Toddler Meals: Fantasy vs Reality

Being a SAHM, I find that one of the hardest things to figure out are meal times.  Breakfast, not so much because Izzy loves cereal and Kensi goes between that or oatmeal...easy peasy.  What gets me the most is lunches.  In a perfect world, I'd be giving them something like a small sandwich with fruit and/or crackers on the side with juice.  I'd have their intake of fruit and vegetables and dairy on their plate and they'd love it.  But I don't live in a perfect world.  I live in reality where my budget doesn't always allow me to get fruit all the time.  It's the one thing they don't get to eat a lot of.  It can be quite expensive during the summer, and pretty scarce during the winter.  Plus with Izzy being a little bit of a picky eater, she may love apples one day, then the next she refuses to eat them.  So I have to be a bit creative or just make mental notes.  I've looked at Pinterest for ideas, and I think I've gotten a few good ones, but there's still that obstacle of money.  We're a one income family, and if I have to choose between milk and fruit, you better believe I'm going for that milk.  Hopefully since we're doing a little better in the money department, I'll be able to get more.  This time I got the girls some apples and banana's, and at this moment they like them.  Once they get sick of them, I plan on making them into muffins and applesauce...so at least they wont go to waste.  I would love to get them kiwi, melons, grapes...ect, but that will have to wait for a bit.  Right now, I'll just get them here and there and slowly work my way up to different, a little more exotic (kiwi) fruits when I can.