Lunch Battle

Remembering how horrible school lunch tasted way back when, I don't want to waste money on food Brianna wouldn't like to eat, not to mention the quality or lack there of.  Despite her begging to get lunch at school like most of her friends, I insist on packing her lunch.  These are the same lunches I sent her to preschool with that made her teachers envious of her meals and the lunch bag always came home empty.  Much to my disappointment, on any given day, she will come home with at least 1/2 of her lunch unconsumed.  I know part of it is the limited time (30 minutes is not very long for us slow eaters) plus the socialization that takes place in the school lunch room.  Now I am looking into learning more about bento lunches.  Maybe more variety and fun shapes will get her excited about bringing her own lunch.  I also found a blog featuring Lunch Punches for making cool sandwich shapes.  Check out the give away thru 12/9/11!