It's that time of year again ... you know, the time kids dread and parents secretly wish for all summer!
Next week the kids in Texas start another year of school. In honor of the momentous occasion we suggest a back to school night, featuring the 'school lunch'.
Growing up I usually packed a sack lunch from home, mostly consisting of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, potato chips, and possibly a cookie or two (which is remarkably similar to the lunches I still eat everyday at work - yep I'm a creature of habit, for sure). On occasion I would buy a school lunch - always hoping it wasn't "mystery meat" day. I especially loved chicken nugget and mashed potato day!
We will be suggesting two menus this week: the sack lunch and the cafeteria lunch.
Today the sack lunch:
a sandwich of your choice
chips (or veggie sticks or to combine the two and have veggie chips)
a piece of fruit (apple, orange, or banana)
Dessert (brownies or cookies- your favorite, of course)
and a drink (juice boxes, water bottles, can of soda, whatever your family likes to drink)
Pack in individual lunch boxes (or brown paper sacks) for each member of the family. To make it extra fun for the little ones, have everyone pack thier lunch in a backpack, head to the school and have a picnic in the school yard - when the kids are done eating they can play on the playground equipment while you relax.
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