leasmom-
Was thinking about your "bulk" buying on pineapple. What you could do is pack up some for lunch and use the rest for muffins or pineapple upside down cake. Those could be frozen and served for breakfast later or a snack for lunch for your dd instead of packed fruit. About puddings, I'm not sure if you can freeze or not, I would think so. I know you use pudding to make pudding pops. Hope this helps.
Anna
P.S. I found a good canning site, it gives directions for canning pinto beans, which I've been looking for seems like forever.
http://www.uga.edu/nchfp/