi, goldfish crackers and 4 gummie butterflies.


--WEDNESDAY--

Lunch:
Roast Beef, mustard and baby spinach tortilla roll-ups
(she had no idea that was spinach in there, not till I picked her up from camp.
She LOVED it and was glad I didn't tell her beforehand), pickle bites (in the saran wrap),
vanilla yogurt w/ granola to sprinkle on, a fruit gel, rice ball w/ soy sauce fish,
fresh cucumber slices, green pepper and baby carrots, Koala Cookies.


Snack:
Nectarine wedges (ice pack underneath),
homemade granola bar, raisins and raw peanuts.



--THURSDAY--

Lunch: 
Pizza "tacos" (spaghetti sauce, mozz. cheese, turkey pepperoni,
and crush pineapple on a tortilla, green pepper, baby carrots, cucumber slices,
 and cauliflower w/ ranch dip (pink lidded container), goldfish crackers, mandarin
oranges (frozen and used as the cold pack today, were thawed enough by
lunch time), and a White Rabbit candy.



Snack:  Tomato pretzels, raisins, raw peanuts, pineapple gel,
homemade granola bar, and nectarine slices (on a cold pack)


--FRIDAY--


Lunch: (by request) Pizza tacos again, celery w/ peanut butter, kiwi,
green peppers and baby carrots, goldfish crackers, and fruit leather.


Snack: Tomato pretzel stticks, raisins and raw peanuts,
homemade granola bar, 3 prunes, and 3 grape butterfly gummies.


Now, lest you think this is a lot of food... my daughter turns 11 next week and is over 5 feet tall. (5'2" I think.) The kids expend a LOT of energy at camp. She usually has saved back one thing from her snack box each day to eat on the way home (about a 10 minute trip.) It all gets eaten. Drink each day is one small (laptop lunchbox size) bottle of fruit juice w/ lunch, all other drink is plain water carried in her backpack. We freeze her water bottles each night half-full of water and top off the bottle with cold water in the morning. It's worked pretty well at supplying her with cold water all day. Her backpack gets heavy to carry (thus even more energy expended. LOL) but it's worth it to have cold water all day.






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Posted by Pamela
I just wanted to say thank you for such a helpful blog! I found your blog through another blog that I read frequently, and I have been so excited to read through some of your past archives, particularly your home management notebook and all your recipes. I didn't grow up in a Christian home and wasn't taught anything about cooking or running a household, so I really appreciate all the information you're sharing! Thanks again.
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Posted by jsgay97
WOW, I'm impressed! My poor kids would have been stuck with pb&j and a banana. :)
Thanks for the inspiration!
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YUM!

Posted by jd of Veggie Terrain
All of these lunches look terrific!

I recently bought a laptop lunch box & am always looking for great lunch ideas - thanks for the pretty inspiration :)

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Posted by Kelly @ Wisdom Begun
Can I just say that you are officially one of the coolest moms around? :-) Your lunches and snacks are beautiful!

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