About

Why did I start this blog?

I am a stay-at-home mom to two children, affectionately referred to as the nuggets.   As I ease my way into the diverse world of healthy, responsible and delicious packed lunches for my husband and children, I thought it would be fun to document my journey as I (hopefully) become better at it.  There are a couple reasons for my desire to do so, including:

• limiting the waste that is so common with packed lunches
• providing a diverse and healthy assortment of food
• expose my family to new tastes and textures
• learning to cook and prepare healthy meals for an active family
• being conscious with our lunch money, knowing there are better uses for it than fast food
• posting lunches and other ideas will keep me on track with my goals to keep our family on the road to being healthy and fit, as well as hold me accountable for staying motivated

My son, 4 years old, is our original Nugget and currently in preschool.  I recently began packing his lunch because he now has an after school program he attends one to three days a week.  He also has food allergies, which remain a persistent underlying concern as the world today (extended family, schools, society at large) slowly adjusts to the increasingly prevalent number of children with life-threatening food allergies. 

Originally, my son’s allergies were to dairy, egg and tree nuts.  He has since outgrown the dairy and egg allergy (yay!), but remains allergic to tree nuts.  As an interesting aside, there are two tree nuts he is not allergic to – almonds and pine nuts, both of which he was exposed to during breastfeeding and inadvertently as beginning eater.   Though recommendations change regularly as pediatric allergists continually learn more about their specialty, the current recommendation for my son (particular to his situation), is to continue exposure to peanuts, almonds and pine nuts to inhibit a future allergy from forming to those food items.

My daughter Rooni is 2 years old, and has tested allergy-free.  She eats lunch with me, so if we enjoy a picnic somewhere I will post our lunch, but otherwise she will not get as much air time as her sibling and dad!