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Things to Know About the New School Lunch Rules

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The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) changed the rules about the School Lunch and School Breakfast programs. This could affect your child, if he or she eats the breakfast or lunch that is served at their school. Here are some things to know about the new school lunch rules. The changes to the School Lunch Program, and the School Breakfast Program, were issued in a proclamation given by United States Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue, on May 1, 2017. Parents need to know is that these changes will take effect in starting in the 2017-2018 school year. The proclamation … Continue reading →

TruMoo Chocolate Milk: Healthy Alternative

My children are huge chocolate milk fans. They will ask for it weekly and if allowed would go through a half gallon or more a day between them. I would love to buy but most often chocolate milk is filled with artificial ingredients and high fructose corn syrup. I buy nothing with high fructose corn syrup. I could purchase organic but it is very expensive. I already purchase organic white milk so I just stop there. I have in a pinch allowed them to add chocolate syrup to organic white milk. However, that seemed like a sin to the organic … Continue reading →

Bento Boxes for School Lunches

Bento boxes are all the rage. For many Bento style lunches inspire a sense of healthy eating. Unlike traditional lunch boxes these little boxes come sectioned for just the right lunch portions. You can find adorable, practical, and simple bento boxes in stores and all over the internet for school lunch needs. With a new school year starting soon moms are beginning to sharpen their peanut butter and jelly making skills. Many children will be going off to school with money to buy lunch in the cafeteria. The issue with both is PB and J is not the healthiest sandwich … Continue reading →

Forced to Pay for School Lunches

A new trend seems to be emerging. Some schools are now banning lunches made at home and are requiring kids to buy lunch at the school. The reasoning behind the decision is stated as a need for kids to eat healthier lunches, but is it just a ploy to get you to spend? First, let us tackle the financial aspect of it. I really don’t think that this is not, yes, not, a new revenue stream for most schools. School lunches are subsidized by the government, event the ones that parents pay for. A standard lunch usually costs a student … Continue reading →

Eating Healthy On A Frugal Budget

Too many people tell me that the reason they eat such unhealthy meals is because healthy food is expensive. I tend to disagree with them, but converting these spendthrifts isn’t all that difficult when I tell them that our family of four eats pretty healthy and my food budget is half of the national average (according to my online research). I’m not a health nut by any means, but it doesn’t take a genius to figure out that junk food makes you feel terrible and it doesn’t cost less than healthier foods. Not to mention you’ll have fewer trips to … Continue reading →

Back-to-School Battle: Lunch

With millions of students heading back to class next week parents are bracing for the obligatory back-to-school battles with their children over clothes, transportation… and lunch. Some kids simply refuse to eat school lunch, which leaves moms and dads scrambling to come up with homemade meals that are both healthy and tasty. For many parents that means buying packaged lunches, which may look nutritious, but are actually far from it. For example, did you know Lunchables’ Maxed Out Cracker Stackers Combo Ham and Cheddar—-a popular lunch choice among middle school students–contains 22 grams of fat, 50 milligrams of cholesterol and … Continue reading →

Health at School: Lunch Time!

Ah, the school lunch. The cafeteria has come a long way since I was in grammar school, where you had one meal option and one “alternate” Sandwich choice. Even by the time I was in high school, the cafeteria had stepped up to compete with the local eateries in town, offering multiple hot and cold meal choices. Still, your kids might not want to chow down on cafeteria food every day — or you might want to save money and send lunch from home. Here are some tips to help ease the lunchtime battle. Set a lunch allowance. My parents … Continue reading →

Getting Organized for Back-to-School

My best friend’s 4-year-old son heads off to school tomorrow. She is not ready. Not ready to say good-bye to summer, not ready to get back into the school routine and definitely not ready to start packing lunches again. If you also dreading the back-to-school lunch prep regime, it’s a good idea to get organized as early as possible. Consider: *Investing in new insulated lunch boxes. Keep two or three gel packs in the freezer so you’ll always have one ready. Also, refrigerate foods overnight, so you don’t have to worry about spoilage should you get a late start in … Continue reading →

World’s Largest Preschooler Eats Like an Elephant

Technically, 5-year-old Suman Khatun hasn’t been officially crowned the world’s heaviest preschooler, but she is well on her way… to eating herself to death. The West Bengal preschooler has made headlines around the world for her inability to satisfy her hunger. According to reports, the 42-inch girl, who tops the scales at a whopping 168 pounds, consumes more calories in a single day than most kids her age do in a month. In an average week Suman devours nearly 25 pounds of rice, 24 eggs, 11 pounds of potatoes, and seven jumbo size bags of BBQ potato chips. She washes … Continue reading →

A Recipe for Healthy School Snacks

We are a brown bag family. When it comes to school lunches, we prefer to send our schol-age child with a homemade lunch, and he prefers that, too. Our reasons for providing him with a home made lunch are: it is less expensive, I can better control the nutrition and steer away from colors and preservatives, there is a short amount of time to eat lunch and he doesn’t want to spend part of it waiting in line, and he is always hungry after a school lunch–complaining that there is not enough food. A typical lunch brought from home may … Continue reading →