Good Life | Back to School lunches

By now ALL the kids are back in school and us moms know what that means.  We have to make sure they have nutritious things to eat while away from us.  Even though most of the time they won't eat it. :)  My high schooler has almost never taken a lunch to school but my junior high schooler is VERY different.  So I'm in need of more recipes for lunch time because basically you can't take the same lunch ideas from elementary school to Jr. High -- go figure!  Here's a quick vid of what she took today but if you have suggestions for future lunch ideas I'm so open to them  Email me at cocktailsandconversation.divas@gmail.com.  I'll be looking out.

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StyleDIVA

What's in your lunchbox?

Well it's back to school time and as a mom of a baby girl that loves taking her lunch I get bored sending the same old sandwich day after day.  But after peeping out http://www.familyfreshcooking.com/ for some healthy food choices I lucked up Project LunchBox:

 

 

 

Moms you've got to check this out if you want your kids to say you are the Super Mom with the Foodie Cape!  She even offers a free PDF to print and have available (say that with some ZING) to help make 30 days of lunch ho-hum in to BA DA BLING!  Another fan favorite of mine is that she promotes our gals from PackIt - with their fresh (in more ways then one) take on school lunches you won't go wrong with this power combo to healthy lunches.  Well bye ya'll I'm headed to pick up my Project Lunch Box items...Ciao


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StyleDIVA

StyleFyle Report

Found these on Pinterest this morning and had to share with you guys.  Amazing what a little hint of something can do for your style.

Pin courtesy of Lauryn Baxter

It's back to school time and from Martha Stewart's website here's a cute stylish lunch tip for your mini-me's lunch pail.  She will definately have Sandwich Swag.

Not sure how I feel about these yet but I could see them happening for an alternate "Fall Nail" switchup. 


PIN courtesy of Evan Rauch

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StyleDIVA






28 Day Diet | Day 19

Taking it back ole school, like back to elementary school is the task from Dr. Oz today.  Pack a Smarter Lunch!  Ha, ha, ha first let's start by packing a lunch.  I'm really not that good at it and the worst thing I do is skip lunch because the Cafeteria might not have what I want to eat.  Note to the wise -- don't skip meals. 

Let's look at the suggestions that Oz mentions in the article:

Vary Your Veggies - Don't limit your food choices, it will start to turn you off of eating the right things.  He said you might want to try packing two different kinds in your lunch so if one doesn't look good at your snack break, try the other.

Think Small - Reduce your container size to smaller containers in order to feel satisfied when eating.

Beware of the Low-Fat Label - Dr. Oz says this can cause you to eat more because your thinking I'll have two 100 calorie packs causing you to have 200 cals instead of the 100 you should have had.  Hmmm, no fair!  To avoid this trap, pay careful attention to suggestion service sizes on low-fat treats and go for the single serving bags.

It's never too late to start packing my lunch so off I go today with my Diva lunchpail (in pink and brown of course).  Actually I'm pretty excited!

PS - Looking for a great lunchbag?  Give our girls at PackIt a try.  #HOTNESS

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StyleDIVA