How to make school lunches fun and healthy
Healthful school lunches combined with some surprises can get good grades from hungry students. Here are a few tips on how to not only add the energy children need to learn but flavor and fun to packed lunches.
Lollipop bouquet. Use ribbon to tie eight to 10 lollipops in all colors and flavors together and create a bouquet for a child to share with friends.
Involve children in the planning and it's less likely the food will be traded or come home uneaten. Have children help create a list of foods they like for lunch.
Keep it small. Children generally prefer minisized food.
Prepare mini-bagels with peanut butter and raisins: Two mini-bagels or half a regular sized bagel spread with peanut butter and raisins. Add cheese sticks and cut strawberries.
Try small pita bread stuffed with hummus, cheese or other sandwich fillings. Add a bag of blueberries, a hardboiled egg and orange juice.
Use different kinds of breads for sandwiches or cut the
bread into different shapes with a cookie cutter.
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