Tasty and nutritious school lunches can be one of parents' biggest challenges. To please the kids and meet the basic dietary guidelines, make them part of the planning and shopping. Within reason, try to accommodate their lunch requests, keeping nutrition guidelines in mind.
A nutritious lunch doesn't have to revolve around a traditional sandwich; consider different pita bread or tortilla wrappings filled with a favorite sandwich meat or salad, meat and cheese kabobs, or a macaroni salad. Salsa and chips, assorted pickles, or veggie sticks and slices with dip make a lunch box bonus sure to please most kids. Fun foods like ants on a log or jiggly gelatin desserts are good choices for the younger kids.
Here are some lunch and snack recipe ideas and links to more sandwich recipes and kid-friendly food.
Recipes
Egg Salad Sandwich
Southern Deviled Eggs
Pretzel Bites
Lightly Spiced Yogurt Fruit Dip
No-BakeChocolate Fudge Oatmeal Cookies
Iced Cranberry Orange Cookies