One of the most important things you can do for your child is provide a healthy lunch and snack option for them while they are away at school. Certain foods fuel the brain and actually help children's brain grow, focus and stay productive. Many lunch items we come across tend to be high in sugar, low in nutrients and full of empty calories that don't help children develop. Here are some very easy items that you can use to stock up lunch kits that are easy to find, healthy and will actually benefit your child. Doing it home made is also easy less expensive and will last you longer! Foods to avoid (even though are more convenient) are noodle packets (EXTREMELY high sodium), processed lunch meat, chewy fruit snacks etc. Those items have very little nutritional value to them and extremely high amounts of sodium or sugar. Something that can lead to weight gain and other health problems such as diabetes and heart disease.
Hummus and Pretzels or crackers ( Can chick peas (mash them) and add seasoning (salt, garlic cloves etc)
Yogurt and fruit cup
few squares of 70%or higher dark chocolate
DIY lunchables (cut up salami or ham or chicken, pair with celery or carrots and ranch dip and cheese cubes!)
Beef Jerkey
Cream Cheese and Pretzels
Home made granola and yogurt (rolled oats, toasted pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, raisins, honey or b.sugar.)
Hardboiled eggs
Cream cheese and ham wraps with spinach or lettuce (spinach much higher nutrients content)
FRUIT SMOOTHIES!! (trust me we have done this at daycare and most kids love it.. OJ, Plain yogurt, cut up or frozen fruit..any kind with banana usually.. spinach ( handfulls..they dont even notice when its blended) and honey) BLEND WELL IN BLENDER!
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