Hi! There are definitely times when we have to shoo them away, but we’re trying to give them the message that things with wrappers are for school lunch/ school snacks so at home we each the non-pre-packaged stuff. They’re actually pretty good about it! I’ve never tried the frozen PBJ but I’ve heard it works super well! For us to make a few quick sandwiches in the morning is totally easy and they are always changing their mind so taking an order day of works for us… sometimes they’d prefer pasta, sometimes cream cheese/ jelly, sometimes ham and cheese!

Have you ever tried making pbjs ahead of time? They freeze WELl. Wrapped individually they are prefect to grab and go, and can keep other items cold in a sack as the sandwiches thaw.

Hmm, Maybe the time to thaw deters my children from raiding this lunch prep the way they do for other items!

Hi there! We have a drawer of plastic kids cutlery from Ikea… they’re not technically disposable, but I definitely have to restock every so often since they get thrown away from time to time. We don’t do great with veggies in the lunches, but I try to cut up carrots (a like) and anything else I think they might eat. We get veggies with every dinner so I’m less fussed if they miss a serving at lunch on occasion. They mainline fruit and will often take 2 servings of fruit which is totally fine with me. Usually that means one fresh fruit and then a fruit cup/ applesauce suck or something. They always have a water bottle in their backpack so they bring juice or a box of milk with lunch if they want! Hope this helps! Also… my older kids truly love ordering from the cafeteria so they do that a lot too! 🙂 xx

Yes! We definitely have to reel them in when we stock the pantry bins with new snacks! 🙂 Your system sounds great too! I say, whatever works is a victory! Good luck this year!