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My kids absolutely love lunchables. They beg me to buy them every time they go to the grocery store with me, which is one reason I started shopping late at night. By. My. Self.
I was at the school recently and saw the best idea from a friend of mine. She had packed her kids some “homemade lunchables.” I looked at her and said, “Now why didn’t I think of that!? What a great idea!”

She was in mini-me heaven and said, “Mom, can we get these?”
Well, Duh!
Now, I have no clue why Old Navy was selling them, but I couldn’t contain my excitement and bought 8 of them! There was a reason for my madness…2 for each kid plus Coach…so they would have 1 clean and 1 dirty…I think I need more…I’ve gone lunch cube mad!
They have come home from school every day this week, “Mom, that was the best lunch ever!”
And ya’ll I got away with putting spinach in their sandwiches too, simply because I bought fresh whole wheat dinner rolls instead of regular bread…I called them, “Mini subs…totally tricked them…even the 3 year old…” It’s been fabulous!
And ya’ll I got away with putting spinach in their sandwiches too, simply because I bought fresh whole wheat dinner rolls instead of regular bread…I called them, “Mini subs…totally tricked them…even the 3 year old…” It’s been fabulous!
My 8 year old, the pickiest of my crew….He-who-eats-all-things-peanut-butter-and-jelly…I asked him, “If you could put anything on a sandwich, what would you want? And you can’t say peanut butter or jelly…”
He jumped up with excitement, “Pepperoni! Ooooo and that spicy kind of cheese!”
Ok, done. His mini subs consist of turkey or ham, jack cheese, spinach, turkey pepperoni, and a little pizza sauce on a whole wheat dinner roll. He came home and said, “Mom, I don’t ever want PB&J again.” My mouth hit the floor. I also packed him fruit, and so I asked, “Did you eat the fruit too?” He smiled, “Yes, mom that box thing is so cool! That was the best lunch ever!”

Grace. She’s easy. And is trilled every day. She loves it so much; she helps with the lunch packing. She likes surprising her family with what’s in their little blue cubes.
Coach. He’s also picky, but seems to like them. I think he just likes that I make him a lunch, and that I put double meat on his sandwiches with some turkey pepperoni and pizza sauce, and spinach to make me happy. Sounds disgusting to me, but my picky boys love them. Oh, but his Coach buddies did give him a hard time, “Man, whacha eatin? A lunchable or something?” “Man, that looks like a kindergartener’s lunch.” He just laughed, enjoyed his lunch, brought his empty blue box home, took his new freshly made blue box from the fridge, kissed me on the cheek, and said, “Babe, I love my lunches. Thanks!”
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I have to tell you…I saw that spinach, kept my mouth shut, and thought…”incredible”!