{"id":4187,"date":"2015-08-26T06:00:08","date_gmt":"2015-08-26T10:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.inspiredtolivefully.com\/?p=4187"},"modified":"2015-08-25T19:00:50","modified_gmt":"2015-08-25T23:00:50","slug":"healthy-kids-lunches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inspiredtolivefully.com\/staging\/4119\/2015\/08\/26\/healthy-kids-lunches\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthy Kids Lunches"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Fries steamed in a plastic bag with wholes in it<\/p>\n

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Rubbery hamburger<\/p>\n

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Beefy Mac<\/p>\n

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Sloppy Joe<\/p>\n

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Pizza<\/p>\n

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Fruit cups<\/p>\n

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Cardboard tasting chocolate milk<\/p>\n

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This is what I remember about school lunch. Then in high school I moved with my vegan father and began packing my lunches daily. Tempeh sandwiches and wraps became my new favs.<\/p>\n

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When I had just 2 children, their lunches were Pinterest worthy. They had bento boxes laden with artfully decorated food. \u00a0I used molds, animal toothpicks and cutters. Well, 3 children later, I\u2019m just looking to get something healthy in their bags that they won\u2019t throw away. For more on getting kids to eat right, check out one of my most popular posts by CLICKING HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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So PBJ\u2019s aside, here are some of my go to healthy kids lunches for my tribe of 5.<\/p>\n

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Beverages are limited to water and rarely chocolate almond milk. I used to give 100% organic juice but stopped that to cut down on sugar.<\/p>\n

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Burritos <\/strong><\/h4>\n

Leftover Chipotle At Home<\/a> comes together in a tortilla for a quick and easy lunch.<\/p>\n

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\"Burrtios\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Pita pizza<\/strong><\/h4>\n

I always keep whole wheat pitas in the freezer. This is a lunch the children can make and pack themselves.<\/p>\n

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Pasta salad<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Make one big bowl and the family can eat this for a few days. The variations are endless. HERE<\/a> is an easy one that my children enjoy.<\/p>\n

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Corn muffins<\/strong> w\/ string cheese & carrot sticks<\/h4>\n

Use THIS<\/a> vegan Corn Muffin Recipe<\/p>\n

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Taco Salad<\/strong><\/h4>\n

I can remix this from some of the above Chipotle At Home<\/a> ingredients. Or you can try THIS<\/a> recipe.<\/p>\n

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Side Bites<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Fruit<\/p>\n

Mini cucumbers<\/p>\n

Carrot sticks<\/p>\n

Cherry tomatoes<\/p>\n

Hummus<\/p>\n

Nuts<\/p>\n

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Snack<\/h4>\n

Make THESE<\/a> healthy bars to replace sugary granola bars<\/p>\n

Popcorn<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m always looking for inspiration. What are some of your favorite healthy kids lunches?<\/p>\n

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As always, it is my prayer that you\u2019ve been Inspired To Live Fully<\/em>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tater Tots \u00a0 Fries steamed in a plastic bag with wholes in it \u00a0 Rubbery hamburger \u00a0 Beefy Mac \u00a0 Sloppy Joe \u00a0 Pizza \u00a0 Fruit cups \u00a0 Cardboard tasting chocolate milk \u00a0 This is what I remember about school lunch. Then in high school I moved with my vegan father and began packing my […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,15],"tags":[241,567,492,565,41,32,566],"class_list":["post-4187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home-life","category-nourishing-life","tag-eat-right","tag-healthy-families","tag-healthy-kids","tag-healthy-lunch","tag-lunch","tag-nourish","tag-school-lunch"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inspiredtolivefully.com\/staging\/4119\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inspiredtolivefully.com\/staging\/4119\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inspiredtolivefully.com\/staging\/4119\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspiredtolivefully.com\/staging\/4119\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspiredtolivefully.com\/staging\/4119\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4187"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspiredtolivefully.com\/staging\/4119\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4189,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspiredtolivefully.com\/staging\/4119\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4187\/revisions\/4189"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspiredtolivefully.com\/staging\/4119\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inspiredtolivefully.com\/staging\/4119\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspiredtolivefully.com\/staging\/4119\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspiredtolivefully.com\/staging\/4119\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}