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As your child heads off to preschool or elementary school, you may need to provide a lunch for him that will be nutritious, travel well, and -- at mealtime -- be eaten. Those guidelines can be easy to follow with a few tips, tricks, and some involvement from your child.

These days, lunches don't have to be relegated to a sandwich (although those work perfectly well). But, for variety, you might also roll up meats, cheeses, and veggies into a tortilla or stuff them into a pita pocket.

While you might not have the time to whip up a hot meal before school starts, plan your nighttime meals with leftovers in mind that can be perfectly apportioned for the next day's lunch. Then, gather up goods that...

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When my children were little and packing lunches, I wanted to make sure they took the right foods. It was not easy, seeing everybody else tool those lunchable meals or got something out of the snack machine. It was easy to pack a healthy...  read more

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