School Lunch For Every Allergy And Dietary Need
Back-to-school season is a tough couple of months for parents and kids alike. Your days are filled with to-do lists: shopping for the cutest or coolest backpack and lunchbox, making sure all his school supplies are in order, and updating her wardrobe so that everything is both functional – and fits – and relatively fashionable.
Increasingly, another item on the list is coming with its own mini-list of considerations: grocery shopping. In a world where the rates of nut and other food allergies or food sensitivities are on the rise in children, and kids have ever more options in the supermarket or farmer’s market aisle, deciding between a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with milk and a vegetarian empanada baked in a potato bread crust in the shape of an octopus with a container of coconut water can feel like a daunting task.
That is why we have compiled these tips and tricks from fellow moms and dads, food bloggers, chefs and health professionals on how to make lunch prep as painless as possible. With any luck – and perhaps a little help from your little monsters – it may even become a task that is more fun than fret-worthy!