By Raakhee Mirchandani for Elle Magazine

Another school lunch to pack, another day I fill my daughter's tiffin with poopie.

I don't set out to send her to school with a sack full of shit—I spend time making the daal, chopping the veggies and simmering and sautéing everything in just the right amount of herbs and spices. But any way I slice it, my daughter's friends think her lunch looks like crap.