What to pack your child for lunch: Nutrient-dense school lunchbox ideas

It’s that time of year again. Our favorite time of the year, where the weather gets a little cooler (not really), school’s back in session and we get to pack school lunches E V E R Y single day.

Let’s talk about school lunches. What do you pack in your kids’ lunches? Do you set a weekly meal plan? Do you give leftovers? Do you give different foods daily? Do you give your child only what they like, what you know they’ll eat?

It’s no easy feat feeding children. One day they seem to like chicken nuggets and the next week they don’t. I know many of us try to make quick, convenient lunches because the last thing we have time for is to sack lunches but I cannot stress how important proper nutrition is for our growing children.

How do you ensure your kids’ meals are nutrient-dense? In this post, I hope to share the kind of foods to feed our children and some basic lunchbox tips.

1. Feed quality fats. Limit vegetable/seed oils

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And although a brain weighs about 3 pounds, it has over 25% of the cholesterol of the total body. Meaning, the brain is 60% fat…