Birthday lunch

No matter the event, having delicious food will always make everything better. A bountiful spread of color and flavor is such a wonderful addition for birthday parties, work events, and so much more!

When I was a kid, I used to hate sandwiches. My poor mom. Every morning, she'd go downstairs at the crack of dawn, and with the sound of flourescent lights buzzing overhead, she'd drink a cup of instant coffee and pack me (and my brother and sister) a non-sandwich lunch. That was back in the days of no internet, no Amazon, and no Walmart, so she'd have to come up with creative lunch ideas all on her own. Then she'd pack them in nothing but sandwich bags and thermoses in my super cool 1980's…

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Friday was my big girl's 5th birthday! But there's no school for us on Fridays, so I made her a special birthday lunch for school the day before, along with mini cupcakes and classroom snacks. GF PBJ, grapes, organic sugar snap peas and raspberries [This post contains affiliate links.] For fun, I popped a few grapes on some balloon string picks (this is one of my favorite pick sets out there!) I was very pleased with myself, since I rarely get to make "balloons," as she hates cherry tomatoes…