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Avoid the boring, brown
bag, bologna sandwich blues with creative and healthy lunch and
snack menus.
Good nutrition can be
as easy as A,B,C if parents remember to include some of these
healthy, good-tasting items on their shopping lists.
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A |
Apples, applesauce, animal crackers |
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B |
Bananas, bran muffins, wheat bread
or white bread
(for sandwiches), mini-bagels |
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C |
Crackers, string cheese (with skim
milk), low fat cottage cheese, chicken salad, cereal bars, or
cantaloupe slices |
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D |
Dried fruit |
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E |
Egg salad |
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F |
Fig newtons, fruit cocktail, fruit
roll-ups |
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G |
Granola, grapes, grapefruit, ginger
snaps |
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H |
Honeydew melon slices |
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I |
Ice cream (low fat or sherbet) |
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J |
100% fruit juice, Jello® jigglers |
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K |
Kiwi, lean beef kabobs |
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L |
Leftover stew or lasagna, lean beef
burger |
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M |
Muffins, Mr. Phipps pretzel chips |
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N |
Nuts |
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O |
Oranges, oatmeal cookies |
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P |
Peaches, plums, pumpkin bread,
pretzels, pizza (vegetarian), pasta salad, peanut butter |
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Q |
Quiche (vegetable) |
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R |
Raisins |
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S |
Strawberries, soup |
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T |
Turkey or tuna sandwich with
tomatoes, Teddy Grahams |
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U |
Unsweetened pineapple chunks |
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V |
Vanilla wafers, raw vegetables (all
varieties) |
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W |
Watermelon triangles (seedless) |
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X |
eXtra lean lunch meats |
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Y |
Yogurt (low fat) |
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Z |
Zucchini bread |
Try to make lunch exciting. Send
Jello cutouts or sandwiches shaped with cookie cutters. This extra
touch will really let your child know that he or she is special.
Remember, eating healthy at school and at home will increase your
children's stamina and brain power. On special occasions, it's okay
to send some of the higher fat chips and cookies, but as a general
rule, avoid letting your little ones talk you into high-fat lunches!
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