Comments on: Lunch Time Blues

By: janelle

janelle — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 05:13:42 +0000

Yikes: I will have to link to this SOON on my new website http://www.brownbagblues.com! Great minds think alike!

By: marty

marty — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:13:37 +0000

I love these ideas! Thanks for sharing them. I don’t have kids yet but will definitely remember these. 🙂 Now if only I can make taking pills fun for my cat!!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 01:15:19 +0000

I don’t have a kiddo at home anymore for lunch but those are wonderful ideas! I especially love the idea of "restaurant"! That is great!

By: pat/mom

pat/mom — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 19:00:08 +0000

I love reading the comments to your blog. I feel so very proud that others recognize your kindness, creativity, and other attributes. I, of course, have always known these things as I am your MOM. Love–and pride.

By: Aunt Yvonne

Aunt Yvonne — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 05:46:12 +0000

Kris you might get a kids cookbook and let the kids measure the ingredients that you cook to practice measurement before they get to school and have to know 1/2, 1/4 etc. Also I use a tub full of rice to play pretend the measurements before really cooking with my school kids. They love doing this. When I taught measurement two weeks ago the students didn’t think they had math that day. Love reading your blog. Love to you and yours.

By: My Kitchen in Half Cups

My Kitchen in Half Cups — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 01:36:05 +0000

Your creative powers are super impressive! And when you really get down to it, none of those things cost any extra money. As some of the comments indicate, I would think that some of these lunches will become the talk of legend.

By: Charles

Charles — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 00:27:40 +0000

These are great ideas. Something I did for my girls when I was at my wit’s end one day — was an ocean theme. Cut some hot dogs in half (so you have two short hot dogs) Then, on the cut end, make 4 more cuts, lengthwise, half the length of the dog. When you boil these, those cut ends will curl up and it’ll look like an octopus. Plate that with some mac & chees that has some shell shaped pasta added (waves and sea shells) and some goldfish crackers.
My daughters still talk about that one, even though I’ve long since lost my "cool" standing.

By: mimi

mimi — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 23:59:25 +0000

My parents did stuff like this, often to coax us to eat. I did a post a fewmonths back on the ethnic nights they used to stage! These are great ideas, too.