I ask myself this question everyday as it nears noon and my answer?.... usually I have no idea. Lunch is my worst meal of the day as far as what to make. A lot of the time I can think of things for me and Ryan to eat but those things are necessarily things that the girls will eat, like a salad. Everyone is beyond sick of peanut butter sandwiches, in fact the last time I made them for lunch L. through an all out crying fit. It is not uncommon for her to refuse to eat something but it usually doesn't turn into a crying and screaming extravaganza. I even made an organized lunch chart/menu that I could follow to try and generate some ideas other than sandwiches. It went something like this each day we would have something different: soup, pasta, salad, sandwiches, and then we could have leftovers a couple times during the week. I think the idea itself is good but I am struggling with kid friendly ideas for each of those categories.
We did have a fair amount of success with one idea about a month ago: Tea Party. The credit for the idea goes to Fancy Nancy. We fixed up some herbal tea in the morning (our favorite is the Celestial Fruit Sampler) and I added a little sugar so the girls will actually drink it, then we refrigerated it till lunch. Then we make a bunch of finger foods like: banana or some other kind of bread, cut up veggies, sandwich roll ups - a slice of bread rolled flat with a rolling pin, then spread filling like peanut butter, honey, or jam, then roll it up and cut it in half (or more pieces, think cinnamon rolls) and put a tooth pick in each piece. The girls loved this, I even let them use their play dishes so they each had a tea cup and little plate. We also invited friends over for the tea party once and that was fun.
Other than that though I am in need of lunch ideas. Anybody have any favorites?
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