Reflections on the Cold Lunch Club

So-we are two weeks into our cold lunch club at school and I thought I would share how it was going. If you didn't read my previous post about how it all works-check it out HERE. I am very excited that my kids have had a healthy, cold lunch every day for the past two weeks-and I've only packed lunches TWICE myself. They have tried some new foods that I never thought they would like (whole grain burrito with rice..Katie never eats rice...but she ate this!!) and also tried some that they know they still don't like (tuna...but they did try it again!) They have had a HUGE variety of foods every week (I'll share the line-up below), and I know that the other parents involved are also enjoying the process.

I thought I would share a list of the lunches they enjoyed the last few weeks, in case you might want to try some of these things at home.( I have kids at two schools so they do get different lunches each day.)

Tues, Sept 4th-Frogs in a Bog (turkey sausage in cornbread muffin), carrots, and fruit salad
                        or Triple decker apple sandwich, cheese cubes, corn and peas

Wed, Sept 5th-Vegetable bow tie pasta, homemade applesauce, and nut thins or

Thurs, Sept 6th-Whole wheat pita with almond butter, honey, and bananas, fruit salad, baby carrots with dip

 Fri, Sept 7th-Cubed chicken and cheese, cubed apples and pears, whole grain crackers
                    or turkey and cheese wrap, grapes, sugar snap peas with dip

 Mon, Sept 10th-Roast beef roll-ups with lettuce, yogurt parfait, broccoli with dip
                  or Tuna salad sandwich on raisin bread, kiwi, organic cheese crackers, sugar snap peas

       

Tues, Sept 11th-Pizza rolls, ants on a log, ginger cookies

            Or Ham and cheese roll ups, baby carrots, grapes

Wed, Sept 12th-Whole grain tortilla with rice and cheese, chips and salsa, homemade apple ginger cookie

Thurs, Sept 13th-Whole wheat berry muffins, grape caterpillars, string cheese, mini chocolate cupcake

  

Fri, Sept 14th-Whole wheat mini bagel pizza, veggie stix, fruit leather, matchstick carrots with dip

              or Butterfly shaped ham and cheese sandwich, oranges and blueberries, carrot sticks with dip

Pretty impressive line-up I'd say...and the best part....I didn't have to shop for all that...I didn't have to put it all together...I only had to organize two days of lunch!!!

I also wanted to share a picture from the day I went to school for Birthday Lunch with Katie...

On the left is the hot lunch that day (some kind of fish?? canned green beans, canned fruit). On the right  is the lunch Katie got that day...I think the pictures speak for themselves!!