It’s the bane of parents of school-aged children everywhere. Ask any mom her biggest challenges with raising school aged children, and somewhere among them, almost cringingly whispered, come those two dreaded words: making lunch. The daily grind of making sure you have enough variety in stock is challenging.
It’s hard to find healthy foods your kids will eat. Yet with popular faves like Turkey + Cheddar Lunchables packing in at least half a days’ worth of saturated fat, most ready-made snacks are no good solution.
I love fresh spring rolls, or salad wraps as they’re sometimes called. The Thai-inspired kind prepared with raw, julienned vegetables snugly encased in a rice paper wrapper, made even more delicious with a savory dipping sauce served on the side. It’s a simple concept, yet one of those recipes I hesitated to try at home.
My problem was with the rice paper wrappers. I would buy them periodically, but my good intentions were always cut short by the lack of directions on the package. Eventually, as in a long time later, I would feel compelled to toss them, unopened, they were so old. Why it took me to long to simply look up the directions, I’ll never know, but I tell you now that I’ve got a handle on it, making healthy, delicious spring rolls is embarrassingly easy and very kid-friendly.
It’s the bane of parents of school-aged children everywhere. Ask any mom her biggest challenges with raising school aged children, and somewhere among them, almost cringingly whispered, come those two dreaded words: making lunch. The daily grind of making sure you have enough variety in stock is challenging.