Check it out.

I promptly sent her the links for your lunch ideas post and for the breakfast ideas post.

Here is my comment: https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5759245837908944020&postID=6902606423085710900&page=1
{Will this link even take you to my comment?}
Here is the original post: http://prettypinkmomma.blogspot.com/2009/09/aloha-friday-lunches.html
I hope you don’t mind my glorification of you, but I truly love that you are committed to this healthy eating movement. I am readily trying to follow in your footsteps. I know that, personally, I can tell when I have been eating badly since my body feels (and sometimes smells) different. Yes, I said it….
I have started to notice after eating healthy that if I chow down a McD burger I feel like garbage…and like I said sometimes…..ahem…

Anyhow, hopefully some other mommas will find inspiration to change their kiddos lunch contents and inevitably change their eating habits for the better too.

All this, is to say ‘Thank You’ for your posts and ask that you keep bringing us bits & bobs from your healthful journey.
SMILES
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Secondly, I think your ideas are fantastic. We’re not in the “lunch-packing” business around here quite yet, but these menu items will work for at-home lunches too.

Thirdly, I really am working on the fruit snacks. Maybe we’ll give them up altogether. You are pretty convincing…

I have found that packing soy nuts or any other type of nuts have been really successful. I pair it with dehydrated fruit, yogurt (really like the mentioning about the junk in yogurt) and steel cut oats. My son usually puts everything in the yogurt. Sometimes I place cinnamon in a baggie for him to sprinkle on too. Cinnamon tricks your body into thinking it is getting something sweet. I also send a veggie too. This is a lunch that sticks with him.

His favorite snack is ants on a log. Ok sounds icky, but all it is, is celery stalks (spend the extra on organic because celery contains the most pesticides otherwise), peanut butter, and raisins. I agree with the peanut butter. Skippy all natural is a good choice. An even better choice is the type you need to stir because of the healthier fats.

Tofu strips (tastes like chicken strips) work well cold or hot. You can choose your breading options. I use ground flax seed and cornmeal to coat mine. Gives it the extra crunch and flavor. Then send your fruit and veggie choice.

I make my own bread in my favorite indentured servants, the ABM. That way I can grind my own grains to the texture I like and make sure that there isnt any HFCS in it. Have you read the labels on the breads? Wow the preservs, dyes and the HFCS that they put in.

One last idea. Why not send a chicken strip salad with dressings on the side and tomatoes and all the other veggies you would find in that?. It is a good cold menu option.

Horizon organic products are made right next to three mile island. Ew. Just because it says “organic” does not always mean it was grown or packaged properly. Try another organic brand that is not close to power plants, sewage treatment facilities and so on.

I enjoy our local milk from an organic, free-range, grass-fed dairy farm. This is not always accessible, however, it pays to do your research before you buy. All organic foods are not created equal.