Instructions: *Mini pizzas: Slice bagels or English muffins in half. Spread pizza sauce and desired toppings on top of each half (pepperoni, ham and pineapple, mushrooms...) and sprinkle with mozza cheese. Bake until cheese is bubbly.

Cool, wrap individually and freeze. Pop one or two in the lunchbox in the morning and it will be thawed by lunch. Easiest if you make a whole bunch at a time, assembly line style!

*Crackers and ?: Fill a baggie with favorite crackers. In a separate container (so crackers dont go soggy) include peanut butter, cheese wiz, slices of cheese, tuna salad and/or lunchmeat. For the cheese wiz or peanut butter, use crackers that can be easily split in two, and can be used to

"dip" into either. Try to get your hands on some inexpensive, tiny little
plastic portion containers like they use at the deli for cream cheeses and dips.

*Pizza Pops/pockets: I used to like it when mom cooked a pizza pocket in the morning (in the microwave), let it cool slightly and wrapped it in foil.

By lunchtime it was cold but cooked. I recall seeing recipes for home-made pizza pockets on here once and Im sure that could work too.

*Celery with peanut butter and raisins or with Cheese Wiz makes a good snack; another idea is to wash and cut up a bucket of veggies (broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, cucumber, celery....) and throw a handful in the lunch along with some ranch salad dressing for dip. Peeled hard boiled eggs are also good.

*Burritos: make an extra large batch of burritos for supper one night. (The kind with ground beef cooked in the "El Paso" taco seasoning packets - You can do this with ground beef but it is also good with ground chicken or diced white chicken meat). With the leftovers, wrap a bunch of burritos using meat, cheese, salsa and/or refried beans. (Dont use lettuce or fresh tomatoes or they go soggy). Wrap individually and put in a big bag in the freezer. Pull one or two out at a time and use for lunches - they are good even cold. We used to make a triple recipe so that there would be enough for a dozen or so burritos left in the freezer at a time.

*Homemade trail mix makes a good snack: Try things like peanuts, cheerios, fruit loops, shreddies, raisins, dried cranberries, mini chocolate chips or smarties.

*Try pita bread for a change: Cut in half, spread a bit of mayo inside, and stuff the pocket with grated cheese, diced lunchmeat, shredded lettuce and tomatoes. Or, a sandwich made on a croissant or bagel instead of bread?

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