School Lunch Ideas

My kids may not get bored with a PB&J everyday, but I do.  That tends to make me want to change up, not only my lunches, but theirs also.  Last week I did pretty good at mixing it up and I already have tomorrow's lunches packed -- and what I'm packing will also serve as a lunch for another day this week.  Here's what I've done so far:

Monday: 

• Turkey, cheese, lettuce and mustard on Double Fiber Wheat bread.
• clementine orange
• Capri Sun Roaring Waters drink
• carrots with ff ranch dressing
• for snack: Fiber One granola bar

Tuesday:

• Homemade "Lunchable" - Kashi crackers, sliced ham, sliced 2% cheese
• Capri Sun Roarin Waters drink
• apple slices in lime juice
• for snack: Fiber One granola bar

Wednesday:

• Mini Pitas stuffed with Homemade Chicken Salad
• sliced strawberries
• Horizon Milk box
• Cheese Stick
• Sun chips
• for Snack: Clementine Orange

Thursday:

• PB&J on Double Fiber Wheat bread
• Horizon Milk box
• Cheese stick
• grapes
• for Snack: 100 calorie pack of cheese popcorn

Friday:

• Homemade "Lunchables"
• strawberries
• Yogurt
• Capri Sun Roarin Waters
• cheese stick
• for Snack: Homemade Trail Mix -- Honey Nut Chex, Walnuts, Craisins and Chocolate Chips

Monday:

• Pasta Salad: Whole Wheat Penne, English Peas and Carrots, Olive Oil and Parmesean Cheese
• GoGurt Natural
• Horizon Milk Box
• Homemade Whole Wheat breadstick
• Strawberries
• for snack: Trail Mix granola bar

Planned for the rest of the week:

Tuesday:

• Turkey and cheese wrapped in a whole wheat tortilla and cut into spirals
• applesauce
• carrots and ff ranch
• Capri Sun Roaring Waters
• for Snack: apple slices in lime juice

Wednesday:

• Pasta Salad: Whole Wheat Penne, English Peas and Carrots, Olive Oil and Parmesean Cheese
• GoGurt Natural
• Capri Sun Roaring Waters
• Strawberry soup
  
• for snack: Trail Mix granola bar

Thursday:

• PB&J on Double Fiber Wheat bread
• Horizon Milk box
• Cheese stick
• grapes
• for Snack: 100 calorie pack of cheese popcorn

I
may not be able to be as inventive once I go back to work at the end of September, but hopefully I can at least try to make lunch interesting until I return.