My sister occasionally mentions how when she was a girl, Fridays were PBJ Days. They always got peanut butter and jam on Fridays and that made the day special. I had a different childhood and didn’t have PBJ Days, but I liked the idea. One big problem … my eldest doesn’t like peanut butter and my second isn’t crazy about jam.
I put on my thinking cap and created Chocolate Fridays. It isn’t really chocolate. It isn’t really healthy. But it is one lunch a week and the boys love it. 
Almost every Friday the boys get a tortilla smeared with Nutella spread and then rolled up. That’s it. No mystery recipe. No fabulous preparation necessary. Tortilla. Nutella.
I chose this in the hopes that Ricky would one day be won over to peanut butter – after all, Nutella comes from nuts like peanut butter. It’s just a hazelnut spread . My evil plan hasn’t worked. We’ve been doing Chocolate Fridays for many, many months now and Ricky still won’t touch peanut butter.
What I didn’t realize was the reaction Chocolate Fridays would cause at school. I’ve been told about a teacher frowning on Ricky’s lunch choice and encouraging him to eat some of the more “healthy food” in his lunch. I’ve heard of kids being totally jealous of Ricky’s lunch. And, in just the last couple of weeks, I’ve been confronted by mothers of three other first graders wanting to know what the recipe is for this great lunch Ricky gets every Friday.
Chocolate Fridays. They are such a big hit, Billy asks for them on Tuesdays.