Children
have a great sense of beauty and presentation.
They love
food with bright colours arranged in artistic creations.
However, some
of them come home from school with half-eaten lunches to say:
“Mama, what
was that in the bread today? It smelled awful.”
“Mum, the
apple slices went all brown. So I didn’t eat them.”
“Ma, I have
a wobbly tooth today. I couldn’t bite. I wish you had given me something softer
to eat.”
Tired of such
complaints, I decided to let my eight-year-old design her school lunches and
snacks.
Together we
made some rules:
1) All food should
be home-cooked.
2) No non-biodegradable
packaging material like aluminium foil and cling-film to be used.
3) No food should
be wasted.
We did have
a great time designing, cooking, and presenting. And yes, the lunch and the snack boxes came home empty.
Here are
some of our lunchbox ideas:
Apple cupcakes, chappati and egg rolls, grapes, cucumber
Dosa and egg rolls, banana cake, melon and cucumber
Chappati and egg rolls, atta laddo and bits of marshmallow, rambutans, banana
Fried rice, dosa and cheese, cucumber, tomato
