Back to School Series! My new favorite cookbook and I have one for you!

So, I don't know about anyone else, but my Thursday has been awful! My husband is holding our pool key hostage and I was stung by a Desert Centipede. I decided a little pick me up was needed for me! As you know as part of our Back to School Series, I have been talking about packing lunches. If you want some lunch ideas please follow me on Instagram for my lunches @lunchesby1happymommaof2. I want to tell you about a book that has made lunch packing and breakfast packing a little easier.

I pre-ordered a new cookbook about a month ago "The Best Homemade Kids' Lunches on the Planet". It is by Laura Fuentes who owns Momables and in it is over 200 RECIPES for lunch ideas. Seriously, you could pack a new lunch every day and not repeat one idea. It is that amazing!

The moment it arrived I curled up on my couch and read it cover to cover! I tabbed all the recipes I would love to make. So now it looks a little like this! 

If you already have this book, I am sure you can say, it's really awesome! What I love best, as I was reading it, I had a lot of the ingredients in my kitchen already. I made the "Boy Meets Girl" sandwich for a fun dessert for our kids the night it arrived. NO special grocery list was needed to utilize this book the next day. If you need something like Ricotta Cheese, which we don't use often, there are multiple recipes that use it. So plan both recipes and there is no wasting of food. It's real recipes, that were kid tested, super healthy, and so great for a family on a budget. We are a single income family and I want to make healthy lunches that aren't always Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches and I want new and fun ideas. This book was the answer to my prayers!

This is a lunch I made my son earlier this week that had her PB&J sushi. You can use Sun Butter if your school is a Nut Free school.

I made this for a trip to the pool alone as in KID FREE and my book. It is the Peach Cobbler. I used White Peaches and it was amazing! 

This is the "Lady Bug" and it's delicious and divine and the easiest sweet snack to make. It has become a regular at our Movie Nights. 

There are just so many awesome recipes and the ideas she has to prepare and plan ahead are awesome. I freeze smoothies all the time in my Ball Plastic Jars and the idea came from Laura. Her Jam, yes there is Jam in this cookbook! Even immune boosting recipes like her Vitamin C Cubes, which I drank all last week in the hot Arizona summer to fight off whatever I was starting to come down with. 

At the end of her book I found a rating system! Laura is a mom who knows what every mom needs, a rating system of the a recipe. Before the index all the recipes are listed in order they appear in the book. Starts are next to each recipe so you can rate them if they are now in the regular rotation or a once in a Blue Moon type occurrence. 

A little about Laura, she is a mom of 3. In her family, she does have food allergies/intolerance diets to plan for. Her website Momables just announced their Grain Free Meal plan and her most of her meal plans start at $6.50 a month. It's an inexpensive solution to have someone do the meal planning for you. There are tons of recipe ideas on Momables as well  and you can sign up to receive a free meal plan as an example.

So to Boost my Spirits and help jump start the weekend on a better note, I am giving away a copy of Laura's Cookbook "The Best Homemade Kid's Lunches on the Planet" Enter Below :) 

***Disclaimer, This is NOT a SPONSORED post. I was not and will not be compensated for this post in anyway. All views are my own and what I feel genuinely about this product. Thank you. 

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