Elementary School Lessons

My children are up before the sun is up. They HAVE to wake up at 5am (half an hour earlier for the oldest child) to get ready for school. There are days that there’s no more time for breakfast, just a quick drink of warm milk or a few spoonfuls of oatmeal before the school service goes beep-beeping.

More often than not, they just bring their breakfast with them to school. Sometimes they bring sandwiches or oatmeal. And fruits and/or milk. Plus other food I’ve prepared for them.

They have to be in bed around 8 – 8:30 pm. And while they are sleeping, I have to get their stuff ready: uniforms for the next day and snacks to bring. I also check on their bags to see if they have extra shirts to use and/or all their school stuff are inside.

I want to say I can’t wait for summer which means I don’t have to wake up at 4:00 everyday but that would mean 3 bored and hungry kids in the house.

Lunchbox Ideas: Yakiniku Beef and mushrooms

Yakiniku beef and mushrooms. I don’t really care much about exact measurements so adjusting the taste for this dish is up to the dietary requirements of the  one who will eat.

I just browned chopped garlic in a little olive oil, cooked the yakiniku beef (marinated with a little soy sauce and less sodium oyster sauce), added the sliced button mushrooms and added a dash of pepper.

Lunchboxes were empty when the children came home.

A classmate smelled the food (or tasted a bit) and said it tasted like the beef and mushroom rice being served by a popular fastfood chain.

Yey!