Thank you. She's a wonderful friend who would do anything in the world for me, so I like returning the favor.
My one food splurge that has gotten out of hand is snacks
Mine is Kraft Easy Mac - the microwaveable mac and cheese...........8 year olds love mac and cheese and 8yos can use the microwave.
But I understand what you are saying. Once school starts next week I'll be able to go back to having lots of homemade snacks on hand for after school. My friend and I share the car-pooling. I take her daughter and mine to school, and she picks them up in the afternoon.
My local Wally World has started selling dried fruit in a new sort of baking section. It's quite reasonably priced.
The blueberries and cherries were wonderful in muffins, so I am hoping I can find a way to use them in a snack-type bar.
The packaged ones are very convenient, but I think even if I use those snack baggies and individually bag and freeze my homemade snacks, I will come out ahead pricewise (and, it goes without saying, nutrition-wise).