Posts Tagged ‘Back to school’
Back to Brown Baggin it Hot Ideas for Back to School Lunches
If it was one thing my mom dreaded more than anything else, it was making school lunches. Not like it was a terribly difficult or demanding chore, it was just one of those things that always needed to be done, like washing dishes or vacuuming the carpet. I think the real issue wasn’t the act of making the lunch, it was the effort of deciding what to put in it. You see, my mother can’t stand to make the same recipe twice, therefore making a school lunch day after day was quite the challenge. Sometimes I’d get into a food rut, like everyone does and only request cheese sandwiches or a thermos of chicken noodle soup and perhaps that was the best thing I could have done for her- take her creativity out of the equation. To me though, there was nothing better than opening a mysterious, crinkly brown bag from my backpack and find a sweet note attached to a handmade sandwich or something silly, like a candy gummy rat or a finger puppet resting just inside to brighten my school day.
Now that school is back in session, it doesn’t have to be peanut butter and jelly every day; here are some delicious and creative ideas to surprise your little student.
* Create a mini veggie platter in a reusable container and a small container of ranch dressing.
* Create small, cucumber and cream cheese tea sandwiches without crust, or cut into shapes.
* Cook and chill pot stickers and pack them with raw sweet pepper and cucumber slices.
* Use small cookie cutters to make fun shapes into sandwich bread.
More Fun Ideas
Other Fun School Lunch Ideas
Cool School Lunches from MomsMenu.com
Pack a Lunch with Punch by Veg Cooking
Ideas for a Greener Lunch by iLunchbox
Above Photo by Lara604
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| Tags: | Back to school • bagged lunch • creative brown bag lunches • for Kids • lunch box recipes • School lunch ideas |
National Day of Action Join Slow Food USA
This Labor Day, you can make a difference by taking part in the National Day of Action. This Monday, September 7th, people from all over the U.S. will gather together at “Eat In” potlucks and talk about the National School Lunch Program and the Child Nutrition Act.
This movement is an effort by Slow Food USA to call attention to our nation’s current school lunch program and its direct influence on the health of our country’s youth. Each school day, 30 million children take part in the National School Lunch Program, governed by the U.S. Congress, but the program is lacking precisely what it is suppose to provide- real food. According to Slow Food USA, one in four children is overweight or obese and one in three will develop diabetes in their lifetime! It’s time to take action now!
Currently, our schools continue to nourish students with heavily processed food on a daily basis and sadly, for many children it is their one guaranteed meal they can count on each day. Every four to five years, the Child Nutrition Act comes up for reauthorization in Congress and the deadline is here.
Want to Help, Learn More or Get Involved? Here’s How!
Slow Food USA National Day of Action
Above Photo by: Bookgrl
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| Categories: | American • Hunger • potluck | 1 Comment |
| Tags: | Back to school • Labor Day • National Day of Action • National School Lunch Program • School Lunch |
Back to College Means Creative Dorm Food Creations
The most creative cooking usually happens when you have to make do with what you’ve got and nothing could be more true then the endless recipes made with instant ramen noodles. When I was in college I won a plastic spray-painted gold spatula for making Pad Thai, using a package of instant ramen noodles, ketchup, peanut butter and a couple other ingredients; but I wasn’t always that creative, nor did I always have time.
As Labor Day draws closer, students are heading back or already back to college and that means many meals made in the microwave, toaster or simply with hot water. It’s nice to have a quick resource for instant recipe ideas, especially if eating dinner means 2:00 a.m. in the common area of a dorm room. Here are 10 quick and easy meals that can be made with minimal ingredients and require few kitchen tools and little effort.
10 Easy College Meals
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| Tags: | Back to school • Cheap and easy meals • College food • dorm food |
