The kids and I have been exploring resources online and learning about all things Thanksgiving. Yesterday, we colored a cornucopia through a teachers pay teachers website that is really awesome (color by letter) and my son really enjoyed the activity. We discussed things that might be seen in a cornucopia and that it signifies abundance - for which we give thanks.
Sticking to that theme, I decided to incorporate a cornucopia for lunch today.
Plated Lunch:
- Two "acorns" made using snack size nutter butters, melt chocolate chips in microwave, dip one side of cookie in melted chocolate and then stick a Hershey Kiss on top. Let set - and add a little dob of chocolate on the other side for the stem
- Turkey and a Whole Wheat Tortilla, rolled up in a cone shape. Added in a piece of broccoli, watermelon, blueberries on a toothpick, some shredded red cabbage, strawberry, a piece of lettuce and one left over Mellowcreme pumpkin. I don't usually have this much sweet stuff on there - but my little guy was quick to point out that the cornucopia was missing a pumpkin!
- Small pie crust filled with orange colored vanilla yogurt. Supposed to look like pumpkin pie
- Pumpkin shaped pasta
Bento Version:
- Small pie crust filled with orange colored vanilla yogurt. I made this by putting some left over pie crust trim into mini silicone cupcake liners and just baked for 7 minutes at 350. Supposed to look like pumpkin pie;
- A small whole wheat tortilla rolled up with deli turkey and stuffed with kiwi, blueberries on a toothpick, a piece of pineapple, a raspberry, some shredded red cabbage, spinach leaf, and a strawberry;
- One little acorn made from a Hershey Kiss adhered with melting chocolate to a NutterButter snack size cookie;
- Pumpkin shaped pasta