| Putting together lunches that your children will | | | | all about balance. Also, celebrate special days and |
| enjoy can seem like a daunting and complicated | | | | make lunch time unique. Include little heart |
| task, as you struggle to align the tastes of your | | | | cupcakes for Valentine's Day or pack some neat |
| kids with all of the food in the world and create a | | | | stuff as it gets closer to Christmas or another |
| culinary concoction that your children won't trade | | | | popular holiday. Plan lunch menus around special |
| away. There is a way you can accomplish this and | | | | days and give your kid a lunch that the school will |
| give your kids a healthy treat at the same time. | | | | envy around his or her birthday. Be creative, too, |
| Don't start sending cafeteria money just yet. One | | | | and include theme lunches on days like Chinese |
| of the first things you need to do is to make | | | | New Year so that your kids can eat and learn at |
| sure that your kids have the right gear for their | | | | the same time! Packing school lunches is often a |
| gourmet experience. Have your kids select their | | | | task that many moms and dads fear, but it |
| own lunchboxes or lunch bags. This will let them | | | | doesn't have to end up that way. You can pack a |
| express their personal style and will allow them to | | | | school lunch that is both exciting and healthy, just |
| make a choice. They can give the presentation of | | | | by being a little innovative and creative. Include |
| their lunch a personal touch that will make it more | | | | foods that you know your kids love and foods |
| attractive. Most older kids prefer plain brown | | | | that you know they should have. Pack veggies |
| bags, what with conformity being an obsession | | | | and include a special dip to add some flavor, for |
| and all, but younger kids will jump at the chance | | | | example, and your kids will enjoy their lunches |
| at picking a fun lunch bag. Buy a frozen ice pack | | | | instead of trading them away for a box of |
| or freeze the juice boxes you plan to include. This | | | | cookies or other unhealthy snacks. Packing school |
| will help refrigerate everything in your child's lunch | | | | lunches is often a task that many moms and |
| so that he or she doesn't end up with soggy | | | | dads fear, but it doesn't have to end up that way. |
| sandwiches and other lunch problems. Containers | | | | You can pack a school lunch that is both exciting |
| are likely to "sweat" a little when they thaw, too, | | | | and healthy, just by being a little innovative and |
| so wrap them up well to avoid any sogginess | | | | creative. Include foods that you know your kids |
| soaking through. Try to include a good | | | | love and foods that you know they should have. |
| combination of your child's favorite snacks and | | | | Pack veggies and include a special dip to add |
| healthy choices. If you include a bland sandwich | | | | some flavor, for example, and your kids will enjoy |
| and a pile of carrot sticks, your child may end up | | | | their lunches instead of trading them away for a |
| putting the lunch on the trading block. But if you | | | | box of cookies or other unhealthy snacks. |
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