Top Ten Lunch Box Snacks
6 
August 22, 2011 ‹ newer older ›
We arrive at the end of summer and it is time to start packing those lunch boxes for school. How can we make them better?
My children are always demanding that the food keep changing - they seem to love variety. Would I love to pack carrot sticks every day? Yes! But, will they eat them every day? No!
So, I tax my brain about what types of healthy foods to include - and most importantly - I involve them in my decisions. If they "buy in" to a healthy snack, they are much more likely to actually eat it.
I am hoping that as my children get bigger - they will pack their own lunches. This would make my life SO much easier and be good training for when they no longer live here.
The list below is meant to augment the obvious stuff for lunch boxes (apples, grapes, bananas, veggie sticks, whole grain crackers, etc.). The first seven on the list are recipes for when you have a little time to prepare a healthy snack.
The last three are my favorite packaged snacks for when I run out of time for making snacks.
1. 
Create A Better Snack With Carrots
2. 
Lighter, Fluffier Trail Mix
3. 
Whole Grain, Homemade Chip: Goodbye Potato Chips!
4. 
A Grab 'N Go Breakfast With ZERO Added Sugar (and you will love it)
5. 
The Cheater's Guide to Healthy Yogurt
6. 
Transform Broccoli Into a Food the ENTIRE Family Will Eat
7. 
Give the Gift of A Healthy Snack (Your Friends Won't Even Know Its Healthy!)
Packaged snacks:
8. 
A Healthy Packaged Snack For Your Lunch Box
9. 
The Benefits of Cheese Sticks
10. 
Need Some Intense Dark Twilight Delight?
Below is my favorite lunch box (because it has compartments to put yummy food in) and my friend, Kelly, came up with them.
What do you put in your kid's lunch box?
EasyLunchboxes 3-compartment Bento Lunch Box Containers (Set of 4) BPA-Free. Easy-Open Lids (Not Leakproof)
$13.95
Other posts you might like:
 | 25 ideas for Healthy After-School Snacks My friend, Aviva Goldfarb, is an amazing resource on healthy eating for families. She is the author of two cookbooks and the founder of The Six O'Clock Scramble®.... read more |
 | Top Ten Budget Healthy Snacks Are you financially stretched? Honestly, who isn't feeling the pain of our economic downturn?... read more |
Never miss a post: Subscribe (it's free)
6 Comments:
I am glad you included the nod to Whole Grain, Snack Girl! Wow @Cathie! Is she really eating nothing at all? Does she like crispy snacks? I work with the social media team for Wasa and they have a coupon on their Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/wasa?sk=app_10531514314 If you want to try them out. They are a crunchy source of fiber and taste great topped with peanut butter or cheese. There are some great recipes on their website complete with nutritional information. They make a great snack or lite lunch for you too. I keep them at work for in between meals.
Veronica on August 22, 2011
@Veronica-
I haven't attempted to give her the Wasa, although I love them myself. Lately, I've been on a Wasa Multigrain Crisp Bread kick.
She will actually bring home the entire lunch box filled with everything I packed for her, or sometimes what will happen is the lunch ladies will feel bad for her and give her a bagel or something. This really makes me feel like "Bad Mommy!" My thought process is maybe if I let her get her lunch together, she'll be more apt to eat it. Thanks for the Wasa site, I already "liked" it!
Cathie on August 22, 2011
I drop in a Clifbar mini.
lance on August 22, 2011
Thanks Girlfriend, for sharing my EasyLunchboxes with your readers!
Kelly Lester on August 24, 2011
A very timely article! It seems like I pack the same ole thing everyday. I will definitely incorporate some of your ideas.
I just wrote about using the topic of school lunches vs. lunch boxes to teach your kids about budgeting. Let me know what you think!
http://blog.moneytrail.net/2011/08/using-lunch-money-to-practice-budgeting.html
Pam at MoneyTrail on August 24, 2011
Cathie on August 22, 2011