The Day Has Arrived! Day 1 Healthy Lunch Challenge!

Summer, it's been fun.  We've had some real good times, we've had a lot of giggles, memories, and there were just a lot of bugs.  Really, THE BUGS!  I digress. We've met the teacher, dropped off school supplies, had our last day off all together, and now it's time for the big 2nd grade.  And 100 days of healthy lunches.

I tested our new lunchbox some yesterday, because it has this center hole for sauces. I was thinking BBQ, Ranch, Hummus, etc.  I tried BBQ since it's a mid range consistency of the three, and poured it about full, then closed the lunch box and shook it as much as I could, imagining it was bouncing around my kid's backpack on the bus, through the school, thrown around and tumbled. If it was dryer safe, I probably would have tried that.  When I opened it, a little bit had gotten on the top side, but nothing had spilled over into the other compartments.  We were solid.

I was going to grill out chicken, but I was feeling a little under the weather, and it poured here the night before last night so the humidity was outrageous. I had to mow, anyway, and after that I was pretty much done outside, so I seasoned the chicken with some olive oil, sea salt & pepper and popped it in the oven.  I made enough for his lunch today, our lunch yesterday and possibly some quesadillas tomorrow.  I've got a plan in my mind for each week, don't get me wrong. However, some days I'll be making adjustments depending on....LIFE.  Because life happens, right?

So. Chicken cooked, he requested it cut into "strips" with BBQ sauce. I added in some carrots & grapes and VOILA! Healthy Lunch #1 is in the books.  I'm excited to get off work, get home & see how the first day of school went, and how my lunch stood the taste test!