Family Potluck - Full Plate Family

Laptop Lunches

Looking for some ideas to perk up your little ones lunches?  I bumped into this website called Vegan Lunchbox where Jennifershmoo posts daily pictures of her little "shmoo's" lunches, outlines what is in the box and even gives reports on how the lunch went over!  If you like what you saw on the menu, you'll probably like the Shmooed Food Recipes and the Erik's Diner podcast.  I'm not a vegan, but found many helpful ideas to spruce up lunchtime and/or get out of a rut.

After looking at Jennifer's tasty lunch pictures, you are probably going to wonder where she got the nifty lunchbox, well she got them at Laptop Lunches.  From their site, "Laptop Lunches are American-style bento boxes designed to help families pack nutritious, environment-friendly lunches for school, work, and travel. Our sustainable lunch containers--which come with a book of healthy lunch ideas and lunchmaking recipes--are reusable, recyclable, and dishwasher safe. And all of our lunchboxes are lead-free".

Check out their Lunch Ideas column which features articles about nutrition, picky eaters and the art of lunchmaking.

Get soda out of your child's school!

The American Academy of Pediatrics is asking for your help in the effort to remove soft drinks from school cafeterias. To get soda out of the schools, print out this letter and send it to your child's school principal and school district board. Also, talk to your pediatrician about it and ask them about their level of involvement on this issue.