Packing school lunches can be overwhelming and the best time for us to get lunches packed is after dinner.
I remember when our youngest was young a friend said to him ” are you ever going to buy your lunch?” and Ben said “No I’m a packer!” and we always packed. When we closed our business my mom said why don’t you get free lunches? I just never tried even though we fell into the guidelines. We received reduced last year and it was a blessing that help get us back on our feet and this year I will be packing again.
Here are a few ideas to make it easy, fun and inexpensive.
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On Sunday night get out you loaf of bread and lunch meat. Make up all the sandwiches plain put the back into the bag in the freezer. Each night take out a sandwich make it up and pack in the baggie. The sandwich will thaw.
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popcorn popped cheap and the kids love it. I am surprised when their friends want a bag too.
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Celery with peanut butter- my boys don’t like celery but they do with peanut butter, I cut it all the same lengths and put peanut butter sides together to put in baggie.
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Our younger daughter loves tuna with a little mayo, chopped apple and cut up grapes.
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many buy lunchables if they are on sale we have but, why not make your own. crackers, cheese and ham that the kids can stack.
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sandwich roll ups soft taco shell, shredded lettuce, cheese and ham. I also like to add a little salad dressing like thousand island or ranch. I roll them up cut in half and put a toothpick in each.
I would love to hear what you are packing! Candy
