- [Jennifer] From leprechauns and rainbows
to an authentic "Harry Potter"
lunch at the Leaky Cauldron,
this week's lunches were super fun
and just a little unusual.
I'm Jennifer with the Family Fudge
and welcome back to "Bunches of Lunches".
Now this week started out
just like any other week.
Lots of work, lots of school,
and lots of lunches to make.
In the middle of the week we got invited
to experience the Universal Orlando Resort
for the first time and that was awesome.
But then at the end of the week,
we were met with some pretty shocking news
and a little bit of uncertainty.
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Hey guys, and welcome to Sunday night.
Now yes, I say Sunday night because
I have something very special
I wanna make for lunch tomorrow.
It's not hard to make,
but it does take a little bit of time.
I'm gonna be making a new
version of rainbow bread.
Now I've actually made
two other versions before,
and I actually have a separate
video on how I made them.
I will link it down below
if you wanna check it out.
I love making rainbow bread,
especially the week of St. Patrick's Day.
To make this a little bit easier,
I am gonna go ahead and use
some store-bought pizza dough.
I just got this at Walmart
and it was only a dollar
per dough ball, so it
was a pretty good deal.
Oh yes, and I'm definitely gonna be using
quite a bit of food
coloring for this as well.
And just so you guys know,
to make one loaf of bread,
I'm actually going to be using
two of these balls of dough.
With the first ball of dough,
I'm gonna go ahead and
cut it into quarters.
Of course I floured my surface really well
so that this hopefully doesn't stick.
And now I'm gonna go ahead
and dye each of these balls,
but I'm not actually using a
whole rainbow of colors here,
I'm just sticking with red,
yellow, green, and purple.
And as those colors mix together,
I'm hoping that it makes
a really nice rainbow.
So to my very well-greased
and floured bread pan,
I'm going to start by adding
about 3/4s of my plain dough.
And it's gonna go right in
the center, just like this.
Now to get these different
layers of bread dough to stick,
I am gonna go ahead and
brush a little bit of water
between each layer.
And right on top of here I'm
going to add my purple dough.
I've already rolled this out.
And I'm going to very
carefully add it on here
and I'm gonna try to get out
as many air bubbles as I can.
So now I'm just going
to repeat this process
with my green dough, my yellow
dough, and then my red dough.
Next I'm gonna take the remaining
portion of the plain dough
and I'm gonna cover the entire thing.
So hopefully this rainbow will be
kind of like a peekaboo rainbow.
I'm hoping that it looks
like a regular loaf of bread
until I cut into it.
So now I'm gonna go ahead and
cover this with a damp towel.
And I'm going to let this
rise for about 30 minutes.
Next I'm going to add
this into my oven at 350
for about 15 to 20 minutes.
And check it out you guys,
this has had time to bake
and cool completely and it
looks and smells awesome.
But check out the bottom.
You can see the little
rainbow peekin' out.
So now I'm just gonna go
ahead and wrap this up
so it's ready for tomorrow's lunch.
Good morning guys and happy Monday.
So today's lunch is gonna be full
of rainbows and leprechauns.
I know I showed you last night
how I made the rainbow bread
but now it's time to cut into it
to see how it actually turned out.
I'm gonna very carefully saw into my loaf,
and it doesn't quite look
like I thought it would.
Honestly, it's not bad, but next time,
I would definitely add a
thicker layer of white dough
on the top and use less
white dough on the bottom.
But at the end of the day,
I know my kids are
going to love this bread
and it's still gonna taste
just like regular bread.
Now a really easy alternative to making
your own rainbow bread is just
to take some Food Writer pens
and actually draw your rainbow
directly on your bread.
It's so easy and I think it looks great.
So now to get this bread to
fit better in my lunchbox,
I did go ahead and trim off
a little bit of the crust.
And I also trimmed the
inside so that these pieces
would be shaped more like a rainbow.
So now it's finally time
to build these sandwiches.
I'm gonna start by adding
a thin layer of mayo,
followed by a few slices
of cheddar cheese.
I just cut these into little squares
so that they would fit
better on the bread.
And then last but not
least, sliced corned beef.
Now these pieces are rather large,
so I'm just gonna be adding
one to each sandwich,
that is plenty.
Now normally on a corned beef sandwich
you might also put like
mustard and sauerkraut,
my kids are not havin'
that, so I'm just gonna add
a little bit of mayo to
the other piece of bread.
I'll add a little bit of mustard
for Lily's and that is it.
Super cute rainbow sandwiches.
Oh yes, and I do wanna go ahead and add
a really cute little shamrock
pick right into each sandwich.
That way they hopefully won't
fall apart in the lunchboxes.
So now that our colorful
main course is done,
I'm gonna move on to the fruit.
And for a lot of the fruits
and veggies this week,
I decided to go with
orange and green things
in honor of the Irish flag.
So for the fruit I just cut up
some little orange triangles
and I'm going add them
in the front section.
And then for the vegetable,
I'm just gonna take this big ole cucumber.
I'm gonna cut three
chunks about this size,
and then I'm going to carefully remove
about half of the skin of the cucumber.
This is exactly what you need to do
if you want to make a checkerboard
pattern on your cucumber.
Now I'm just going to
cut these into slices.
And then when I add it into the lunchbox,
I just turn every other slice of cucumber
to make that checkerboard pattern.
And then just for fun
I'm also going to add
one little carrot in the
shape of a four-leaf clover.
To go along with the
veggies, you guys guessed it,
I'm also adding a small
container of ranch.
And then for the kids' snack today,
I'm gonna be adding in some
of these Rainbow Goldfish Crackers.
And then for the kids' treat,
I'm going to add in some gold.
(clanking)
Well, gold coins that is.
(coins clanking)
Well, chocolate gold coins that is.
I know my kids are gonna be
super excited to see these.
I'm gonna go ahead and give
each kid just two of these.
I think that is plenty.
And I'm going to kind
of hide them underneath
their ranch container, so
it'll be a really fun surprise.
And now to complete today's
lunch I'm just gonna be giving
the kids water for their drink.
Okay guys, one lunch down and two to go.
Now you guys will have to
let me know in the comments
down below if you celebrate
Saint Patrick's Day or not.
I know this year things are
gonna look a lot different.
I think this year we're gonna be forced
to keep it a little bit more low key.
We'll probably just hang
at home and watch a movie.
So here are the lunchboxes before,
and here they are after.
I'd say this lunch was definitely a win.
Hey guys, and happy Tuesday.
So for today's lunch
I'm going to be making
a holiday tradition.
Any time there's a holiday or a birthday,
I put some variation of
fairy bread on my menu plan.
And of course, for Saint Patrick's Day,
I'm gonna be trying to
make a shamrock version
using these heart-shaped cutters.
Now I know I've shared how
to make a peekaboo sandwich
on this channel quite a lot.
I'm gonna cut out all of
my heart shapes first,
and then I'm gonna go
back with a smaller-sized
heart-shaped cutter to
create that peekaboo window.
So now for these
sandwiches I'm just adding
good old peanut butter.
And once I have the piece of
bread on top, I can go ahead
and add on some Saint
Patrick's Day sprinkles.
So now in each box I'm going to add three
of these little heart-shaped
sandwiches to form a shamrock.
And I've also saved a
little piece of the crust
to put right here at the bottom.
Now I think that that
turned out super cute.
Next I'm going to move on to the fruit
and for today's lunch I'm going
to be making some melon balls.
And I've decided to go with cantaloupe
because it's that bright
orange color I'm going for.
And I'm actually gonna
be doing a combination
of big cantaloupe balls
and tiny cantaloupe balls.
I think that's a really
fun-looking combination.
So now that I have those in there,
I'm gonna move on to the back section.
And in here I'm going to add a combination
of both carrots on one side
and some pieces of celery on the other.
And then I've saved the
section in the middle
for string cheese.
So as you can see, we have the orange,
and the green, and the white,
to represent the Irish flag.
And now finally for today's treat,
I'm going to add in one
single little mini cupcake.
Now I totally cheated and I
just bought these at the store.
They're already ready to go.
And one little cupcake fits
perfectly inside each lunchbox.
(upbeat music)
(whooshing)
Hey guys, and welcome to Wednesday.
Today we are at the Leaky Cauldron
to have an authentic
"Harry Potter" themed lunch
and I am so excited.
Today we were invited by
the Universal Orlando Resort
to come and check it out and you guys,
this is our very first trip to Universal.
We've never been here before.
This morning we got here bright and early
because there is so
much to see and do here.
So far we are loving
everything "Harry Potter"
that there is to see
and to do and to taste.
We met Stan the Knight Bus
driver and that was really fun.
We also spent a lot of time
exploring Diagon Alley.
It was a little bit crowded,
but we loved it anyway.
And I even found some
very interesting treats
inside of a candy store called Honeydukes.
Now if you are a "Harry Potter" fan,
you'll know exactly
what I'm talking about.
So right now like I said,
we are about to have lunch
at the Leaky Cauldron,
and you guys, it looks so much
like it did in the movies.
For the kids' lunches today,
I decided to get a couple
of different things
for them to try and to share.
We ended up getting one
order of fish and chips.
We also got something
called toad in the hole,
which is apparently two sausages
cooked inside of a Yorkshire pudding.
This also comes with gravy,
and peas, and vegetables.
I picked out something
called sticky toffee pudding
because I heard that it's
Princess Kate's favorite dessert,
so I can't wait to give that a try.
And then we also decided to
try two different drinks.
Of course we ordered the Butterbeer,
but then I also got some pumpkin juice
'cause I've always wanted to try it.
Now you guys, you'll have to let me know
in the comments down below
which one would you pick,
Butterbeer or pumpkin juice?
Now I did try to order Gillywater,
but it turns out that was just
a regular bottle of water,
so I decided not to buy that.
Though overall, all of
the kids really loved
the toad in the hole,
minus the mushy peas.
Not everyone was a fan of those.
They all loved the sticky toffee pudding,
but as far as the fish and chips go,
Mackenzie was pretty much
the only one who liked that.
So after lunch, our
plan is to head on over
to Platform Nine and Three Quarters,
so that we can take the Hogwarts Express
over to Hogsmeade and to Hogwarts itself.
(people talking)
(fast music)
Yay!
- Cabin C, cabin C four times,
cabin C, first to your right.
- [Jennifer] Thank you.
- [Conductor] Cabin C
guys, first to your right.
(magical music)
- [Ron] Hermione, can't you
conjure up some pumpkin pasties?
- [Hermione] Ron, food
is the first of the five
principle exceptions to Gamp's law
of elemental transfiguration.
- [Ron] Do you know what
she's talkin' about?
(Harry chuckling)
(dramatic music)
(dementors screaming)
- [Hermione] Are you all right, Harry?
- [Harry] I'm okay.
- [Ron] Okay?
That was brilliant.
Dementors--
(engine steaming)
(crowd murmuring)
(whooshing)
- [Jennifer] Hey guys, and happy Thursday.
Now today I want to pack
a hot lunch for the kids,
and I actually gave my kids the choice
between two different
foods that I found at ALDI.
The first one is an Irish-style banger
and as far as I know a
banger is like a sausage.
We've had British-style bangers before
and we loved 'em, and I'm not exactly sure
what the difference is
between those and these
Irish-style ones are.
And then for the second choice I have
these really interesting
corned beef reuben bites.
So these kind of look
like a chicken nugget
but they're made of corned beef,
and they're filled with
sauerkraut and cheese.
Now that sounds really interesting to me,
but I'm not really surprised that my kids
chose the bangers instead.
So I'm just going to heat these up
until they're warmed through
and a little bit crispy
on the outside, and before I add them into
the thermoses I'm going
to add a little bit
of mashed potatoes.
I think that'll be a delicious combination
and I'm hoping that all
of my kids will like it.
Now moving on to today's fruit I decided
to go with kiwi.
I gave the kids kiwi in
their lunch last week
and they loved it so I'm
adding it in again today.
Plus, I love that vibrant green color,
I think it looks really
pretty in the lunchbox.
Next I'm gonna go ahead
and add a combination
of carrot and cucumbers,
and I did go ahead
and cut these out with my little four leaf
clover cutter, oh of
course I'm also adding
some ranch on the side for
the kids to dip them in.
And then finally for this lunch I'm also
gonna be adding in some
really special sugar cookies.
I found these at Target and
I think they are so cute.
Target always has the cutest sugar cookies
around the holidays.
(upbeat music)
(whooshing)
Hi guys, and welcome to Friday.
Now before I get started on today's lunch
I just want to let you guys know
that last night we found out some news.
Basically, the kids are going to be doing
all of their schoolwork from
home for the next two weeks
because of concerns over the Coronavirus.
They're shutting down the schools,
they're shutting down
all of the Disney park,
and they're even canceling church.
So yeah, I'm not quite sure what lunches
next week are going to look like,
but they will definitely be from home.
So even though we got
that kind of scary news,
I still have a fun lunch planned for today
and I'm gonna make it anyway.
So for today I'm going to start with
some green tortillas.
Again, I'm sticking with
that green and orange theme.
To this I'm just adding
some room temperature
cream cheese followed by a few slices
of rotisserie chicken deli meat.
And then lastly I'm also adding a layer
of cheddar cheese.
Now I'm gonna go ahead and roll this up
as tightly as I can, and then I'm going
to cut it into pieces.
I just love that bright swirl inside.
I think it looks super cool.
So now that the main course is done
I'm going to move on to the fruit,
and for today's lunch
I'm keeping it simple
with just some green grapes.
I do have some little fun accessories
to add in here as well.
And then for the vegetable I'm just adding
in some crinkled cut carrots,
with ranch to dip as well.
And then for today's snack I'm going
to be giving the kids
some yogurt with just
a few shakes of Saint
Patrick's day sprinkles on top.
And then for the treat I have something
really fun, I'm actually gonna be making
a little bit of a trail mix.
In here, I'm going to
start with some mixed nuts,
there's also some dried fruits in there
as well, and then the really fun part,
I'm gonna add a handful
or two of Lucky Charms,
and then finally I'm also gonna be adding
some itty bitty pretzels in here
and then I'm just going
to mix this all together.
I'm going to drizzle
this with a little bit
of melted green chocolate,
and then I'm going
to add some green sprinkles.
Once the chocolate has
had enough time to harden
I can go ahead and add
it in to the lunchboxes.
And there you have it
guys, that is everything
in today's lunch.
Now you guys let me know
in the comments down below,
out of all the lunches in this week
which one was your favorite?
Again you guys, I hope
you stay safe and healthy,
thank you so much for watching,
and I will see you at my next video.
