The moment we’ve waited for all school year has finally arrived……the first day of summer vacation!    No alarm clock, no “hurry hurry hurry – carpool’s leaving NOW”, no “where are my shoes? I know I left them somewhere last night”. 

But for those of us who haven’t had to fill our fridge with lunch food in a long time, summer vacation also brings the dreaded lunchtime feeding frenzy.    Everyone in my house seems to eat non-stop between the hours of 11 am and 2 pm – breakfast, lunch, brunch, whatever.    So what to fill the fridge with?

Of course, there are cold cuts and sliced cheese.  On good whole wheat bread with a slice of tomato and some lettuce, they make a respectable sandwich.   I always try to keep a bowl of cut up fruit in the fridge – don’t ask my why, but if the fruit is whole, my kids don’t even look at it.  But cut up fruit? It disappears almost as quickly as I can make it.  The old standby PB & J is always good for a quick lunch.  Last night’s leftovers always disappear as well.  Sometimes we have breakfast leftovers for lunch as well – who said you can’t eat waffles and pancakes for lunch?

But the thing that my kids really love is Tuna Salad – which then becomes tuna melts, tuna pita pockets, tuna in a tomato half, tuna on wheat bread with some lettuce, or just plain ol’ tuna on a spoon.   Here’s a recipe for the PERFECT tuna salad, which is just one of the many fabulous recipes you’ll find in the Mama Says, “No More Frozen Pizza!” recipe box.  

INGREDIENTS
2 small cans of albacore white tuna in water

2 eggs

2 stalks celery

1/2 small onion

small jar of salad olives

1/2 cup mayonaisse

PREPARATION

Make hard boiled eggs.  Open the can of tun and drain the water.  Put tuna in a bowl and mash it up.  Cut the onion and celery into small pieces and mix with the tuna.  Take 1/4 cup of the salad olives and chop to the size you like.  Add into the tuna with 1/2 cup mayonaisse.  Chop the eggs and add to the tuna salad.  Mix well.

Serve with a glass of milk and some oreo cookies….voila, a perfect lunch!!

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