Back to School Lunches

All right boys and girls and Mommies....It’s back to school time! Probably one of the most longed for times of the year by most mothers across the country, the new school year is bittersweet for children and parents of children with Celiac disease, gluten-intolerance or wheat intolerance.

Back to school means back to wondering what to pack for lunch, back to worrying about a gluten filled world and the likelihood of it getting into your child’s hands or worse, mouth. Trying to find a balance with ;yo gluten-free packable food and a nutritionally balanced diet can be quite a challenge.

To help make your one thousand school day lunch decisions a little easier, we’ve prepared a ‘Back to School’ calendar that we hope will help you and your children with healthy gluten-free choices and provide some variety.

Packing Lunch Tips:

• Purchase small hot/cold containers that will hold a single portion. This way you can cook an extra serving or two for dinner and pack a hot lunch serving in your child’s lunch.
• For some unknown reason, children who usually turn up their noses to hard-boiled eggs, will eat a hard-boiled egg if it is any other color than white or brown. Color a dozen eggs and slip one into your child’s lunch as a colorful and nutritious surprise.
• Cut up fresh vegetables and include a small sealable container of dip.
• Make extra popcorn for an evening snack and mix some with nuts for a snack for lunch.

– Glutenfreeda