What's for lunch?

Lately, I have been packing lunch bag for Miss J. In the beginning of the school year, I wasn't so interested in yet packing another lunch for her as her lunch at school is pretty affordable at $1.75 per day. But after talking to her and checking with her on what she had for lunch each day, I realized that I didn't get what I paid for for her lunch. There are a couple reasons I decided that it's time for me to get off my behind and pack her lunch in the evening for the next morning.

Saving $1.75 per day doesn't seem that much. But it sure adds up fast. For a year, we could have saved over $300 per school year. That's not a little chunk of changes. That's one of the reason of course.

Another reason is more about nutrition than money. When I pack her lunch, I know exactly what she will eat and how much she ate. At school, there are good choice and bad choice for the food. Kids tend to choose what they like rather what they should eat. Also if she will eat PB&J at school why would I want to spend $1.75 for a PB&J that I can make for a fraction of that cost.

So with that, I started packing her lunch. It's a very simple process. At night, I just get everything ready in the lunch bag and put it in the fridge. Her typical lunch will have Jelly Sandwich on whole wheat bread (no Peanut butter - weird kid) that I use the cookie cutter to cut it up. She doesn't like the crust so not only it looks cute but it guarantees that she will eat it all. Then I add a roll up of ham, cut-up strawberries, steam veggies (leftover from dinner) and yogurt drink. Voila! I'm done.

Well, it's better late than never. So at least now, I can save a few bucks toward our vacation. :)