The Healthy Lunchbox

Simple solutions for your child's midday meal from an award-winning food journalist! The Healthy Lunchbox is full of suggestions and ideas to help you provide your child with an appetizing and appealing meal each day. It covers: why many lunchboxes are unhealthy, and what a healthy lunch should consist of what size portions children (and adults) of different ages should have suggestions about seasonality, variety, and encouraging kids to experiment how to personalize a lunchbox and make it special—and get kids involved in making their own how to deal with overweight, underweight, and super-fussy eaters food safety and hygiene With fun facts included about what children from other countries take to school, the book also provides a plan for a week's meals on the basis of one or two shopping expeditions, and a table with a month's suggestions for lunch boxes.