Review
Every day for about 2,400 days over the course of their school years, kids eat their lunches out of a bag. This fact convinced Edmonton author and mother of three, Maxine Sprague, to write a book called Super Easy Bag Lunches. The book has sections on everything from organizing schedules to growing your own food. As well, it has nutritional advice and recipes for wormy dirt delight, pumpkin chocolate chip muffins, marinated vegetables and other lunch ideas. -- The Edmonton Journal, "Tidbits," April 28, 1999
Yum-Yum! School Lunch "Your child will likely eat more than 2,400 bag lunches during his school years. If the lunches you pack are getting predictable, perk them up with ideas from Edmonton teacher Maxine Sprague, author of Super Easy Bag Lunches. Create a millennium bug with vegetables, cheese, raisins, dry chow mein noodles....string doughnut-shaped dry cereal on a licorice lace then tie the ends together to make a necklace....enclose a photo of your dog and write on the back, "Dear Johnny, I wish I were eating your lunch today instead of this dry old dog food. Love, Fido."....include a riddle. What did the tomato say to his friend? "You go ahead. I'll ketchup."....nutritional advice, lots of lunch ideas and recipes, such as Wormy Dirt Delight. -- Canadian Living Magazine, February 2000 Smart Solutions
Yum-Yum! School Lunch "Your child will likely eat more than 2,400 bag lunches during his school years. If the lunches you pack are getting predictable, perk them up with ideas from Edmonton teacher Maxine Sprague, author of Super Easy Bag Lunches. Create a millennium bug with vegetables, cheese, raisins, dry chow mein noodles....string doughnut-shaped dry cereal on a licorice lace then tie the ends together to make a necklace....enclose a photo of your dog and write on the back, "Dear Johnny, I wish I were eating your lunch today instead of this dry old dog food. Love, Fido."....include a riddle. What did the tomato say to his friend? "You go ahead. I'll ketchup."....nutritional advice, lots of lunch ideas and recipes, such as Wormy Dirt Delight. -- Canadian Living Magazine, February 2000 Smart Solutions
Product Description
This attractive spiral bound book is packed full of creative ideas that will inspire readers to make terrific bag lunches that are inexpensive, appealing and nutritious. The first half of the book offers tips for picky eaters, organizing your life, money and time saving tips and last minute shortcuts. There are wonderful breakfast ideas and suggestions for getting your whole family involved in making lunches. Safety is a concern with packed lunches and the helpful hints in this section will keep your bag lunches fresh and safe to eat. Lunches don't have to be boring and routine if you use the many free reproducible ideas for perking them up, including notes, poems, riddles, treats, lunch box treasures and smiles. If you want to be environmentally friendly and you love to sew, there's an easy to follow pattern for making your own cloth lunch bag. Maxine consulted Registered Dietitian, Alison Craig to evaluate the material and contribute a section with nutritional advice for concerned parents. This advice reinforces the book's theme of enjoying all foods while keeping a "moderation in all things" perspective on eating. The last half of the book contains recipes that are quick to prepare and sure to be kid pleasers. There are also great ideas for school snack days. Maxine encourages parents to involve their kids in the planning, growing, buying and preparing of food, by explaining the positive, even educational benefits of this involvement.
