Back to school? 5 Tips to outsmart lunch menus!

Joette Calabrese, HMC, PHom M

August 11th, 2011 | 3 Comments

Children learn many things in the school, don’t they? Math equations, pronouns, sports and games, but the last thing you want them to soak up is a taste for nutritionally vacant and maybe even harmful foods. Cafeteria foods are notoriously unhealthy and gross. (I remember visiting with the head cook at my son’s school and found that nearly every item in the pantry contained MSG.)

Yes, they must go to school, but that doesn’t mean that they can’t learn invaluable lessons from you and their lunch box, too

Here are 5 easy and fun snacks to snuggle in their lunch box:

Surprise Pot! A bell pepper opened to look like a jack-o-lantern stuffed with different surprises for each child. Try carrot or celery sticks, cherry tomatoes, cheeses cut into fun shapes, raisins, grapes or dried cherries and top the pepper again with its little cap.

Pirate Loot! Skewered slices of apples, pears, peaches, etc., on little plastic swords. (Remember to dip the fruit in lemon juice so that it retains its color!)

Cheese Poppers! Old fashioned popcorn, drenched with butter and coated with Romano cheese, oregano, basil, garlic, salt and pepper. (Hot sauce is a nice touch if your child(ren) enjoy spicier foods.)

Cinnamon Milk! Send them with a thermos of warmed raw, unpasteurized, non-homogenized whole fat milk with a sprinkle of cinnamon and a splash of vanilla extract.

Pick-Up-Sticks! Cut stick-size pieces of carrots, celery, cucumbers and peppers and toss along with fresh green beans. Make an easy dip of sour cream and chives for them to dip. (If you’d like a sweeter option, try stick-size slices of apples, pears and nectarines with a homemade dip of yogurt and raw honey.)

Check out these and other fun ideas in my audio CD, “Secret Spoonfuls. Confessions of a Sneaky Mom”!

Joette laughing I am a homeopath with a worldwide practice working with families and individuals via Zoom. I'm also a teacher and most importantly, a mom who raised my now-adult children depending on homeopathy over the last 31 years. I lived decades of my life with food intolerances, allergies, and chemical sensitivities until I was cured with homeopathy, so I understand pain, anxiety, and suffering. You may feel that your issues are more severe or different than anyone else’s, but I have seen it all in my practice and in my work in India. My opinion is that nothing has come close to the reproducible, safe and effective results that my clients, students and I have achieved with homeopathy.

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3 thoughts on “Back to school? 5 Tips to outsmart lunch menus!”

Pam says:

August 11, 2011 at 8:18 am

Again thank you for sharing your helpful sneaky tricks to get good nutrition into our precious charges & others. Homesshoolers don’t have all the same challenges as those who send them out but still nutritional challenges remain.

I wonder how your cheese pucks from Sneaky Spoonfuls turn out. I think I’m following the recipe, but what has turned out foe me has not been the rave. I’m sure there must be something I’m not getting quite right.

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Sarah says:

August 11, 2011 at 12:17 pm

love that these ideas are fun for kids. i like making fruit or vegetable kabobs for my children.

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Maggie says:

August 15, 2011 at 10:27 pm

Yum! Good to know about the lemon juice on fruit…even as an adult, I don’t like brown apples.

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