Save your Sanity (& pocket book) Lunch Bins.

Remember - one of the things you want to avoid at all cost is returning to a grocery store during the week to pick up missing items. This tip really helps.

Keep a large plastic lunch bin in your pantry or cupboard.
Fill this with a week's worth of lunch snacks which do not need to be refrigerated
This is the DO NOT ENTER ZONE.
To eliminate stress when making snacks and cookies, keep some aside to pull out for after school snacks. Once those run out, they will need to snack on anything else - but NEVER the lunch bin snacks.
Do the same with a small bin in the refrigerator for snacks that need to be refrigerated.

FOR TEENS THAT WON'T BRING A LUNCH OR EAT BREAKFAST

Here are a few tips;
Remind your teens that by allowing their bodies to fast too long they are simply training their bodies to store fat, which can eventually increase the chances for weight problems in the future.

If you would like to increase the chance of your teen eating breakfast;
Try washed cut fruit in a bowl or on a plate it will usually get eaten - if it's easy to grab - it's grabbed.
The night before, fill a blender half full with fruit juice (nonsweetened) and cut washed fruit - whatever you have on hand. In the morning simply turn on the blender adding 1 ½ cup vanilla yogurt and 8 ice cubes- blend together for a few minutes. This packs a lot of nutrition into 1 cup.