Be Well: What to Pack for Kids' School Lunch

<div class="block">The right foods are essential too boosting energy, memory and overall health. Stefani Sasso, registered dietitian, joined beWell to talk about what foods parents should consider packing for the kids&#39; school lunch.</div>

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It's time to talk back to school snacks that your kids won't want to trade. So today we're sharing snacks to pack that are delicious and also nutritious with some great tips to get our kids snacking, right? Is registered dietician and nutrition director for good housekeeping. Stephanie, I'm so excited. This looks like an amazing spread. So let's start over here. So this is a fun activity that the kids can actually participate in making. This is a premade energy bite man. It's made with really best in class ingredients. All you do is you add a few simple ingredients like a cedar and nut, butter and a liquid. And then they make these really fun little energy, right? So you can pack them for school, but it really will encourage the kids to actually eat it if they participate in making it and you decide how much sugar you put in. That's the whole thing here. You can do as little or as much as you want and you can control the sweetener. If it's maple syrup, agave honey, you get to decide and there's no baking, no baking. Totally. Literally no bake. All right. I love it. So now these are some great fruit pops. Yes. So, fruit pops, you typically think they're really junky, right? Like lots of artificial dyes, lots of sugar. Well, this isn't 100% organic fruit option and it's got no added sugar, which is fantastic. But what I really like about these, they actually come shelf stable so you can keep them in the pantry and when you're ready to enjoy them, throw them in the freezer for 24 hours and they become these delicious ice pops. Wow. Really refreshing. OK. And they're good. You now, I love these cute skewers. This is great for when they come home from school. So of course you can just throw, you know, some veggies and some cheese on the plate. But the skewers make it a little bit fun. It's a fun activity. It makes the kids maybe a little bit more excited to enjoy it. And here we just have a good quality cheese. So I love these little mini mozzarella balls or a regular high quality cheese stick with a fruit or a vegetable, whatever they prefer. Ok, I love the pairings too. Ok. What do we have in here? This is, yes, these are the, that's it bars. So these two options that, that's it. And the bear chips are nice if you don't want fresh fruit to get like squishing in your bag or spoiled, right? But you still want to get some produce in, right. So these are completely shelf stable fruit options. So the fruit bars are just fruit. That's literally it, which is awesome. And they have an amazing texture. They come in mini ones, they come in regular size ones and you're gonna get like full serving. They're fantastic. You're gonna get like full servings of fruit in there and it has a really nice chew to, it's great to add to a lunch box and they're pretty tasty, right? Apples and mangoes. There you go. Ok. So this is the same thing, but it's got more of a crunch. Yeah. So these are bear chips. So it's kind of like a play on a chip. But you're gonna get that produce in there. So these are just high quality premium apples and they're big, they're never fried. So it's really nice just to get that really crunchy sensation and the skin is still on it. The skin is still on. So that's where all the nutrition is, right? The fiber isn't it super crunchy, crunchy. Like you would think they're maybe fried or something, but they're not, they're baked, which is awesome. Yeah. Ok. And last but not least this is, yeah. So the first ingredient in these chicks is uh this chips is chickpeas, but you would never know. And they have that amazing rock and ranch seasoning on them like your classic favorite traditional tortilla chip, but they're gonna be much better for you. 3 g of protein and 3 g of fiber per serving and kids loved them in our taste test. All right. So now you have some snack inspiration, Stephanie Saas. Thank you so much for joining.