August 31st

Today's lunch: Corn muffin bowls filled with chili and topped with cheddar, cubes of cheese, celery and carrot sticks; fruit snacks and peanuts; green grapes; pudding cup; AdvoBar; water

August 28th

Today's lunch: mini egg rolls with duck sauce, Stretch Island fruit snack, carrot sticks, cheddar wedges; kiwi and plums; cinnamon graham pretzels; frozen organic go-gurt; mini blueberry muffins; lemon pudding cup; water

August 27th

Today's lunch: ham, hard-boiled egg, spinach, and pimento cheese wrap, Ritz cheese crackers, Annie's fruit snacks, Kashi bar; chia yogurt with strawberry swirl; carrots, celery, and grape tomatoes; plout; JUst Fruit Munchies; water.

August 25th

Today's lunch: hamburger gravy over peas&carrots mashed potatoes (just instant potatoes with some frozen veg thrown in while water is boiling); frozen organic yogurt tube; cubes of sharp cheddar, peanuts (in the little green container), birthday cake rice krispy treat, golden kiwi and red raspberries; AdvoCare bar; water.

August 24th

Today's lunch: chicken noodle soup, waffle-iron grilled cheese & spinach dunkers, mini apple pie, raspberries, water.  I know it's not the healthiest I've packed, but he needs some love in his lunch today.  Being 11 isn't easy.  :(

August 21st

Today's lunch: banana bread waffle wedges with peanut butter filling, sausage links, omelet muffin, cubes of sharp cheddar cheese; cantaloupe and blueberries; chia yogurt with strawberry swirl; Cheez-its; peach AdvoCare bar; water.

August 20th

Today's lunch: carrots and celery with pimento cheese for dipping, golden kiwi and cherries; curried chicken salad; more vanilla pudding; Cheez-its, kashi bar, frozen organic yogurt, water.  I don't mind saying this was a very rough morning.  We had a late soccer game in Columbus and none of us saw our beds before 11pm.  And now that Karate Kid's bus shows up at 7am, well, it's a good thing that half of his lunch was already packed and in the fridge.  Whew!

August 19th, First Day of School

Today's menu: ham, pimento cheese, and romaine in a tortilla, sharp cheddar wedges, olives, wheat thins, carrots and grape tomatoes.  Black grapes and graham cracker pretzels.  Homemade vanilla pudding (from milk he *insisted* tasted "off" despite being well within expiration date).  Organic yogurt tube that had been frozen, mini blueberry muffins, water.  

It's a whole new world of packing lunches, putting together a meal for a growing man.  

Gearing Up, 2015-Style

It's so hard to believe that Karate Kid is going into sixth grade!  I'm getting ready for another year of packing lunches, but now it's for a tween boy with the appetite of a swarm of starving locusts!  I'm going to try to put pictures of his lunches on this blog because it seems that there isn't a lot of information out there about pack lunches for teenagers.  This year we're going to facing new challenges, between peer pressure and weaning out the cutesy stuff, I think I've got my work cut out for me.  

School starts Wednesday.  Stay tuned...