Back-to-school time is exciting and nerve-wracking all at the same time–especially for those of us who are rookies! As a dietitian and mom of three, here are my top sanity-saving tips for making school lunch a breeze!
For working and stay-at-home parents alike, school lunch packing can seem like a daunting task, especially when it suddenly becomes part of your every day routine (on top of everything else you’re doing!). Throw in picky eating, and it can seem very challenging! I get it. And that’s why I’ve gathered up all of my favourite (and very helpful!) school lunch blog posts so that they’re all in one place. These posts have excellent ideas, lists, and tips from trusted nutrition and food experts. Here they are. Happy packing!
Packing Lunches
Anxious about packing school lunches? Don’t be. Here’s a step-by-step guide, plus a free printable with 20 healthy lunchbox ideas!
Feeling in a school lunch rut? Here are 50 healthy, kid-approved, easy lunchbox recipes that your kids will love!
It’s back to school time and this year I have not one…not two…but THREE kids in school! Seriously. When did that happen?! That's a LOT of lunches packed every week! Yikes! This is why I have decided to teach my kids to pack their own lunches. And I’m about to share the three things you need to know in order to get your kids packing their own school lunches too. Let’s get started!
The simple solution to make your kid's lunchbox...FUN! Dietitian-approved, helpful tips for packing kid-approved school lunches.
These school-safe granola bars are perfect for lunchboxes! As a bonus, there are no nuts or nut butters, which make them safe to send to school. What I find astounding about these bars is that they are held together by only one nutritious ingredient: mashed bananas!
My kids and I made these three lunchbox recipes together (ok, they pretty much did everything) and we enjoyed them so much that we wanted to share the love.
Eating at School
It's that time - back to school! And many parents find that school lunch packing is the most daunting of back-to-school tasks...making sure that your kids have school-safe, well balanced, appealing lunches five days a week can be challenging -- I can attest! Having 3 kids myself, I know first-hand how much work packing lunches is, but over the years I've found some products and tools that make this whole process a lot easier and less stressful.
After reading one of a fellow blogger's posts on how her preschooler refuses to eat her lunch, I thought I'd "reply" by writing a post with some ideas. Kids refusing to eat their lunch is a common struggle faced by many parents, so here are 7 ways to get your child to eat their school lunch!
After-School Snacks
There's no hunger quite like after-school hunger! That's why you need this list of 15 easy, healthy and kid-approved after-school snacks! You can thank me later.
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