The no-mess Lunch

(Not even any dishes to wash!)

Here are some lunch ideas which can make the mid-day meal SO easy!

Mom often let us kids have "Paper napkin" lunches and we would get a kick out of it, plus it was a lot less for her to clean up.

Handing each of us a paper napkin, we would unfold it all the way and lay it on the table in front of us.

Then Mom would come by and place one food item on each of the four squares made by the creases in the napkin. All finger foods, which we loved!

Things like...

• Sandwiches
• Blueberrys, strawberrys or some such fruit
• Carrot sticks
• Celery
• Pretzels
• Peanuts or sunflower seeds

The list goes on.. we all have our finger food favs!

Then for cups Mom came up with a very simple solution so that we don't end up with a billion cups to wash after one day. Each of the children have a water bottle in the refridgerator, and even Connor can reach in and grab a drink anytime during the day. This works well at lunch time too. They all get their water cold from the fridge. No plates, no cups, no utensils. The table doesn't even have to be cleared! Everyone throws away their napkin and puts their water back in the fridge and lunch is over!