February 24, 2010

Jackson’s Lunch:

• Whole Wheat Crackers with Boiled Egg Slices, Canola Mayo and Celery
• Celery and Apple Slices
• Quinoa Rainbow Salad
• Cheese Disc
• Mini Graham Crackers

Today’s lunch was born out of lack of time and desire to make a proper egg salad for Jackson’s lunch box.  I just didn’t feel like chopping up tiny bits of egg, celery and onion when I figured I could do the same sort of thing without all the chopping.  I’ll call it my “composed” egg salad on crackers. 

I sliced the egg with an egg slicer, then layered the egg with thin slices of celery onto a wheat cracker.  I “glued” the pieces together with a tiny speck of canola mayo.  A sprinkle of salt and, viola!  Egg salad in a much shorter amount of time.  Plus, it’s kind of fun for Jackson to think he’s getting a sort of fancy hors d’oeuvres kind of goodie.

A note on the apple and celery slices.  I wanted to make sure Jackson ate the entire stalk of celery, not just the few slices from the egg crackers.  Apple and celery are a fantastic combo!  If you haven’t tried it, I encourage you to do so.