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The Meals Matter Blog offers advice and tips on using a positive and realistic approach for meal planning, healthy eating, feeding families and fitness. Posts are written by registered dietitians, staff and guest bloggers of the Dairy Council of California.
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Packing a lunch can help children get the nutrients they need to stay energized and ready to learn. Using leftovers from dinner or other items commonly found in the refrigerator is an economical way to keep packed lunches from becoming repetitive or burdensome to prepare.
Mix leftover meat with steamed rice, assorted vegetables and teriyaki sauce, and then stuff into a pita for a tasty sandwich. Pour re-heated soup into an insulted container, send along whole-wheat crackers and shredded cheese to sprinkle on top. Parents can earn extra credit by being a healthy role model, reducing food waste and brown-bagging their lunch too.
This week’s featured family meal of Chicken Wraps with California Dried Plums and Apples, Cheese and Fruit Kabobs and Vanishing Oatmeal Cookies works great for dinner and any leftovers make great brown-bag lunches. Beat the brown-bag blues with other double-duty recipes to try this week, including Vegetable Cheese Quesadillas, Lickety-Split Lasagna Soup, Meatball Sandwich Slices and Chicken and Broccoli Teriyaki.
Be sure to add these and other recipes to your family meal plan and shopping list.
FEATURED FAMILY MEAL LINKS
Chicken Wraps with California Dried Plums and Apples
http://www.MealsMatter.org/recipes-meals/recipe/70867
Cheese and Fruit Kabobs
http://www.MealsMatter.org/recipes-meals/recipe/16533
Vanishing Oatmeal Cookies
http://www.MealsMatter.org/recipes-meals/recipe/45709
Other Featured Recipes
Vegetable Cheese QuesadillaE
http://www.MealsMatter.org/recipes-meals/recipe/15305
Lickety-Split Lasagna Soup
http://www.MealsMatter.org/recipes-meals/recipe/9210
Meatball Sandwich Slices
http://www.MealsMatter.org/recipes-meals/recipe/13149
Chicken and Broccoli Teriyaki
http://www.MealsMatter.org/recipes-meals/recipe/30570
Photo Caption: Chicken Wraps with California Dried Plums and Apples, Ketchum Food Center for the California Dried Plum Board