What's for Lunch?

We get to pack the kid's lunches for the new school.   I took on the task and looked at it as a great opportunity to improve their nutrition.

In the beginning I was filled with optimism.   Carrots, celery and a variety of healthy sandwiches.  I did my research - switching from Albacore Tuna to Chunk Light, for example, since it has less mercury.

Then I learned that kids eat what kid's will eat.    You can only have so many returned Tuna fish sandwiches and packages of mini carrots before giving up.  You might be able to talk them into trying new stuff at home, but what they eat out of a bag at school is up to them. 

So now every lunch is pretty much a mix of the following (and the odds that it's mostly eaten before getting home):

Sunflower seed (peanut butter alternative) & preserve sandwich.  (90%)

Clif Z-Bar  (75%)

Crackers & Cheese packets (75%)

Mozzarella cheese stick  (70%)

Apple Sauce squeezer  (70%)

Organic Grapes - cut up into safe bites  (70%)

Organic Apples - sliced up  (25%)

Mini box of raisins   (2%)

Carrot or celery sticks (0%)

Tuna Fish sandwich (0%)