School Lunch Ideas

Not all kids prefer to eat the hot lunches offered at school, and not all parents can afford to allow their kids to buy lunch at school five days a week, especially in multiple child households. For instance, if lunch at your kid’s school costs $1.50, and you have three kids eating lunch at school, you’ll be paying $90.00 a month if your kids exclusively buy their lunch. Although $1.50 sounds like a cheap price to pay for lunch, this price doesn’t include the extras kids are tempted to buy. Many schools are forced to charge more than $1.50 for lunch, and at $1.50 a lunch, this adds up to a whopping $810.00 each school year if you’re feeding three school-age kids.

More and more kids are opting to pack their lunch, either by choice or by necessity. You can provide your kids with a delicious nutritious lunch complete with the foods they love for far less than the cost of hot lunches offered by their school. The following information provides ideas that will enable you to pack a tasty school lunch. Pack your kid’s lunch to save a considerable amount of money. With these ideas, your kids will prefer the lunches you pack to the lunches offered at school.

Food Safety

Most people are aware of the importance of food safety, but food safety can’t be stressed enough, especially if you pack your kid’s lunch. School seems to start earlier every year, and the hot days of summer pose a higher risk of food poisoning due to cold foods not staying properly chilled until lunchtime.

If you pack school lunches that contain meat or other perishable foods, make sure you include a cold pack. Consider buying a small soft-sided cooler or insulated lunch bag to hold your kid’s lunch. An insulated lunch bag or reusable cooler will save money over disposable paper lunch bags, and along with a cold pack, your kid’s lunch will stay cool, tasty, and safe to eat.

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