Lots of schools to run to every morning! My oldest is in high school, my middle child comes to my school with me, and youngest goes to a homeschool (we tease that it is his school, he is 18 months old, but watching the older children get schooled---and I am sure he is soaking it in too!) Packing a lunch for the day is the way to go in my household. The meals are cheaper (most of the time) but the real reason is I can pack much healthier than the "healthy" school lunches (chili cheese fries. as the entree??? obesity epidemic, anyone?) Anyways... Yesterday, on my trek through Target, we found the best price for sandwich bags on the Up & Up brand bags. I try to use the washable containers as much as possible, but we need to keep the bags nearby because of the large number of lunches we pack each week. My 4-year-old daughter saw this "girl" on the box from Target and loved her, so we decided to pack her up for lunch at school! We took one slice bread, spread peanut butter , sliced bananas and raisin (the box had blueberries, but we didn't have any, so raisins was our stand in, glued on with a bit more peanut butter) and an apple slice for her mouth. Lemon juice was squirted on the apple to keep it white. After school, I asked how it was, she said, "Yummy!" so we shall make it again tomorrow. Grand price? Cheap! And healthy too! Post any healthy, yummy, and cheap ideas you have to feed your kids away from home (or at home, homeschoolers!!)
I've seen this before and thought the same thing! I wonder how gooey it got before she ate it?
ReplyDeleteI work at my girls' school doing lunchroom supervision and I see sooo many 'bad' lunches and some really cool ones too! BTW I've never seen chili cheese fries on our menu, shame on that district nutrition!
Wraps, holy moly, the things I've seen put into a whole wheat tortilla...spinach, red peppers, swiss cheese, turkey, shredded chicken, cream cheese and jelly...(not all at once of course)
And making your own jell-o, adding whatever fruit and putting them into little Glad cups. Cheap and a big box of jell-o will make 8 of those little Glad cups. Also I just found this on pinterest,looks yummy, should 'thaw' out by lunch time but not sure how it will work??....
http://pinterest.com/pin/91479436150779884/
Thanks Kate, that is good info....I couldn't see how bad the banana was, but tried to peanut butter the edges and ice packed top and bottom. I could also have her eat this for her breakfast instead of lunch so it was eaten quickly.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE your idea of Jello with fruit! Smart use of the Glad cups! I couldn't click on your pinterest link, but I will copy and paste and check that out too.
Thanks for your ideas!
Ok, I see the link for yogurt covered strawberries! How smart! Pack in a bowl, so if it melts, it is still yogurt with strawberries.
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