“The Lunchable”.  What can I say about those two little words that emerge as the never ending thorn in my side every school year.  Those little compartmentalized boxes of “food” somehow creep into conversation and head the list of requests from my boys when planning school lunches.  My boys want to peel slices of pressed, chemical filled “meats and cheeses” out of their cute little compartments and stack them on crackers and call it lunch.  They want that because they see friends eating them at school.  Friends eat them at school because they’re easy to pack.  So what is a mom to do? (more…)