Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Wednesday, August 26, 2009 | Posted by
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My cable internet provider has finally figured out how to grant me re-entry to the World Wide Web! Woo-hoo! And so upon my return I bring you WORKS FOR ME WEDNESDAY.
Packing lunches for school is sort of a pain all around, isn't it? I mean, kids are picky eaters by nature so figuring out what they will or won't eat is the first hurdle. Then couple it with the fact that it must survive a lack of refrigeration for a few hours and cannot be heated up for them. If you have a kiddo with multiple food allergies like me, then your choices are further limited. Add to that the fact that your child's school is a peanut-free facility. Now try to figure out what you can send besides bread and water. Oh, but I digress...
As a frugal gal I loathe wasting money on countless brown paper bags and even more plastic ziplock bags. Juice boxes (ones that contain 100% real juice) are not easy to find at a bargain either. And to think of all that trash my kid is creating every day makes my stomach turn!
The solution? Get a lunchbox. If you buy a backpack at Toys 'R Us you get a lunchbox FREE! And then buy a lunch kit. What's that? A reusable sandwich container, drink container, and snack container. They have them at the aforementioned toy store, but I found a matching set at Target for $2.50 (in those cheapy bins at the front of the store). My son thinks they are way cooler than the throw-away stuff because these have Spiderman on them. And seriously, does it get better than being green, cheap, and making your kiddo happy?
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5 comments:
thanks for stopping over at my blog! and i would DIE if our school made us be peanut free. poor luke would starve a lot of days!!
We have food allergies here, too, so I'm packing two lunches a day here. We love our Laptop Lunch Boxes! If you haven't tried it yet, a great PB alternative is soy butter. It's pricey @ the regular grocery store, but Wal-Mart has a store brand - taste and texture very similar to the real thing.
A lot of kids at my son's school use the soy butter. BUT...my son is also allergic to soy.
I tried sunflower seed butter before but cannot seem to find it at a grocery store near me.
:(
I was JUST thinking about this same thing. I homeschool, but my husband takes a lunch to work.
You can order SunButter from their website (http://www.sunbutter.com/), or locate a store near you that carries it. Good Luck!