Have you ever felt guilty because you?ve sent your child to school with a packaged lunch instead of a freshly made one? Making lunch one of your top priorities last night, but after fixing dinner, doing the laundry and checking the kids? homework, you were pooped ? and making lunch in the morning is definitely out of the question.

Throw away those microwaveable meals because thanks to the ingenuity of two sisters, for a nominal daily fee of $5, your child can have a nutritious lunch dropped to their school by the ladies of Cater Tots.

The new business is the brainchild of former educator Elizabeth Adderley and her sister, Harriet Arnst. With lunches intended for three to six year olds, Cater Tots will initially cater to Pre-schools and Primary schools in the central parishes, with the aim to eventually deliver to the entire Island.

Recently, spoke with Ms Adderley about the new business and what the sisters hope to achieve with their unique venture.

?I thought there would be a great need for this type of service. I talked to several people in the education system and they agreed,? she said. ?And I often heard parents say they felt badly because they were too busy to make a proper a lunch.?

From there, she said, their idea took off. Ms Adderley said in anticipation of the new school year, she and Mrs. Arnst have been taste testing their fare with school kids and they have received nothing but rave reviews.

The sisters intend for each lunch to include a freshly made sandwich or lunch wrap, a snack, such as freshly baked cookies or muffins, a fresh fruit and something dairy.

Each lunch will also include an eight-ounce bottle of water. They also will be making pudding from scratch.

In order to have the lunches delivered in time, the sisters intend to start preparing each morning at seven in the Old Colony Club?s kitchen, which they rent.

When asked how they intended to make children enthusiastic about healthy eating in the time of the tasty Lunchable?, Ms Adderley acknowledged that it could be difficult but suggested if parents introduced their children to healthy eating habits early, they would be easy to maintain as the children grow older.

?One thing I used to do when I was teaching which I now realise was wrong, is that I used to reward my students with gummy sharks. In these times of increasing occurrences of Type-2 diabetes and obesity, I would now suggest giving them a sticker instead.

?Once children have been introduced to candy, it?s tough to get them off it,? she said.

As a participant in the Department of Education?s Health to Success programme, Ms Adderley, along with her former colleague at Gilbert Institute, Elonda Stevens, won a gold award for incorporating and promoting healthy living in their daily lesson plans, so to her, eating right is serious business.

?I am really excited about what we are about to do,? she said.

To place orders for Cater Tots lunches, call 293-1691.