School Lunches

I've learned something very interesting about kids-- I don't know if it's just my kids or if all kids are like this.  The boys don't require a lot of variety-- especially where their school lunches are concerned.  I send them basically the same lunch almost every day.

Matthew gets a salad that I make the night before when I'm making dinner.  His lunch also includes an apple and a container of "snackies" (mix of almonds, raisins, carob coated almonds- and any other little snacks we have in the house).

Taylor and Noah prefer fruit lunches- so they each get a fruit salad, dip (either tahini and agave or almond butter and agave), and a container of "snackies".

Occasionally I'll send them a sandwich- maybe 4 or 5 times a year.  Otherwise, it's some variation of the list above.

Matthew's Lunch:  the night before we had garbonzo beans.  I send a container of home-made dressing too.

Taylor and Noah's lunch:  I always add celery to their fruit salad so they are getting a green veggie for lunch.  Taylor likes coconut sprinkled on his fruit salad and I frequently toss a few raw pistachios.  Because fruit doesn't keep as well once it's cut up, I make their fruit salads in the morning before school.

I send a "dip" made from either tahini and agave (below) or raw almond butter and agave.

They all get a container of "snackies":

An apple or clementine (cutie) rounds out the lunch.