Packed Lunch

So, September brings us new term, new schools, new shoes, new uniform, and best of all....school lunch provided! No more packed lunches! That's in my case anyway, after 7 years of making a packed lunch every school day, exhausting my large repertoire of healthy posh nosh (only the best for my little bubba!) he will now be fed school lunch! Ok, so I may not save any money, he does have a healthy appetite and is of course growing - that will cost me, but surely it's got to be better - hot, wholesome food every day! After all, how exciting can a pitta get? How crunchy does chopped up cucumber stay? How do you get a banana to stay in its' skin and not squelch out all over the lunch box/bag? How do you persuade your mates to stay sitting with you when you open up an egg mayo sarnie? What else can you use as a healthy filler to crisps (those are a treat anyway aren't they?) Oh and not forgetting the yogurt - half eaten and returned to it's place so 'your parents can see what you ate' - then dislaced all over the place! Urgh!....For £1.99 per day, give me and my brood shepherds pie, peas and 'mud in the puddles' any day!

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The Holistic Parent, your child, your choice
Danine Irwin and Dani Diosi