Back-to-school can be made easier with these lunch options
September tends to suck. The summer is over, but it is still hot. Vacation is a thing in the past. However, back-to-school time can be exciting and fun, for both parents and kids.
Something that can be stressful is the planning of back-to-school meals and snacks. Every kid has their favorite items, but most appreciate something new to be included to change things up a bit.
While many parents go with the tried and true favorites, most do try to mix things up to find special items that will make their kids' snacks or lunches stand out a bit.
Having cool lunch boxes or convenient containers is part of this process, but choosing some delicious and usually nutritious items to make lunches more interesting is a worthwhile endeavor this time of year.
So, in addition to cool containers or lunchboxes, we compiled a list of awesome beverages, crunchy items, fruit snacks, bars, candy and more that will make your lunch or that of a loved one have a little extra panache for lunch or snack time.
Michelle Tompkins http://www.mediamichelle917.com Michelle Tompkins is an award-winning media, PR and crisis communications professional with more than ten years experience with coverage in virtually every traditional and new media outlet. She is currently a communications and media strategist and writer, as well as the author of College Prowler: Guidebook for Columbia University. She served as the Media Relations Manager for the Girl Scouts of the USA where she managed all media and talking points, created social media strategy, trained executives and donors and served as the organization’s primary spokesperson, participating in daily interviews with local, regional, and national media outlets. She managed the media for the Let Me Know internet safety and Cyberbullying prevention campaign with Microsoft, as well as Girl Scouts’ centennial Year of the Girl To Get Her There celebration in 2012, which yielded more than 800 million earned media impressions. In addition to her extensive media experience, Michelle worked as a talent agent in Los Angeles, California, as well contracting as a digital content developer and her writing has appeared in newspapers and online. She is passionate about television, theater, classic movies, all things food and in-home entertaining. While she has lived and worked in NYC for more than a decade, she is from suburban Sacramento and gets back there often to watch the San Francisco Giants on TV with her family.