Let me be blunt. I hate packing school lunches. I have to pack one daily for Daughter #1, and the thing is, she is the EASY child for whom to pack. Daughter #2 HATES sandwiches, and Son's allergies make packing for him incredibly difficult. I should enjoy it more, I should want to do it more, but truthfully, Daughter eats some sort of sandwich most days (unless I'm motivated to make a warm container with homemade mac and cheese), fruit, pretzels and cheese.
Which is just so BORING. I couldn't imagine eating that day after day and so I feel incredibly guilty. I, of course, change up the sandwich (sometimes peanut butter and jelly, sometimes turkey, sometimes cheese and avocado) but it's almost always the sandwich. But the thing is that Daughter usually eats it all and if she doesn't eat it all, she generally eats such a good dinner anyways so I try not to stress about it.
Until she came home last week and said, "Mom, I'm tired of the same kind of sandwich."
I nodded placidly while internally my motors started going full speed as I tried to figure out WHAT I could make for her.
She was home from school today so I thought I'd test out a lavosh sandwich. Daughter #1 loves cream cheese, but alone I find it doesn't have enough protein to satisfy me in terms of her nutritional requirement. I did a cream cheese sandwich with turkey, and she LOVED it. I have visions of adding some chopped carrots on the inside, or sprinkling the entire thing with some spinach, but today it was very simple and straightforward. I'll add to this idea later, but for now, I'm satisfied I have one more sandwich in my aresenal.
In case you're wondering what lavash is, it's a flat rectangular bread that rolls up rather nicely - much better than a tortilla. (this one from Trader Joe's)
Cream Cheese Turkey Lavash Sandwich
Take your lavosh and lay it down. Spread a layer of cream cheese on top.
Cover about half of the lavash/cream cheese with turkey slices.
Roll it up starting with the turkey side first.
Cut and pack in a container.
Monday, September 27, 2010
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2 comments:
Not sure if I will find lavash here, but I'll make my own version if I must! I love this idea!
i'll try it for son who likes sandwiches and cream cheese. older daughter is the one that i need ideas for as she does not like sandwiches...
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