Back to the daily grind.......

Since the kids went back to school yesterday, we are back to the daily grind of getting up and preparing for each day.  This morning, my routine included cleaning up kids toys (lord help me), doing laundry, and getting lunches packed for everyone.  In case you didn't know this about me, I am not one to eat out very much.  There are a couple of reasons for this......  

1 - I cannot eat dairy or gluten, so eating out is risky because many restaurants prepare food with these items and I don't know until I have already eaten them and its too late 😮.  

2 - It's much less healthy.  Here's a little statistic for you: "On average, these restaurant meals contained 1,205 calories—about half of a person’s typical daily recommendations. In all, 92% of the meals gave a typical eater more energy than they need at a single meal (570 calories, which the researchers used as a benchmark for typical energy requirements.) And there was little difference between the calorie counts of food at chain and non-chain restaurants." (http://time.com/4187120/restaurant-meals-fast-food-calories/).

3 - It's much more expensive than making your own lunch! Here's some backing for this: "The average American spends $232 per month eating meals prepared outside the home. Given that there’s 18.2 meals eaten outside the home in an average month by the average American, the average meal outside the home costs a person $12.75.  If you were to simply prepare all meals at home, you’d move 4.2 meals from restaurants to your home. At an average cost of $12.75 per meal, you’d save yourself $8.75 for each of those meals. In other words, the average American would save $36.75 per person per week by moving all of their meals from restaurants to home-prepared meals." (https://www.thesimpledollar.com/dont-eat-out-as-often-188365/)

So this means that my morning food packing can be quite extensive somedays.  Today everyone needed lunches plus we need to pack extra food to have between school and lacrosse practice because we won't be able to come home.  It's always so much work, but it makes me happy to know that all of us are eating healthy and saving some serious💰💰💰 as well!