back-to-school lunches

How to Pack a Healthy Lunch Your Kid Will Actually Eat

How to Pack a Healthy Lunch Your Kid Will Actually Eat

A registered dietitian and mom of two shares her best tips on how to make healthy school lunches kids will gobble right up.

Jennifer (Jay) Baum

5 Easy Ways To Turn Dinners Into School Lunches

5 Easy Ways To Turn Dinners Into School Lunches

From the dinner table to the lunch box, these easy recipes are about to become your meal-planning secret weapon.

Chatelaine

What to send for lunch—advice from a dietitian

What to send for lunch—advice from a dietitian

School lunch should fuel kids up for learning. But what does that actually look like? We asked dietitian and mom of three Sarah Remmer.

Ceri Marsh

12 packaged snacks that kids will love

12 packaged snacks that kids will love

Sadiya Dendar

Quinoa sushi

Total 25 min

What To Do If Your Kid Comes Home with Uneaten School Lunches

What To Do If Your Kid Comes Home with Uneaten School Lunches

A lecture on the evils of food waste is probably not going to fix the problem when your kid doesn't eat lunch, but these tricks might.

Today's Parent

5 Reasons Why Your Kid Isn’t Eating Lunch at School (and how to fix it)

5 Reasons Why Your Kid Isn’t Eating Lunch at School (and how to fix it)

Is your kid coming home hungry day after day? Here are five secrets from a former lunch lady that might explain why your kid isn't eating lunch at school.

Voula Halliday

5 Fun and Easy Bento Box Lunch Ideas for Kids

5 Fun and Easy Bento Box Lunch Ideas for Kids

With separate compartments, bento-style lunch boxes make it easy to create Pinterest-worthy school lunches they'll love to eat.

Jennifer (Jay) Baum

I tried getting my kids to pack their own school lunches: A diary

I tried getting my kids to pack their own school lunches: A diary

A career in lunch packing is a long haul, so I invested in my own retirement by seeing whether my kids could make their own. Here's how it went.

Ceri Marsh

8 easy non-sandwich lunch ideas your kid will love

8 easy non-sandwich lunch ideas your kid will love

If your kid refuses to eat anything between two slices of bread, these easy-to-execute non-sandwich lunch ideas are the solution.

Cara Rosenbloom

8 Lunch Recipes for Kids Who Hate Sandwiches

8 Lunch Recipes for Kids Who Hate Sandwiches

There are better things than sliced bread, you know. We've rounded up eight kid-approved lunch ideas, without a sandwich to be seen!

Today's Parent

34 Days Of School Lunch Recipes

34 Days Of School Lunch Recipes

Try these nutritious, colourful lunch ideas for school and beat the lunch bag blues for good.

Andrew Roberts

4 genius school lunch packing tips from a mom of six

4 genius school lunch packing tips from a mom of six

Julie Cole is a mom of six, who's made a LOT of lunches. She's going to help you take the chaos out of school lunch prep.

Ceri Marsh

12 eco-friendly lunch products you need this school year

12 eco-friendly lunch products you need this school year

From bento boxes to snack bags and cutlery, these lunch containers (and more!) are perfect for packing your kid a truly eco-friendly lunch.

Amanda Naccarato

10 recipes you can make in a muffin tin (that aren't muffins)

10 recipes you can make in a muffin tin (that aren't muffins)

Your trusty muffin tin has seen you through many a bake sale. But let's switch gears and take it from sweet to savoury with these muffin-shaped recipes.

Amy Valm

25 Foods You Can Put in a Thermos

25 Foods You Can Put in a Thermos

Experienced lunch-packers know: a Thermos increases your options. There are enough ideas here for a month of lunches. You're welcome.

Lauren Ferranti-Ballem

Easy school lunch ideas: 25 foods you can put in a Thermos

Easy school lunch ideas: 25 foods you can put in a Thermos

From magic quinoa to scrambled eggs, there are so many foods you can put in your kid's lunch Thermos.

Today's Parent

12 shortcuts to make prepping school lunches easier

12 shortcuts to make prepping school lunches easier

Ugh, packing lunches—until you discover these entirely guilt-free, grocery store shortcuts. Because not everyone is a Pinterest parent and that's OK.

Amy Valm

Korean Steak Tacos

Korean Steak Tacos

Make every day Taco Tuesday with this simple (yet delicious) lunch that uses up your leftover steak from dinner the night before.

Total 5 min

Asian Beef Salad

Asian Beef Salad

Miso dressing gives this tasty slaw an Asian kick.

Total 10 min