1.Cool for School
Freezing is a go-to technique. Fill muffin cups with yogurt and/or pureed fruit (no sugar added) and freeze overnight. This is a good way to make child-sized portions of meatloaf and quiche, too. As they thaw, these treats will help keep the other stuff in your kid’s lunch box cool at school. Many items — meat, fish, eggs, beans, cheese, milk, rice, pasta, mayo, and butter — need to be chilled.
2.Veggies Made Easy
It’s easy to include a few extra veggies. Sandwich in cucumber slices and grated carrots to add color and crunch. Spinach or zucchini, chopped teeny-weeny, are easy additions to tomato sauce you can toss with whole-wheat pasta. Don’t hide them all, though, so your child still gets used to eating vegetables that they can see.