For the fruit part I added aamras (mango sauce) to the lunch.

So how did it do? Guess what my son said when he came back home? Mom did you pack mustard sauce? what??  He thought the mango sauce was mustard!! How innocent and cute! So of course the mango sauce went untouched and the pizza was eaten! Maybe I should I have told him what I packed. Anyway I think its 4 stars.

My son’s class has been having a lot of special days and fund raising lunches and I hardly need to pack lunches. Anyway today was one such day where I needed to pack lunch.

Since my son has not been taking lunches to school these days, he insisted on taking a sandwich. I wanted to make something other than Peanut butter jelly – so I decided on making an egg sandwich.

I beat up one egg with salt and pepper and cooked it. I toasted some bread and made the sandwich. To go with this I added some ketchup and some sun chips. I actually also added some yogurt (not pictured).

We’ll see how it does.

So how did it do? This one didn’t do well at all. The sun chips were gone and only one bite of the sandwich was taken. The whole sandwich came back. When I asked my son why he didn’t eat it, I got all sorts of excuses- I didn’t want egg, it was cold, I didn’t have time to finish it , etc. Anyway it might be a long time till I pack an egg sandwich again. 1 star.

Yesterday I cooked kadi chawal for dinner. This is plain kadi, no vegetables, no pakora, no kofta in it. Just simple plain kadi which looks like dal, but tastes yummy. I warmed up kadi and chawal really well and packed it in the thermos.

I also added some fried chips. You know these are the chips that you get in the store and then come home and fry them? These are delish because these are from India!

I love this pic, because you can actually see the steam coming out of the thermos. We’ll see how well this does.

So how did it do? This one did very well. Almost everything was gone! 5 stars!

So here I baked some chicken nuggets. These are from Trader Joes, they are actually shaped like mini drum sticks and taste yummy too. I made some french fries in the morning. Sprinkled it with salt and pepper. To make the meal healthy I added some strawberries, and ofcourse there was some ketchup.

For the surprise element I added one sticker in his lunch bag!

So how did it do? Everything was gone, only some fries came back. Not bad I think. 4 stars!

So last night I decided to serve the soup with some garlic bread, in the hopes that my son would at least try it. To my surprise he really loved the garlic bread and soup combo! He actually went and grabbed cheese from the fridge, sprinkled it on his bread and put spoonsful of soup on it – to make it look like an open sandwich! Voila! And he actually said, “I want this for my lunch tomorrow!”

So there – another monday morning made easy. I baked the garlic bread with cheese on top, and added the soup. For the fruits part I added some grapes in his box.

Sorry for the crappy cell phone pic! We’ll see how it did.

So how did it do? The garlic bread was gone. Some of the soup came back. The fruit was untouched. 3 stars.

Today morning I made some spinach parathas. Basically you puree the spinach and then knead the dough with it. Add some masalas and ghee and cook it. My son likes this paratha just because it looks green and he has no clue that it has spinach in it! This is a great way to sneak in some spinach, which otherwise doesn’t get eaten.

Also for the surprise factor I filled the thermos with hot chocolate milk today. I really really had no time for a picture today, but it was basically paratha wrapped in foil with a thermos full of milk. I added a straw with it.

You know the lunch is going to do well when your son helps you pack it and wants to have it for breakfast! Whats not to love?

So how did it do? This lunch did well. One whole paratha was gone. He drank all the milk and really loved it too! I had actually packed 2 parathas, but I am okay with only one being eaten, those are really heavy! I actually got a comment and that I should pack milk everyday!  Giving it a 5 star!

For the fruit portion I added some apple sauce and some chips to go along. My son was hoping for some school lunch and he said “I don’t really want this you know!”. Yeah I know.

We’ll see how it does.

So how did it do? The roti was all gone. Some of the bhaji came back. Chips were ofcourse gone, apple sauce was untouched. Not bad I think. As long as he ate his bhaji roti, I am happy! 4 stars.

Today’s lunch is inspired by McDonald’s in India – where they serve the Aloo Tikki Burger on their Dollar Menu! So I made a aloo tikki, cooked it well. Did not deep fry. Got burger buns, added some chutneys and voila! I put some ketchup in the box and some Sun Chips. I also added a small juice as the bevrage! Maybe I should have added a small toy or sticker to make it a happy meal! LOL !! I’m lovin’ it!

Incase you didn’t notice I wrapped it up in a foil which has smiley faces all over it!

So how did it do? This one actually went pretty well. The burger was gone, the chips came back; I’m not complaining! 5 stars!

Since I almost always have dough ready in the fridge, I decided to make gud roti. I was very tempted to make cheese paratha instead,  but I didn’t. Maybe next time I will. I also added one boiled egg to the lunch. I chopped it into small pieces and sprinkled with salt and pepper. For the fruit part I added apple sauce.

I didn’t pack the lunch in the laptop box today. Instead I wrapped the roti in a foil and added 2 small dabbas for the egg and applesauce. I’ll report back on how it goes.

So how did it do?

I also boiled some arbi(taro root) in the morning; peeled it and chopped it in small pieces. On this I sprinkled some salt and pepper and chaat masala. Oops I just realized that the red box has a lid closed in the pic!! That’s where I put the arbi. I also added some sun chips to this lunch and some ketchup for dipping. Hoping it does okay.

So how did it do? The arbi and the chips were gone. And only half of the sandwich was gone. Not happy. Lately none of the lunches are doing good. Oh well. 3 stars.