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Give some variety to your child's taste buds with these school lunch ideas. They are all best prepared the night before, thus allowing you more time in the morning with your kids and not with their lunch boxes. All of these school lunch ideas are flexible enough with the added ingredients that you can pick and choose what will fit your child's taste.

Eggs are not just for breakfast.

The night before prepare a frittata: get one (or two) egg(s), add a little bit of milk, salt and pepper to taste and whisk it. Incorporate any vegetable (onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, bell peppers, ) and/or meat (turkey, ham, sausage, ), and/or cheese (mozzarella, Colby, ). Mix well and pour in a small greased skillet. Let it cook until you see the egg(s) firming. Flip to the other side and finish cooking. Once cooled, put the frittata in the refrigerator. The next morning, place the frittata between two slices of bread and you are ready to go.

Note: I have cooked frittata in a microwave plenty of times, especially if I wanted to use it in a sandwich. I mixed all the ingredients in a square container (just the right size of a slice of bread). Place the container in the microwave and cook for a couple of minutes (how many will depend on how many eggs you have used ,start with two and add more if necessary). It will not brown, but it will still be fluffy and you will have not used oil to grease the skillet. It will also be just the right size for the slice of bread. You will still need to cool it and place in the refrigerator overnight. If you place the hot frittata on the bread, it will make the bread too moist.

For a sweet treat, try crepes. Follow the recipe for crepes (http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/B asic-Crepes/Detail.aspx) except that you want to mix the wet ingredient first and then add the flour (as one of the reviewers suggested). Once the crepes have cooled, place dabs of jam or marmalade on each. Roll the crepes and place in a sealed container.

Cream cheese and tuna (or chicken) salad.

A twist to tuna salad: open and drain a small can of tuna. In a bowl combine the tuna, half of a cream cheese bar (low fat or regular). If you want to, add other ingredients to your liking (chopped olives, onions, sweet relish, ). Add salt and pepper to taste. Mix well and spread on bread slices, or pita bread, or tortillas.

Because it does not have mayonnaise, you don't have to worry about it staying cold until lunch.

For a crunchy lunch, cut up celery stalks the length of a container that

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