Kids lunch ideas...don't worry I have a plan!

It’s finally here.  The kids are officially back to school.

I honestly do not know where the summer went, it always flies by way too fast.  And boy am I out of the school lunch making game.  We took a 18 month hiatus and had the kids stay home all last year so I am very rusty on the school lunch game. Are you rusty too??

I decided that my sanity can only take so much this year and that the roller coaster ride we are on with the kids and school is enough for my nerves and stress levels week by week. I am a planner by nature, where are all my planner type A Momma’s at?? Can I get a high five?

I needed to find a solution to the School Lunch making drama that saved me from fighting with my kiddos over what to eat everyday and my burning desire to feed them the best of the best foods so they stay well and IN SCHOOL this year.  So I sat down with a calendar and my “go to” place for finding recipes...PINTEREST… to create a full month of school lunch ideas.  

I jotted down all our favs and laid them out on a calendar so it’s a no-brainer for an entire month what the kiddos will be eating for lunch...hot lunch...because that is how we roll. I still, to this day, cannot eat a cold deli sandwich because of the gross smushed soggy wonder bread, plastic cheese and bologna sammies I ate for lunch as a kids that were shoved in the way back on my locker….GROSS!!!

So I want my kiddos to have hot nutritious foods to eat, plus it's so much easier to sneak in the veggies and proteins, when it's a hot lunch item than a cold...can I get an amen?? I even tested out my first week of ideas and it has gone very well. The kiddos enjoy the meals and my sanity is staying intact so far.  

So I think we have a winner!!!  Sunday is my usual food prep and cooking day so I made the food for the week ahead and froze it ( this week was some yummy chicken sweet potato nuggets) and then the morning of school I put in the airfryer to warm and crisp them up...threw them in the hot thermos with a paper towel to absorb the steam...BAM!!   Kiddos were happy and I felt proud that I fed them a nutritious lunch.

Win-Win!!!  I plan to rotate this monthly meal plan for school lunches the entire year.  I was strategic to make sure there was enough variety that they would not get bored with the recipes I chose.  

Us Mommas have to stay sane this year, my body cannot take any more stress and frustration. 

Be sure to snag a copy of this meal plan for yourself to make your life easier too.

Click here for the Monthly School Lunch Plan