Every August we go through the same thing around here, and we bet your house does too: the backpacks are out, the school supply list is somehow four pages long, and somewhere in the middle of all of it, somebody asks what's actually going in the lunchbox this year. We've been making cured meats in Brooklyn since 2010, and if there's one thing we've learned from feeding our own kids, our neighbors, and our old farmers market crowd, it's that snack time gets a lot easier once you stop reaching for whatever's fastest and start reaching for whatever actually holds someone over.

So here's what we're sending to school with our own families this year. We pair our beef charcuterie with cheese in a handful of combinations we genuinely can't pick a favorite from — Smoked Beef Salami with Gouda, Bresaola with Truffle Gouda  for the fancy kid,  Beef Pepperoni with Mozzarella for the kid who wants something closer to pizza, and a Genoa Style Beef Salami with Provolone for anyone who just wants the classic.

And if your house can't agree on one, we put together a bundle so everybody gets their pick without you having to buy six separate packs.

So if you're staring down another school year trying to figure out what goes in the lunchbox besides the same three things on rotation, give one of these a try. You can see the whole lineup, bundle included, over on our Snack Pack page — we'd love for you to find your family's new favorite.