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    • What I pack my kid.

      Posted at 8:00 pm by myfoodiecall
      Mar 10th

      Hey. Are you still caring about your kids’ lunches this late in the year? Are you still writing little love notes of positivity? If yes, I hate you and move on to the next blog. 😕

      Today’s post is for people who seriously just can’t deal with the lunch bag process. No more ideas. Tapped out.

      This is about the time of year where we wind up shoving a hunk of bread (the heel) in our kid’s lunch to stop the insanity and get to the real to-do’s of the night. DVR and wine.

      If you are lacking lunch time inspiration, check out my non-fancy post on what I pack my kid. No Pinterest degree required.

       

      It's not always nutritionally balanced, but I do my best.

      Non-fancy.

      A closer look.

      First up, the bagel thin sandwich.

      First up, the sandwich. Made on bagel thin bread.

      Today we are doing almond butter.

      Today lets do almond butter, shall we?

      See nothing fancy. The bread is not shaped like a swan or anything cute you'd see on Pinterest.

      See nothing fancy. The bread is not shaped like a swan or anything cute you’d see on Pinterest.

      Let's add some honey...

      Let’s add some honey so my kid doesn’t complain. 

      honey.

      Poor dear. Here’s your honey, honey.

      sandwich.

      Completed sandwich. 

      Some cut mango always goes over well. Apples although easy can sometimes be such a snooze...zzzz....

      Time for some vitamins. Cut mango always goes over well when I am feeling ambitious. Ambitious in that I actually have to cut their fruit. Apples, although easy to pack, can sometimes be such a snooze for a kids lunch…zzzz…and I hate that they get tossed in the school’s compost bin instead of eaten. (Hey, I wasn’t born yesterday. I know what my kid does with his apple.)

      Sliced red peppers. Check out the color on these. Awesome.

      Veggie next. Sliced red peppers. Check out the color on these. Awesome.

      Pre-packaged cashews from Trader Joe's. Easy.

      Next up? Pre-packaged cashews from Trader Joe’s. Healthy fat and protein in a cute little sealed bag. Easy.

      Yogurt tube. Unsure why kids gravitate towards things entitled squashers, but in this case it works.

      Yogurt tube. Protein and calcium. Unsure why kids gravitate toward things titled squishers, but in this case it works for me.

      And the sweet treat is a large chocolate chip cookie that we baked.

      And the sweet treat to round out our lunch bag?  A large, left-over chocolate chip cookie from our last batch. 

      See? Clearly, I have not broken a sweat.

       

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