Tips & Tricks for Healthy School Lunches
School is back in session, and it is a great time to get your kids diet back on track. There is a dance between packing a healthy lunch and packing a lunch that your child will eat. Here are some tips and tricks to make it a little easier.
Roll ups, skewers and wraps
Make a lunch meat roll up: pick a healthy gluten free deli meat: turkey, ham or salami and fill it with some organic cheese (use raw or A2 dairy for a less inflammatory option. You can roll this up or add in pickle slices or avocados in the middle for a fun add in.
Make little skewers with toothpicks, stacking a healthy meat, a cheese cube and a tomato or grape for a fun lunch time skewer.
Use an almond flour, cassava flour or coconut flour tortilla with a deli meat and fun spread like a flavored hummus or cream cheese and wrap them up for a wrap. For a more festive lunch, cut the wrap in small circles making a pinwheel.
Bento-box lunches
Use a bento box (you can find these on Amazon, Target, Wal-Mart) and fill the compartments. Kids loves eating out of the little compartments and you can fill them with healthy and fun foods.
Pick a protein: Pick one of the options above or just rotisserie chicken, meatballs, tuna or chicken salad, a hard boiled (or even a deviled) egg, organic cheese stick or cottage cheese.
Add some healthy fruits and veggies depending on your child taste: watermelon, melon, apple slices, clementines, slices pears, grapes, berries, cucumber, carrots, snap peas and tomatoes.
Put in something crunchy like macadamian nuts, almonds, gluten free crackers/pretzels, veggie sticks, Siete grain free tortilla chips or keto granola.
Finally add a something to dip in such as an organic, natural nut butter, hummus, plain greek yogurt (add your own raw honey or liquid stevia to sweeten), applesauce, guacamole or salsa.
