"lunches" news and stories

Must a sandwich be a construction of two slices of bread and some sort of savory filling? No. We have seen scores of sandwiches of all kinds, including dessert sandwiches, and are bound to see many more for our upcoming Sandwich Day, but none, as of yet, have been as inventive as these are. These sandwiches almost defy words with their fun and creative constructions, made with a variety of lunch meats, vegetables and cheeses, supported with bread and pretzel sticks. The downside, of course, of something like this is that you might be reluctant to eat them once you've put them together, no matter how tasty they look.

More pics after the jump.

[via Neatorama and Cool Hunting]

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It is probably not surprising to hear that kids often use money they are given to purchase school lunches to buy junk food, either on campus or after school. What is surprising is the number of students who do it. Researchers in the UK found that more than 2 million students, about 25% of all students from 4 to 16, skip lunch and buy junk foods with the money, and roughly 1 million students in the same age range "fib" about the amount of fruits and vegetables that they eat.

If there was ever a good reason to take the time to pack a lunch at home for kids to take to school, and to make sure kids are eating healthy at least while they are at home, this is it. Kids can still have cookies, chips and candy sometimes, but the report indicated that "some [students] even cheat by throwing away oranges and bananas in their lunchboxes but bringing home the peel." Kids should also to learn to eat - and appreciate - the foods that are good for them to develop healthy eating habits.

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As the old adage goes, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. The same sentiment holds true for kids, who can be quite stubborn where food is concerned. At home, parents can monitor what their child is - and is not - eating to make sure they learn to make healthy choices. Now that the school year has started, however, ensuring that the kids get a healthy lunch can be harder.

One thing you can do is, as we have mentioned before, get your child involved in preparing the lunch. S/he can pick out the fruits and snacks that look the tastiest from the healthy foods you have available (aiming for fruits, vegetables, whole grains and lean protein most of the time, of course). If it is hard to get your child going in the morning, however, you might not have time for this bonding activity. So, other tips include:

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Lunch is often overlooked by busy, working adults, but school-age kids have time in their day set aside to make sure they eat. Sometimes they might buy lunch, but the best lunch is always going to be a homemade one. Making lunches day in and day out can be challenging, especially if you don't want to make the exact same thing over and over again. Most cookbooks are not set up to offer recipes that would be appropriate for school lunches, though they have plenty of lunch recipes. These books are, on the other hand, geared only towards brown bag lunches are a great way to get some ideas - for your own lunches, as well as for kids.

Brown Bag Lunch Cookbook is packed with healthy recipes that can be prepared in advance with easy to find ingredients and minimal fuss. It's as good for kids as it is for working adults.

Brown Bag Success has lots of menus to help you plan and creative ideas to put twists onto old favorites to make them more appealing and add some variety to lunch.

School starts today for most kids around the country (it's already started already for many kids), and The National School Lunch Program turns 60, part of the National School Lunch Act signed by President Truman in 1946. Some people love school lunch, some people don't, but I think everyone has their favorite foods. Here are mine.

1. Pizza. I'll eat just about any kind of pizza (except Domino's regular pizza...ugh...love the deep dish though), and this square, greasy slab of tomato and cheese was actually really good. And just think kids, you're in school, but you're still eating pizza!