Whew! School is back in session. Can I get a great big "Hallelujah!" ?? The only problem with this most wonderful time of the year is packing lunches. I don't know about YOUR school district, but in my son's school district, hot lunch is disgusting fare, full of preservatives, sodium and all sorts of other chemical additives I don't want in his little body. So that leaves cold lunch. Do you have any idea how hard it is to come up with new and interesting things to do with peanut butter and jelly?
If you have a picky child like I do, it gets extra hard. Ham and cheese sandwiches? NO WAY!! Tuna on whole wheat? TOO SOGGY! My saving grace was the discovery (through clever question asking of the boy himself) that students have access to a microwave! Oh, glorious toxic rays!
This discovery has opened our lunch time world to things previously prohibited from the lunch box by the sheer grossness of eating them cold. Bean and cheese burritos- I make these about once a week anyhow- toss a couple of extras in the freezer and they make beautiful little bundles of protien just waiting to be heated up and eaten. Leftover spaghetti and meatballs- now, back in the old days this could've gone in a thermos and been warm for lunch, but thermoses now a'days simply do NOT keep food warm. Nothing like cold soup on a cold day!
In addition to leftovers, I thought I would try giving him veggie pizza bagels. I bought one one day from Wesco (the gas station with a deli!) and he seemed intrigued. So, this morning I bravely pulled a whole wheat bagel from the bag , slathered it with cream cheese mixed with just a touch of dry ranch dressing, chopped carrots on top and added cheddar cheese. We'll see if he ate it- he hasn't complained about lunch yet this year, so I'm hoping for the best.
Who knew my son was so open to eating all this stuff? Makes me feel really silly for all the peanut butter and jelly last year!
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
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