Posts Tagged ‘The Lunch’
More Advice About The Lunch
First we had The Lunch as life lesson. Now we have more advice about the making of The Lunch.
Specifically How to take school lunches beyond peanut butter and jelly by Kathtyn Rem.
She suggests making a meal that you know will have leftovers, and then using said leftovers in tomorrow’s lunch. Great idea.
Other tips are good not only for The Lunch but also for general sandwich making. “To keep sandwiches crunchy, place a single layer of lunchmeat on each slice of bread. Then spread the condiments on the meat, which creates a barrier between the bread and the rest of the ingredients. Cheese also works nicely as a barrier.” (Oh, if I had a nickel for every time I’ve heard that last one…)
Other tips include “cutting a sandwich to look like a butterfly with carrot sticks for antennae.” Hey, if that works for your kids, more power to you. That would never fly in my house. (No pun intended.)
Also, the title is interesting, since every school I know of has banned peanut butter and all other nutty foodstuffs from the premises. In my case, it wasn’t so much about breaking away from lunch routine for the sake of variety. The one protein-filled food my son was willing to eat every single day was suddenly banned, so we had to come up with an alternative.
Toy Story 3 lunch box image via Amazon.com
The Lunch as Life Lesson
In a New York Times article about making The Lunch for the kids, husband Andy Ward offers the following advice when it comes to removing the crusts from sandwiches.
“Life has crust!”
Indeed it does, Andy. Indeed it does.
via Who Hates Making School Lunch? – NYTimes.com.
Toy Story 3 lunch box image via Amazon.com
