{"id":700,"date":"2021-05-19T21:40:30","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T21:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/s37407.p1377.sites.pressdns.com\/resources\/14-lunch-ideas-for-kids\/"},"modified":"2021-05-19T21:40:30","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T21:40:30","slug":"14-lunch-ideas-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/14-lunch-ideas-for-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"14 lunch ideas for kids"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’re always trying to learn new ways to help keep our children healthy<\/a>, strong and prepared to face the day. But between work, carpools, ballet practice and bedtime, preparing meals for lunch that are kid-friendly and nutritious can be easily put on the back burner. Before you know it, you’re left scrambling to assemble lunches for your kids to take to school or for your nanny<\/a> to serve up at lunchtime. Luckily, we have some handy, easy midday meal ideas from moms, cookbook authors and nutrition experts, which are not only healthy, but also kid-approved.<\/p>

A healthy diet has much to do with a kid’s proper development and his or her ability to learn. Not only that, childhood nutrition “really sets the stage for healthy eating habits later in life,” says Marissa Burke, a Cleveland mother with a master’s degree in human nutrition.<\/p>

“A child’s day can be improved just by the food they eat,” Burke says. “Nutrients provide energy and immune support as they play and learn all day.”<\/p>

The following lunch suggestions are all simple and require few ingredients. Many also encourage you to add fun and new presentations into old proven bites. They will provide your little ones with the nutrients they’ll need to finish out their day.<\/p>

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Supposedly “winter is here” but all I see are rainbow crudités of seasonal veggies and springy goat cheese. ?<\/a><\/p>

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