Vary the filling from lean meat to peanut butter or even tuna or chicken salad, just remember to pack with food safety in mind. If refrigeration is a problem, pack frozen sandwiches or stick with peanut butter. Cut sweet fruits into fun shapes or try raw veggies and low-fat salad dressing.
Salads make easy healthful lunches.
Keep the dressing lite or on the side, so the salad isn't too soggy. Freeze low-fat yogurt to use as an ice pack and a nutritious dessert. Active kids usually can afford the calories in snacks, so try low-fat cereal bars, puddings, granola bars, cookies and cakes, or even an occasional mini candy bar. Just remember to pack what your kids will eat in the time their lunch period allows. Copyright 2000, American Dietetic Association.