Category: Food

[Ad- gifted products] When it comes to snacking and having lunches, Dann and I both really enjoy a snacky board. Often, we will just pull a bunch of random meats, cheeses, and fruits out of our fridge and eat them out of the various containers, instead of making proper plates of food. Sometimes, however, Dann and I like to make things a little fancy. So Wood round cheese board is the perfect way to level up your lunch and make it feel like a real date.

The So Wood cheese board is more than just a cheese board, really. Built into the board, there are two panels, one of which holds two larger ramekins, while the other holds four cheese knives, a cork screw and a bunch of little forks. The top of the board has a removable cheese plate and four ramekins that are removable, making them very easy to clean. It’s a very smart set up, and under the removable cheese plate, you can actually get an engraving! I found all of these areas very easy to clean and we both loved the little ramekins for holding pesto mozzarella, olives and nuts.

This board feels quite compact and can really hold a lot of food! We set our So Wood cheese board up so that you could see the engraving, as we had picked our last name, and it just came out so adorably. We find the best cheese boards have a few cheeses and then lots to snack on. The little forks that came with the board itself did feel like they could be bent easily, but there were quite a few included, which is nice. Dann commented that this would be great for our bi-weekly tabletop nights, where we host a bunch of friends, as the board itself is so much fun. If you are looking for a compact cheese board that can hold a lot, then this one might be great for you.

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[Ad- gifted products] We always do packed lunches, unless the school is doing a special meal. Our children don’t prefer the food schools make, so it’s just easier and ensures that they are getting food that they enjoy. With that in mind, I find that packing bento-styled lunch boxes is so much easier and takes a lot of thinking out of it. Looking at the box, you can see all of the compartments and figure out exactly what to put into them. Amelia was excited to try the b.box Mini Lunchbox, which isn’t really mini, but is smaller than their jumbo, along with the b,box Snack Box for her breaks. After a few weeks of using these boxes, here are the lunches she enjoyed:

Chicken, Avocado and Bacon Skewers

We aren’t a big sandwich or bread household, so one of the things we like making are bacon, chicken and avocado skewers. These are so easy to make; bake up some chicken (which I often do the night before) and cube it. Cook off some bacon and cut some avocado. We then add all of those to a stick, to create a sort of one-bite sandwich. Amelia had this with some homemade potato salad as a side. She had tomatoes and cucumbers as her vegetables, and grapes and blueberries as her fruit. We used the little divider for the b.box Mini Lunchbox, which gave enough room for some vegetables. In her b.box snack box, it fit an entire single serving bag of pop chips (BBQ Flavour), along with Oreos for her and her friends. I tossed in a few Sour Patch Kids and her vitamin as well. Inside her bag, I packed her a Raspberry Jelly Squeeze for one of her breaks.

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