Easy tips for how to pack sandwiches for lunch ahead of time. How to keep sandwiches from getting soggy.

Five tips for easy school lunch packing!

How to pack lunch the day before. Pack lunch ahead of time. Pack lunch the night before. Make ahead lunch for kids. Make ahead school lunch.

I've been packing school lunches now for 6 years - I started when my two oldest were 18 months and going to a little developmental toddler preschool a couple days a week, and now they are almost 8.  In that time, I've tried a LOT of different lunch containers and lunch packing strategies.  There are a lot of good lunch containers out there, and I would definitely still recommend many of them.

Listen, I am busy.  I've got four little kids, two cats, a husband, and a mountain of laundry that never seems to go away.  I've got way better things to do with my time than carefully treating cut apples to keep them from browning.  It's funny though, the things that never occur to you until other people mention it.  I've been putting apples in the lunches since the beginning of lunches, and never really given it much thought. They're just apples.  I cut them, they eat them. 

VALENTINE'S DAY IS COMING UP, AND WOULDN'T IT  BE FUN TO PACK A LITTLE EXTRA LOVE IN THE LUNCH BOX?

To help you plan ahead, I've pulled together the lunches I made for Valentine's week last year. All of these lunches were super quick and easy to make, with just a few extra little tools and accessories. You don't have to make any special foods - you can make any food look fun and special. With a few cutters, picks, and baking cups, you can add lots of little heart shaped touches to what would otherwise be a normal lunch.

I love making sandwiches for lunch out of breakfasty stuff.  Today it is waffles.  When I make waffles, I always, always make lots extra.  If you're mixing up the batter, just mix extra.  Usually I will cook just enough for our Sunday breakfast, and then after breakfast when everyone else has moved on to other activities, I will go back in the kitchen and finish cooking up the extra waffles.  They freeze great and re-heat great. With a waffle sandwich, a little fruit and a little protein, you've got an easy winner of a lunch.

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