Pack a school lunch they won't want to trade (BPT) - Packing
school lunches filled with healthy, appealing and creative foods
is an excellent start to encouraging children to make sensible
food choices now and in the future. But if lunch items you pack
are less than appetizing, it could be the next item of trade in
the cafeteria: a risk not worth taking in the age of nutrient-
deficient and calorie-heavy school lunches. Break up the mundane
sandwich routine with well-rounded lunch combinations that will
have kids eating well and growing strong with every bite. Here
are some important components to a lunch they'll think is worth
keeping and eating: * A main meal - Taste is important to
children, and feeding the occasional "picky" eater can be quite
a challenge. A tortilla roll-up with enticing ingredients like
avocado, tomato or cucumbers with turkey, fish or chicken will
show even the finickiest of eaters that there is more to lunch
than the same old sandwich. Use the main meal as an opportunity
to offer kids