Lunch is in the bag

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Lunch is in the bag
By CATHERINE KLASNE
Food editor At long last, we won't be packing school lunches this year.
My husband and I have been packing them for at least one child for 17 school years now so, if we don't qualify as experts by this time, we are at least experienced. Our children are relatively open-minded, but we did meet resistance occasionally.
Here are the major don'ts:
· Nothing weird: As someone who tries new things all the time, I broke this rule regularly. Probably the worst things I ever packed for my son, Eli, who's leaving for the University of South Florida in a few days, were homemade energy bars. Alton Brown demonstrated them on one of his "Good Eats" shows, but my versions definitely weren't. Sure, they had less sugar, salt and fat and more protein than commercially prepared granola bars, but they could have been used as building blocks in a diorama of the pyramids, they were so dense, heavy and dry.
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I see I am not the only one Alton inspires by his gadgets and homemade commercial products.

[Chefnot]

Dang that made me stop and think, guess I have been packing lunches for over 20 years! (will it ever stop!? )

But that's a good article, nothing weird at all! Hec, even the sandwich bag is scrutinized!