Lunch Rules

You may recall that we initially had much resistance from Lily regarding the purchase of lunch at school. Now we seem to have turned that around 180 degrees. We now have to limit the days that she buys her lunch to two/week.

The lunches are not too expensive at $1.75/day. We figure that it is worth it if Lily actually eats what she buys. The problem is that she spends so much time talking that she forgets to eat. Nevertheless, she now prefers to buy. Since this is kind of an expensive option, Amanda has sought a middle ground. You see, Lily isn't content with a sandwich like many kids. In fact, we've had problems finding anything that she will consistently eat.

Amanda has come up with what we hope to be a solution. She made a big batch of cornbread sausage muffins that Lily really likes. She also made a bunch of "pigs in a blanket." The traditional way of doing this is to take Pillsbury crescent rolls and wrap them around hot dogs. However, this doesn't really save us much money since we have to buy the crescent rolls. Amanda found some recipes online for the dough. We split one three ways last night and found that the dough tastes kind of like a soft pretzel. They're pretty good.

Now we are armed with a freezer full of pigs in a blanket and sausage cornbread muffins. Hopefully this will get Lily at least through November if not through December as well.

Lily is certainly a young lady of discerning taste.