June 15 2011 • Posted by corene

One full year of school lunches

Well tomorrow is the last day of Kindergarten for my dear daughter.  That means it’s been one full year of packing school lunches and I have to give myself an A-.  I limited the pre-packaged stuff (mostly cheese sticks and apple sauce) and always tried to mostly use fresh fruits, meat and veggies as the main meal.  I think I over did it on cured meat/nasty nitrates but overall the kid ate well.  Can I help it if she loves really good salami?  You know you do, too. 
Toward the end of the year she did ask to buy lunch.  I let her - but I have to admit it was tough when the menu items included “chicken rings” and nachos.  I adore Jamie Oliver.  I am a full-on member of the food revolution.  But when my kid wants to buy the Mac & Cheese lunch with her friends on one particular day, I’m not going to