If you're lucky enough to have preschoolers at home with you, you know the challenge it can be to find new and interesting ways to present healthy foods at lunchtime.
Instructions
Create Nutritious Lunches for Preschoolers
1. Be a model of good nutritional habits. Don't set your children in front of the TV to nosh while you catch up on housework. Even 20 minutes for a meal together is time well spent.
2. For at-home days, try one of these menus:1/2 cup baked beans, 1/2 peeled and sliced cucumber with 4 cherry tomatoes, 1 mini-corn muffin.Two eggs scrambled with 2 slices Swiss or havarti cheese, 3-4 baby carrots, 1 frozen ice milk bar.
3. For days when you'll be on the go, try packing one of these lunches:Peanut butter and 1/2 sliced banana sandwich on wheat bread, mini box of raisins, 1 oatmeal cookie.Swiss or mozarella cheese sandwich on wheat bread (one slice with 1 tteaspoon of butter or reduced fat mayonnaise), one Ziploc bag of baked potato chips, one pear.
4. Eating at the mall food court? Try one of these options:1 slice plain cheese pizza1/2 tuna sub sandwich (you eat the other half)1 plain hamburger and one kiddie vanilla cone from McDonalds; half an order of french fries
5. If your little one is having a play date at home, try fixing one of these simple lunches:For each serving: 1/4 cup cooked pasta topped with 2 tablespoons of sauce and 2 turkey meatballs, 5 whole wheat crackers, fruit salad made with 1 diced apple and banana, 1 ice milk bar.1/4 cup diced cooked chicken breast, 1/4 cup cooked peas and a small scoop of ice cream for dessert.
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