{"id":1245,"date":"2009-01-05T15:56:46","date_gmt":"2009-01-05T20:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/?p=1245"},"modified":"2012-01-07T12:06:59","modified_gmt":"2012-01-07T18:06:59","slug":"january-lunch-box-challenge-solved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/january-lunch-box-challenge-solved\/","title":{"rendered":"January lunch box challenge– SOLVED!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just sat down with my kids to tackle the lunchbox questions for January. If I knew what days I was packing lunches and what I was packing, my mornings would go much easier. I decided to enlist the kids’ help. Here’s what we did:<\/p>\n

I showed my oldest the school lunch menu for January. He enjoys buying lunch and I would rather he bring lunch from home (most days). We looked at the menu and he picked 2 days each week that he will not buy lunch. Then, with all three kids’ input, we came up with 5 packed lunch ideas they all like and promise to eat. We put one on each day of the week.<\/p>\n

When not eating the school lunch, here’s our January packed-lunch menu:<\/p>\n

Mondays<\/strong>: Meatball lollipops over pasta in a thermos (A meatball with a small piece of raw spaghetti stuck in it is a meatball lollipop.), fruit and a mystery sweet treat<\/p>\n

Tuesdays:<\/strong> Peanut butter and honey sandwich, fruit, cookie<\/p>\n

Wednesdays:<\/strong> Graham crackers with peanut butter, banana, raisins<\/p>\n

Thursdays:<\/strong> Ham or turkey and cheese roll-up (meat and cheese rolled up and secured with a toothpick), chips or pretzels, pear<\/p>\n

Fridays:<\/strong> Homemade pizza packs (toasted English muffin and small containers of tomato sauce, cheese and pepperoni), cut veggies with hummus and ranch, mystery sweet treat<\/p>\n

I think this is going to make my January mornings much easier than before! Do you have any ideas I could use for February lunches?<\/p>\n

For menu ideas for the whole family, check out Menu Planning Monday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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