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Packing a Lunch
Lunches can be really, really easy if you are willing used packaged foods, simple staples. And you don't have to feel guilty when you consider that your kid is probably eating more, better food from your slap-dash lunches that he would be if he was being his picky-eater self at the cafeteria.
Here are some good, quick, throw-it-in-the-bag ideas:
- Nuts - Peanuts, sunflower seeds, pistachios (good protein)
- Dried fruit - apricots, cranberries, raisins, mangos (yummy and sweet)
- Fresh fruit - apples, oranges, tangerines, nectarines (easy, easy)
- Fresh veggies - baby carrots, celery, red pepper slices
- Protein or nutrition bars (pricey, but guilt-reducing)
- Crackers - wheat thins, triscuits, goldfish
- Juice box or pouch
Notice that most of these things do not require refrigeration or preparation. A perfectly good lunch can be thrown together in less than a minute with almost no clean up. And the best news is, your kid will proabaly actually eat these things.
That way you can save the PB&J for weeknights when you are too exhausted to cook!!!
Here are some good, quick, throw-it-in-the-bag ideas:
- Nuts - Peanuts, sunflower seeds, pistachios (good protein)
- Dried fruit - apricots, cranberries, raisins, mangos (yummy and sweet)
- Fresh fruit - apples, oranges, tangerines, nectarines (easy, easy)
- Fresh veggies - baby carrots, celery, red pepper slices
- Protein or nutrition bars (pricey, but guilt-reducing)
- Crackers - wheat thins, triscuits, goldfish
- Juice box or pouch
Notice that most of these things do not require refrigeration or preparation. A perfectly good lunch can be thrown together in less than a minute with almost no clean up. And the best news is, your kid will proabaly actually eat these things.
That way you can save the PB&J for weeknights when you are too exhausted to cook!!!
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