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Today's mini-edit is about school lunch hacks.

Well, life is nothing, if not ironic, and one area in which that applies for me is school

lunches.

When I was a kid, buying lunch was the one area where my mom splurged. I'm using air quotes there,

though really it was a necessity because the idea of making seven lunches for seven kids every day,

mercy. As a result, since I bought school lunch every day, I always longed for homemade

brown bag lunches. My favorite days of the

year were when we had school field trips when there was no other option but to bring a bagged lunch.

My mom would put one together and also include a few usually off-limit treats from the candy

section at our family convenience store. Meanwhile, I have made thousands of

school lunches in a total of 21 years since my kids do not like buying school lunch, understandably

given that there isn't enough time to eat it, which I do appreciate because I'm a fan of

slower eating, but every now and then I have wished that they would buy their lunches.

Now, I do want to make a note before I jump into tactics,

and that is to let go of worrying about perfect lunches.

Think about balance across a day or even a week.

Just do the best you can. My first recommendation is to get hooked up

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