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Pack a lunch with punch—and save!
Brown bagging it doesn’t have to be as dull as it sounds. In fact, there are so many ways to pack a lunch with a whole lot of punch—from tossing in colourful fruits and veggies to playing with flavours and even adding little surprises!
Here are a few ways to keep the family—and your wallet—full and happy at lunchtime:
- Add a little variety. Try spicing up traditional sandwiches with fun new tastes and textures. Replace sliced bread with pita, bagels, flat breads, or whole-grain rolls. Trade baloney up for egg salad with grated carrots, salmon and teriyaki sauce or tuna and apples. Plus spread a little excitement with chutney, tzatziki or spicy mustard.
- Change it up. Don’t be square and just chop off the crusts. Use a cookie cutter to create fun sandwich shapes and inspire even your fussiest eaters.
- Pack the unexpected. Open up a bag of surprises with delicious dips and sliced vegetables, a variety of cheese and crackers, bread sticks with humus dip, and more. Topping Breton crackers with cream cheese or Old Cheddar—or adding individually wrapped Bear Paws—makes for a tasty treat!
- Make it a picnic. Add a little outdoor excitement to a plain lunchbox with picnic treats. Mix and match deli meats, cheese, salads, and more in separate containers so kids can create their own combos. Throw in a colourful napkin and a touch of the outdoors—like a leaf or an acorn—for extra fun!
Smart for your health—and your wallet.
- Packing your own lunch gives you complete control over the kind of food your family eats. Not only can you monitor their intake of calories, fat and salt, you can also control the quality of ingredients and portion size.
- Homemade lunches mean less take-out waste. You’ll be saving on plastic utensils, Styrofoam containers and paper plates—and doing your part to save the environment.
- Forget boring brown bags. Today you can choose from a huge variety of reusable lunch fare ranging from insulated containers to colourful nylon bags, fashionable totes, fun lunch boxes, and more. Visit Fenigo for some eye-popping packs!
- Why not start a vacation fund with the money you’re saving on restaurant lunches and take out! Put the money aside every week and, by next summer, you’ll be surprised at what you’ve saved—and you can take a family trip to celebrate!
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