teen on trimdown

[rjukmar@aol.com]

I have purchased the trim down for my teen daughter. Some of the lunch options are not working out. She brings her lunch to school and eats at 11am. I need more lunch box options. Also struggling with the morning snack, she can not eat in class so should I include her am snack in her lunch. Any suggestions on how to make it work for teen students would be appreciated,

[Ossie-Sharon]

Hi, rjukmar, and welcome. Yes, including her snack at another meal is fine – either breakfast or lunch. The following are some popular options:
• Fresh and dried fruit
• Cut raw vegetables
• Oven-baked vegetable chips
• Nuts and seeds
• Trail mix combinations of nuts, seeds, and dried fruit
• Sandwiches – good breads with nut butters, hummus and similar spreads, tahini, canned or smoked fish, cheese, homemade “cold cuts” from fresh meats, egg salad, etc.
• Whole grain or Paleo crackers plus any of the above
• Hard-boiled eggs
• Sliced or string cheese
• Cottage cheese
• Yogurt
• Milk (dairy or vegetal), plain or flavored with cocoa powder and a recommended sweetener
• Hearty soup in a thermos (2-3 food groups, i.e. meat or legume, vegetable, whole grain)
• Hearty smoothie/shake in a thermos (2-3 food groups, i.e. fruit/vegetable, dairy/vegan, seeds)
• Edamame or other legume/pulse snacks
• Whole grain or Paleo cereal or granola (cold in small sealable bag, cooked in thermos)
• Canned beans
• Prepared healthy foods in containers – from leftovers or prepared the night or weekend before.
• Homemade whole-food muffins or bars
• Popped grains, i.e. organic popcorn, sorghum, quinoa
You can build her menu by entering the full Menu Planner application (in “Apps” above) and selecting the foods.

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