High School Snacks

School is back in full swing, meaning each kid needs a packed lunch to nourish their growing brains. You start the school year great, Jimmy and Jane have packed shaped sandwiches with individual applesauce cups and tiny shaped veggie straws. This continues for a few weeks until you run out a week sooner than planned and you realize that those tiny, individual packed snacks cost a fortune. Grocery bills are out of control. Soon later you realize how long each one of those Mickey Mouse shaped sandwiches takes to create. This is the downward spiral of each night dreading the lunch packing process. Before you know it, you’re at basic PB&J’s with whatever non-moldy fruit is left in the fridge. With these creative, frugal lunch packing hacks, you can stay on track all year. Making your own individual snacks can save a fortune and open endless possibility of options. The ultimate tool for this is “snack size” zip lock bags. One bag of goldfish crackers can make multiple individual bags to easily toss in a lunch box. Cost per container is cut in half compared to …show more content…
Ultimately, school milk at $.15 is the best choice nutritionally and monetarily however a switch up from time to time can be helpful to avoid the same old choices. Packing an individual crystal light flavor packets can change boring old water to a flavored delight. Water is the most abundant organic compound in the human body, aiding in every process necessary to function, including brain development. Packing water is a great choice, flavored or straight from the tap. On occasion I pack a V8 vegetable juice that contains 1 serving of fruits and vegetables. I like to think V8 juice is “killing 2 birds with one stone” if you know what I mean. I do avoid packing fruit juices as they typically are overly sweetened with an abundance of sugar. If you have been in a lunchroom with 40 plus kids, you can see sugar is the last option any average child needs in their