Back-To-School with Butcher Block

And, just like that, summer is over and it’s back to juggling school drop-offs and pick-ups, ensuring homework gets completed after extra-curricular activities, and deciding what to pack the kids for lunch. Yes, it’s easy to hand them lunch money; however, for picky eaters, student athletes and those with allergies, packing a lunch is the best bet. But, coming up with creative lunchbox ideas can be almost as exhausting as balancing budgets to make the annual report deadline.

Where did we get the idea that sandwiches for lunch have to be boring? Sandwiches are versatile, amazing things, and only our imagination, or lack thereof, limits us. If sandwiches were blasé, Top Chef judge Tom Colicchio wouldn’t have opened NYC’s premier sandwich shop — ‘Wichcraft! Jazz things up by substituting bread or tortillas for waffles (yes, the frozen kind is fine). It’s avocado season so ham, cheese and avocado on waffles will make your kids eager for lunchtime.