Lunch Box

Thinking Outside the Summer Camp Lunch Box

Executive Summary by Sherrie Le Masurier

School may be out for the summer but if you’ve got kids in day camp chances are good you’re still packing lunches.

Here are some fun peanut-free ideas:

Crazy Eights

For this simple lunch idea all you need to do is supply eight of everything.

Lunchtime Leftovers

Topping my children’s favorite lunch ideas are leftovers.

Mystery Lunch

For a young child who loves a good mystery, consider wrapping up his lunch items in foil and making him guess what each individual package holds.

Creative Shapes

Make the ordinary extraordinary by packing melon balls instead of melon slices or cubes, slicing grapes in half, cutting cucumbers into squares and offering up carrot circles instead of baby carrots or boring carrot sticks.

Sandwich Roll Ups

Make deli rolls by spreading a little mustard onto a soft tortilla and topping with thin slices of salami.

Pita Crisps

Cut regular sized pitas into wedges and oven bake until crispy.

Tic Tac Toe Snacks For a fun snack idea pack your child a small piece of cardboard with tic tac toe grid on it and a snack bag of raisins and sandwich sized bag of Cheerios or round shaped cereal.

Lunch Box Ideas - Prepare Healthy Lunch Boxes for Your Child

Executive Summary by Hilary Basile

Busy parents often fall prey to lunch box short cuts at the supermarket. Following are tips for preparing healthy lunch boxes for your child:

Determine the formula. The formula contains the lunch box components such as (1) a main dish, (2) a fruit or vegetable and (3) something sweet. This takes some of the guess work out of preparing lunches.

Place lunch box items in predetermined areas. Set aside an area in your refrigerator and an area in a cupboard for lunch box items.

Create a list together. Sit down with your kids and create a list of lunch box items.

Pack leftovers. Place lunch-worthy leftovers in the lunch box area in your refrigerator.

Prepare it ahead of time. Cook a bit more for dinner, such as macaroni and cheese, chicken or meatballs, then save leftovers in lunch box size containers and place the containers in the appropriate area in your refrigerator.

Encourage new items. For the child that requests a peanut butter and jelly sandwich every day, encourage new items to avoid falling into a nutritional rut.

Let them make it themselves. Have your kids make their own nutritious lunches.

Include some dip. Pack a small container of dipping sauce like ranch dressing to add pizzazz to vegetables, or hummus to spread on bread.

Try healthy dessert alternatives. Examples of healthy dessert options include fruit cups, trail mix, or a baggie full of cereal.

Include a beverage. The best beverage choices for kids are water and milk.

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