As the new school year quickly approaches, I was thinking about my own childhood and how my mom used to send me off to school each morning with a fully stocked lunchbox. My treasure trove of goodies would often include things like- a sandwich, some chocolate chip cookies, apple slices and a drink.

Nowadays, working parents find themselves pressed for time. The local grocery store is chalk-full of ready-made lunch options, but with the majority of schools enforcing strict “no-nut” guidelines, lunches are becoming increasingly more limited; thus often also less nutritious.
Kids are like little machines that require fuel to keep their energy levels up. Nothing can make more of a difference in your child’s behaviour and performance at school, than what you feed them. In fact, I find that children, who eat healthy, have overall fewer illnesses during the school year than kids who are regularly fed junk.

So, in an effort to boost your creative “lunch-making” juices, and help out all you fellow parents who now have to eliminate PB & J as a lunch option; I am going to blog a weekly lunchbox recipe that will not only help keep your kids healthy, but also show you how easy it can be to create a nutritious lunch meal for those growing bodies and developing brains. As an added bonus, if your kids are over the age of 3, try adding a daily supplement of fish oil capsules in their lunch and boost their Omega 3’s for brain development. My kids enjoy NOW brand Squishy Fishies. They are fruit flavoured and shaped like little fish. But there are many excellent brands available at your local health store.

Stay tuned!