School is back in session and is in full swing here at our house. As a high school sophomore, my son has now fully taken on packing his own lunch for school each night. And of course, I find myself peeking over his shoulder to make sure he is packing that lunchbox full with some good stuff and not just junk.
Did you know that 51% of parents surveyed in a national survey noted their struggle to come up with new ideas as their #1 challenge to packing school lunches? And that 53% of kids from this same survey reported that their lunches were pretty much the same day in and day out?
If you and your children are lacking lunch packing inspiration, Annie's Homegrown has a challenge for you all- Have your kids draw their dream lunch to take to school, and then you make it healthy!
Are you all up for it?? ;)
My son and I took the RockTheLunchbox.com challenge, and here is what he drew as his dream lunch...
I can't say that I find all of these sweets and junk food in his dream lunch surprising as he happens to be a teenager. ;) I mean, who are we kidding? I think a lot of kids and adults alike would love to have some cake and a chocolate chip cookie for lunch with a strawberry milkshake to wash it all down with!
So, how did we make it healthy? Instead of a chocolate chip cookie the size of his head, we we went with a Annie's Homegrown Organic Chocolate Chip Chewy Granola Bar. You won't find a strawberry milkshake in this lunchbox, but you will find a Stonyfield YoKids Strawberry Yogurt. And to help satisfy his craving for a slice of cake with rainbow sprinkles, some Annie's Homegrown Bernie's Farm Animal Cookies with rainbow sprinkle yogurt "frosting" to dip them in. And how did I make the "frosting"? A little nonfat vanilla yogurt with a teaspoon of powdered sugar mixed it & a few rainbow sprinkles on top! Easy, peasy and fun! :)
Are you all ready to Rock the Lunchbox? How about a little giveaway to get you started? :)
One lucky winner will receive an Annie's Homegrown Rock the Lunchbox Toolkit including:
1 Laptop Lunches Bento
1 U-Konserve Stainless Steel Container
Blue Avocado Rezip Bag
SIX Free Product Coupons for goodies from Annie's Homegrown, Applegate Organic & Natural Meats, Honest Kids, Organic Valley, Rudi's Organic Bakery, Stonyfield YoKids Yogurt
1 set of Crayola Crayons
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Find ways to make lunch fun for kids at www.rockthelunchbox.com.
