What are some ways that parents can trim the costs of a brown bag lunch?
One of the best ways to save money is to use leftovers from dinner. For example, I’ll make extra chicken drumsticks and send those in lunches the next day. Kids love that. They get sandwich fatigue, just like adults do. How would you like to take the same thing for lunch everyday? Another way to save money is to make meatless lunches a couple of times a week. Deli meat is the most expensive part of a lunch, typically. Can you share some tips on how to make healthful lunches more appealing to kids? You want to make it visually appealing, and kind of fun for them too. … I just think it’s fun to kind of surprise them sometimes. I used to take a pen and write a note on their orange. You could do that on a banana, too. Sometimes I’d write little jokes on napkins and stick them in their lunch, and then my kids were the stars because they had the joke of the day. … Also, get your kids involved in the decisions. Even as a dietician, I know what they should eat, and they have ideas on what they
