{"id":11504,"date":"2015-08-22T09:40:44","date_gmt":"2015-08-22T13:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/familyfoodandtravel.com\/?p=11504"},"modified":"2015-08-22T09:40:44","modified_gmt":"2015-08-22T13:40:44","slug":"how-to-make-an-easy-balanced-lunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familyfoodandtravel.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/22\/how-to-make-an-easy-balanced-lunch\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Make An Easy Balanced Lunch #CollectiveBias #ad","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #CollectiveBias<\/em><\/p>\n

Last September we embarked on the first year of full time school for my boys. Junior Kindergarten was a learning experience for all of us. From morning routines and lunch box packing to navigating the school bus and after school activities. In September and October I loved making lunches and found it fun to put together. After a couple of months I was frustrated with lunches. The boys were bored of my choices and no matter how many times I asked what they wanted it seemed come lunch time it was not exactly what they wanted. Then, I changed things up. I cut fruit into shapes, I added cheese strings, and looked for options other than sandwiches. Success! Now with a bit of thought and lots of variety we have lunches they love and they are easy and healthy too.<\/p>\n

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In preparation for another school year we went to\u00a0Walmart<\/a>\u00a0and picked up all the ingredients to make an easy balanced lunch my kids will love. I wanted to create something that wasn’t a sandwich but had staying power and pair it with fruit and veggies.<\/p>\n

My first stop was to the middle seasonal aisle to get new thermos containers for the boys. They love Disney’s Cars so I grabbed two of those.<\/p>\n

Next stop was the produce section to pick out some fruit and veggies. I grabbed apples, snap peas, strawberries and cantaloupe – all my boys favourites.<\/p>\n

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Then to the freezer\/fridge section to get some cheese strings that the boys are crazy about.<\/p>\n

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Finally, to the aisle with pasta, canned fish and salad dressings. There I got pasta, tuna and Kraft Coleslaw dressing to make my Classic Tuna Salad<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Once I got home I was ready to assemble a delicious and healthy school lunch. I cut the melon into leaf shapes with cookie cutters, sliced the strawberries, washed the snap peas and apple and assembled the lunch.<\/p>\n

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The end result was a yummy lunch filled with a variety of fruit, veggies, carbohydrates and protein. Delicious!<\/p>\n

\"Easy<\/p>\n

What’s your best tip to make an easy balanced lunch?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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