five.....boxed school lunches

 2,500 is the approximate number of school lunches you will have made for your child 

from preschool through twelfth grade. wow!

if you have more than one child..........well, you do the math.

 all i can say is well done, you've mightily earned a gold star or let's make it 2,500 gold stars!!

through the years, making healthy school lunches for my five children has been a
self-assigned, nurturing morning task.......
it makes our very early weekday mornings (out the door by 6:15 am) run smoothest.

lately, with my fifth and final child now in 10th grade, i've felt unenthused, uninspired and bored with this familiar and previously comfortable morning routine. i wondered.....why?

and then i did the math.......

approximately 11,500 school lunches over 24 years

.....well, that was easy to diagnose. i am experiencing school lunch burnout.
(those numbers also make me feel old)

come on, janet. you can do this!

so to shake things up and pull me out of the doldrums, we found gabi a sleek, new lunch box with fun compartments to fill and within a week my creative juices were flowing again and i was back on my game......simple.

           

monday: pasta bolognese, blueberries, pineapple chunk, cheese and crackers, rooibos tea

tuesday: paul's homemade gravlax on rye crackers, strawberries, cucumber spears, cherry almond bars, juice

wednesday: california rolls, nut mix, brie and crackers, snickers, bottled water

thursday: marmite sandwich, carrot sticks, butternut soup, apple wedges, lindt chocolate balls, juice

friday: homemade cashew butter and banana on rice cake, protein bar, melon, veggie straws, mandarin, walnuts, bottled water

happy gabi.

have a lovely weekend.