Nicole, do your kids take sandwiches? Or are they able to/open to the idea of a hot packed lunch? Ameneh couldn’t pack hot food in pre-K, but I used to take one of those Japanese vacuum-bottle lunches — kind of a fat thermos with three tubs that stacked inside. I’d take leftovers from dinner (which I know you don’t have since you have a Hugo!). But they’re easy to pack and open up a lot of options, like rice and stew, soups, etc. If you can see my flickr groups, there’s one called ‘Mr Bento’ or something like that. Some of the photos are mostly about presentation and making little smiley faces out of food, but a lot also have links to recipes.
I’ll post a photo of my pre-dyed preparations. It’s been fun. I want to get a book on shibori techniques.
Susanne, I hope this time it’s really Spring!
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