School lunches

I Tried Bento Box Lunches for My Kids. It Didn’t Go as I Planned.

I Tried Bento Box Lunches for My Kids. It Didn’t Go as I Planned.

Why one mom is letting go of the pressure and embracing what works for our family.

Lindsay Karp

The best lunch bags, bento boxes and snack containers 2024

The best lunch bags, bento boxes and snack containers 2024

The greatest new gear to help you pack yummy lunches and snacks that are easy for your kids to access and at just the right temperature.

Bryce Gruber

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

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

Why I hate pizza day

Why I hate pizza day

Reporter Raina Delisle says pizza day at your school may be a fundraiser, but it comes with social, environmental and health cost.

Raina Delisle

5 Things to Have on Hand to Make School Lunches Easy

5 Things to Have on Hand to Make School Lunches Easy

Here are 5 things you'll want to have on hand in your pantry to make packing healthy school lunches for your kids as easy as possible.

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

10 healthiest granola bars for kids

10 healthiest granola bars for kids

Nutritious snacks or candy bars in disguise? We’ve rounded up the best granola bars for your kids’ lunches. And guess what? Some of them even have chocolate!

Cara Rosenbloom

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

8 kid-friendly water bottles perfect for back to school

8 kid-friendly water bottles perfect for back to school

A cool water bottle is a must-have school accessory for your kids. With these cute picks, hydration has never looked so stylish!

Natalie Harmsen

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

This genius school lunch idea actually changed my life

This genius school lunch idea actually changed my life

With a kid about to start kindergarten, I was stressing about school lunches. This one piece of advice changed everything.

Amy Lazar Kleiman

11 quick and easy soup recipes

11 quick and easy soup recipes

What makes an "easy" soup recipe? It isn't necessarily the number of ingredients, more the time involved. These bowls all take 15 min or less to prep.

Amy Valm

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