The Healthy Lunchbox by Marie McClendon and Cristy Shauck provides a solid basis for parents to provide their children with healthy lunches that pack up quickly and easily. The book is divided into four parts: Part One, "Get Ready!", outlines the nutrional needs of kids; Part Two, "Get Set!", helps parents with the logistics of packing lunches (how to keep hot foods hot and cold foods cold, menu suggestions, ideas on how to get your children to eat what you pack, not trade it away, alternatives to junk food, etc.); Part Three, "Go!", where all the recipes are housed; and Part Four, "More Food for Thought," where the authors give parents further resources. Additionally, the recipes in this book can appeal to adults and children alike, so that weekend lunches and adult lunchboxes can benefit, too.The Healthy Lunchbox shares how to plan, prepare & pack stress-free meals kids will love. An innovative guide for jazzing up lunch from home with nutritious and healthy food. McClendon and Shauck, tackle an age old problem; getting kids to eat lunch from home with creative, healthy and good tasting solutions to the challenge. The Healthy Lunchbox was written under the American Diabetes Association guidelines, and surpasses traditional inspiration for providing healthy lunch from home for our children's vitality, health and nutritional needs.
Delicious ideas for children and adult lunch boxes. Dozens of easy menus and tips to help you give your children healthy lunch-on-the-go alternatives. This upbeat guide is full of healthy alternatives to junk food–laden lunches. Drawing on her years of experience as both an educator and a mother, Marie McLendon has created a book loaded with recipes, menus, tips, and suggestions. This resource rescues you from the mundane and stressful task of figuring out how to pack a healthy lunch that your kids will actually eat.
- Marie McClendon, M.Ed., a mother and a teacher, has packed thousands of lunches and seen thousands of children’s lunchroom antics.
- Cristy Shauck is a journalist for the Denver Metro publication Kids’ Pages.
- Paperback: 124 pages
- Publisher: American Diabetes Association; 1 edition (December 7, 2005)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1580402402
- ISBN-13: 978-1580402408
- Book Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
- List Price: $12.95
- Amazon.com Price: $10.36
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