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Top 10 School Lunch Items to Keep on Hand

June 21, 2012

* Nut butters (almond, peanut and sunflower are great choices)
* Cream Cheese
* Cheddar, mozzarella or your favorite cheese (sticks, bricks, shredded or slices)
* Pesto (goes great with pasta, rice, quinoa, as a sandwich spread or to make an Egg Pesto Melt)
* Pasta (a variety of shapes like ziti, macaroni, rotini or more)
* Bananas (to eat on their own, sliced and added with honey and nut butter on a sandwich or added to Banana Oat Chocolate Chip Cookies)
* Baby carrots, sugar snap peas, cucumbers or any of your child's favorite veggies
* Dehydrated, freeze dried or dried fruit
* Yogurt
* Bread (bagels, english muffins, tortillas or your favorite sandwich bread)

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  1. KYLIE ursino

    February 4, 2013 at 1:14 am

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    Love to join

  2. Mary

    October 13, 2012 at 10:15 pm

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    I’d add Wowbutter (nut-free butter made with soy) to the list. Everywhere there are kids here in Toronto is pretty much a nut-free zone. The Wowbutter even comes with labels you can stick on your container showing it is nut-free

  3. Jola

    August 26, 2012 at 10:09 am

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    Wow, this is great. I’ll certainly should follow this list, that way there won’t be any problems in the mornings any more. Just pinned it!

  4. Jen

    August 24, 2012 at 3:29 pm

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    I love my son’s go green lunchbox. It has individual compartments that also contain a stainless water bottle. The lid has gaskets that seal each compartment and locks into place with a twist (easy for kids) so that the compartments don’t leak into each other. The only problem is that it is long so it almost has to go into their backpack on its side so things get a bit shaken up.

    • Sara

      March 30, 2013 at 11:27 pm

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      Would you be able to tell me a website or something for ordering these lunch boxes please! I need to get some fr my son. Thanks :)

  5. Eric

    July 24, 2012 at 10:22 pm

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    I have purchased Zojirushi lunch jars for my kids. We saw a lot of these when we lived in Japan and I take them to work as well back here in the States. There are a few different sizes and they are definitely unique. My kids say they have the coolest lunchboxes in school. They score high on the durability factor as well. While riding the bus, the kids wanted to punch it to see how tough it was. Luckily, no calls from other parents.

  6. Elana Stein

    June 25, 2012 at 9:34 pm

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    This is my go-to website for all things family/food-related. I was wondering about lunch boxes – I have seen mentions of Yobu, LunchBots and Laptop lunchboxes, and I was wondering which is really your favorite.

    I am going to get one each for my son and daughter who are starting to stay for lunch every day for the first time this fall, so I want to make sure whichever one I pick is the best.

    Thanks for your advice on this but also for everything you are doing on this site.

    Best,
    Elana



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