Pele loved boiled eggs (some days it’s mashed into egg salad).  Even more than plain boiled eggs, he loves deviled eggs.  He went through a spell when he asked me not to pack them because someone at school recognized the distinct stench of sulphur.  Of course the 6 year old mind doesn’t grasp the science behind it– that smell can only come from one place.  I was initially sad as it was quite easy to prepare deviled eggs on a Sunday and then just drop them in his lunchbox daily.  That was kindergarten.  This is first grade– the deviled eggs are back!

For this lunch the hard boiled eggs are resting on a nest of aioli.  Salad is organic red leafed lettuce with dried dates, apples and an oli/garlic red vinegar dressing on the side.  Bread is olive bread dipped in garlicky olive oil.  And sliced raw carrots.  Some of you may say, my kid will not go near salad.  My mantra is, if they grow it, they will eat it.  You can grow lettuce on your porch or your window sill in very shallow bowls, plates, pots.  Pele started off with parsley.  He saw our neighbor’s goats eating some and he couldn’t get enough!  I’ve also added a couple of cubes of cheese with the carrots.  For his fruit, we flow with the seasons and it’s pomegranate season in these parts.  He doesn’t find eating the fruit at all tedious.  I just make sure that he’s wearing a black shirt and sweats on these days.

Enjoy!