Amanda's twins get a lunch that's exactly what they've asked for, plus a few mother-knows-best additions. 

It's a well-known fact: kids love playing with food. Today, Amanda puts together a simple lunch that's fun for her twins to eat (double-dipping permitted). 

Amanda faces the eternal lunchtime dilemma—salad or sandwich?—and comes away with a little bit of each. 

Turning to one of the world's best cooking methods for lunch: boiling.

Salmon makes another lunchtime appearance, but this time in a different form. 

A stepped-up salmon salad.

In between lunches where you really make an effort, make a few like this to maintain sanity.

A barley salad is born, in barely a paragraph. 

Sometimes, with lunch, you have to meet in the middle. And sometimes this means cucumber sandwiches. 

How to forage in your fridge for lunch.