SCHOOL LUNCH HACKS GET BY WHEN SCHOOL LUNCH ISN’T CUTTING IT
Jokes about the quality of school lunches are about as old as lunch itself. Remember a few years ago when students nationwide took to Twitter to post pictures of their yucky school lunches with the hashtag #thanksmichelleobama? (You should look up the picture of the “mystery mush.”) Regardless of your political leanings, we can all agree that it’s up to parents whether their children get the nutrition they need. The United States Department of Agriculture reports that 67 percent of middle school students who eat school lunches are classified as overweight. But packing a lunch instead can be a hassle, especially if you’re trying to choose food your children actually want to eat. Here are a few hacks to make bag lunch better for your kids. Utilize jars. You want to pack your kid a salad, but you keep losing the itty-bitty container for the dressing. Try using a jar, but put the dressing in first, followed by items that won’t get soggy, like peppers, corn, or cherry tomatoes. Put the lettuce
on top. You can also use jars for dippable foods like celery sticks and peanut butter or ranch. Thermoses aren’t just for your morning coffee. Kids with a cold lunch from home might look over at Tommy’s unpleasant school lunch and think, “Hey, at least the mystery mush is a hot meal.” Use thermoses to keep chicken nuggets and other warm foods at their ideal temperature. Give the power to the kids. Homemade fruit cups, hard-boiled eggs, tortilla wraps, and other healthy foods have a refrigerator life of more than a week. That means that on the weekend, you can make up a variety of snacks for your child to pick from every morning. Nothing tastes better than the power of choice. Make fruit cool again. Colorful mellons look even more delicious if you use a small cookie cutter to cut them into interesting shapes. Pen ink looks great on an unpeeled banana, so try inscribing a funny joke or an
embarrassing message, like “I love you,” on the outside. While you’re at it, you can keep apple slices fresh by slicing an apple most of the way down and then using a rubber band to hold the pieces together. These tips would make for an appealing school lunch — meals worthy of being posted on social media with the hashtag #thanksmom.
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