Posted by Ethne~
Shaun and I decided to pack school lunches for the girls,
rather than have them eat hot lunch when they started kindergarten this
fall. When we examined the school
menu, it wasn’t that the food choices were as terrible as I’d envisioned – the
opposite – there are whole grains, seafood choices, and good fruits and
vegetables.
But, I was worried that our girls would just pick the
starchiest of the a la carte options and wouldn’t actually eat the
better-for-you options. So I told
Shaun I wanted to pack their lunches and be in control of what options we were
giving them. He thought that was a
great plan.
We went on a big PB&J stint already (even though that's starchy, I buy natural peanut butter and make my own jam, so I'm still in control of the ingredients), but I knew I would
have to switch it up or it would be a long 6+ years. I did ham and turkey roll-ups with cream cheese or
mozzarella cheese. They loved
those.
My latest try has been a picnic lunch theme. Turkey pepperoni, fancy wheat crackers,
Laughing Cow spreadable cheese or mozzarella stick, nut-free trail mix (we
don’t have a nut allergy, it was just a good looking mix), hummus and
carrots. They also get a piece of
fruit leather and kid-size granola bar for snack in the afternoon. I totally want to eat it when I pack it
up.
Shaun’s comment:
“School lunches sure have changed since I was a kid. My mom packed me a peanut butter &
jelly, a bag of Cheetos or Doritos and a Ho-Ho.”*
Do you guys pack lunches for your kids? What do you pack? Please share. (We let them pick once or twice a month from the hot lunch
menu that they can eat from that – so far their favorite are the shrimp poppers
– as one other way to switch things up).
*Note: Shaun’s mom is awesome. That was a kick-a$$ lunch for the ‘80’s. I mostly loved his comment because of
the Ho-Ho reference.
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