Category: Get Creative
Add some colours to their lunch boxes!
I use coloured wraps to brighten up the kids lunch boxes…I know they are getting their vegetables and they are impressed with the colours! – Shellie, ON... Read More
Try some Banana Sushi!
My great lunch box tip is Banana sushi. Take a flour tortilla and spread it with your jam of choice. Take a whole peeled banana and roll it in the tortilla, and then cut crosswise into bite-size pieces. Another variation of this is cucumber and cream cheese, equally yummy! -Cecile, ON... Read More
Frozen Smoothies!
Here’s my tip for lunches that my daughter LOVES: Frozen smoothies. Any smoothie recipe (I use a basic one-1 cup skim milk, 1/2 cup OJ, and any fruit you have on hand fresh or frozen). I make a big batch and pour into small round gladware cups. I take one out of the freezer in the morning and by lunchtime it’s thawed enough so that she can eat it with a spoon. She’s always asking for them! –Haylie, AB... Read More
It’s the Mix and Match Dempster’s Lunch Time Solution!
It’s no secret that I am practical. Notice the name of my blog? I am forever looking for easy choices to simplify parenting. Making lunches is no exception. So, if I was an inventive and real foodie – I would have whipped together a taste sensation lunch that everyone will devour. However, my kids don’t appreciate my culinary prowess. They are boring eaters – which means I am resorting to being a mom getting through every lunch one at a time.... Read More
It’s easy, scramble up some eggs!
With Dempster’s wraps, it’s easy to make a late morning snack for the kids. Scramble up some eggs and wrap them up with alfalfa sprouts. Don’t forget the mayo and ketchup – Serena, BC... Read More
Send them a little love note!
My favourite trick to get the kids through lunch with a smile, a little love note, or simple smiley face drawn on a napkin and stuck into that lunch box without their knowledge. Now that I think about it, those notes are as much for me as they are for them. When my girls are eating lunch at school with their friends, their teachers, dealing with social stress and all that life is throwing at them….they know I’m right there with them, cheering them on.... Read More
Mix fruits with honey over sugar treats!
In place of sugar treats, cut up a variety of in season fruits with a tsp of honey mixed together to munch on as a treat. The kids not only get their sweet fix but they get their daily serving of much needed fruits that the Canada’s Food Guide suggests.... Read More
Wrap it up!
Wrap their favourite sandwich meat and cheeses up in a tortilla shell, and keep it all together with toothpicks! (I quickly learned my youngest likes to eat her tortilla roll-ups with her toothpicks, so I cut up that tortilla sushi style! This is now a lunch time fave.)... Read More
“Build their own” Lunch Kit
When it comes to sandwiches , my kids like to “build their own” I pack everything they need in their lunch bag, packaged separately and let them make it themselves. Anything they do not put on the sandwich they eat on its own.... Read More
Menu plan with your child
Before you head out to do the grocery shopping, sit down with your child and on a calendar write out the lunches for the week. This way if there is something that they would like for lunch that you don’t have on hand you can pick it up without having to run out again during the week.... Read More
