Kids lunchbox ideas Archives - That Savage Life http://thatsavagelife.com/category/kids-lunch/ Sun, 29 Apr 2018 17:20:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 161658244 What is your monthly food budget? http://thatsavagelife.com/what_is_your_monthly_food_budget/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what_is_your_monthly_food_budget http://thatsavagelife.com/what_is_your_monthly_food_budget/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2015 19:25:11 +0000 http://thepaleogypsy.com/?p=3168 What is your monthly food budget? I am on a quest to find what the average family spends a month on groceries! I polled a ton of people on Facebook and I would love input from my readers! What do you spend a month on groceries for your house? How many people do you feed? Do you buy some, all or no organic foods? Click the picture below and it will take you to Instagram so that you can be a part of the conversation! If you don’t have Instagram that is ok! Leave me a comment here!  [wp_ad_camp_1] I’m doing a little research for my blog and would love for my readers to answer this question for me!! Leave a comment here or send me a dm please! Also knowing if you buy all organic would help too! #research #blogger #foodblogger #food #help #question #feedbackneeded #qa #answerthis #paleo #weightloss #budget A photo posted by Jennifer Hodgkiss (@the_paleo_gypsy) on Sep 15, 2015 at 11:10am PDT  [wp_ad_camp_1]

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I am on a quest to find what the average family spends a month on groceries! I polled a ton of people on Facebook and I would love input from my readers!

What do you spend a month on groceries for your house?

How many people do you feed?

Do you buy some, all or no organic foods?

Click the picture below and it will take you to Instagram so that you can be a part of the conversation! If you don’t have Instagram that is ok! Leave me a comment here!

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]]> http://thatsavagelife.com/what_is_your_monthly_food_budget/feed/ 10 3168 Healthy Kids Lunch Boxes on a Budget http://thatsavagelife.com/healthy-kids-lunch-boxes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=healthy-kids-lunch-boxes http://thatsavagelife.com/healthy-kids-lunch-boxes/#comments Mon, 17 Feb 2014 23:40:31 +0000 http://thepaleogypsy.com/?p=775 Save money and help your budget with these healthy kids lunch boxes! [wp_ad_camp_3] As some of you know, we home school our kids and travel the country in our RV.  Since we home school we don’t have a real need for packable school lunches. A reader reached out to me to ask if I could do a series on healthy kids lunch boxes that are budget friendly and Paleo! She asked and we delivered! Something awesome came of this! We now have breakfast and lunch ready to go everyday! We just pull it out of the refrigerator, re-heat if needed (breakfast) and serve. This makes my life so much easier, especially since I am not a morning person and the thought of standing in front of the stove at 6:00am is not appealing! I prepare breakfasts and lunches once a week and have healthy, portable meals the whole week! My boys are loving this new routine because it means that they get their favorite foods everyday and they don’t have to wait a long time for me to get coffee going and cook their breakfast or lunch! They often help me make their lunches which cuts down on waste! I bought a Goodbyn Bynto Food Container for each of the boys. I really like these containers because they lock tight, are easy to carry and they hold a good amount of food (even an adult could use it). In addition to the Goodbyn Bynto Food Container I bought clear plastic 2 oz Plastic Shot Cups with Lids for sauces, almond butter and dressings and Silicone Baking Cups for items that I didn’t want rolling around. The baking cups are great if you are going to be able to store your container without it tipping over. I found Small Bamboo Skewers at the local grocery store. These aren’t really necessary, but the kids love them! I cut the pointy tips off after the food is skewered so they aren’t tempted to poke each other with them! If it isn’t in the budget just leave it out! Another great (and cheaper) alternative to Goodbyn Bynto Food Containers is Ziploc Containers like the ones I use for the adult Paleo lunch boxes! [wp_ad_camp_2] All of our healthy kids lunch boxes are grain free, peanut free, soy free and gluten free. Some contain dairy. My kids eat cheeses, yogurt and yogurt ranch dressing! No, it is not perfect Paleo, but if it get’s my kids to eat their vegetables and is reasonably healthy, we are ok with it! Just like with our make-ahead breakfasts, we allow them to drink either a cup of raw milk or water! We occasional have fresh-squeezed juices as a choice with our lunches as well. Meats used in this week’s healthy kids lunch boxes: Applegate Farms deli Turkey Ham (Leftover from a whole ham I cooked) Applegate Farms Pepperoni Thick sliced chicken breast deli meat Fruits used in this week’s healthy kids lunch boxes: Pineapple Dehydrated banana chips (home made) Blackberries Strawberries Nuts used in this week’s healthy kids lunch boxes:  Nature’s Harvest Organic Cashews (found at Wal-Mart) Accent almond slivers (Found at Wal-Mart) Vegetables used in this week’s healthy kids lunch boxes: English cucumbers Cherry tomatoes Carrots Celery Want to lose weight? Follow me on my weight loss journey! Check out my ABOUT ME page!

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Save money and help your budget with these healthy kids lunch boxes!

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As some of you know, we home school our kids and travel the country in our RV.  Since we home school we don’t have a real need for packable school lunches. A reader reached out to me to ask if I could do a series on healthy kids lunch boxes that are budget friendly and Paleo! She asked and we delivered! Something awesome came of this! We now have breakfast and lunch ready to go everyday! We just pull it out of the refrigerator, re-heat if needed (breakfast) and serve. This makes my life so much easier, especially since I am not a morning person and the thought of standing in front of the stove at 6:00am is not appealing! I prepare breakfasts and lunches once a week and have healthy, portable meals the whole week! My boys are loving this new routine because it means that they get their favorite foods everyday and they don’t have to wait a long time for me to get coffee going and cook their breakfast or lunch! They often help me make their lunches which cuts down on waste!

I bought a Goodbyn Bynto Food Container for each of the boys. I really like these containers because they lock tight, are easy to carry and they hold a good amount of food (even an adult could use it). In addition to the Goodbyn Bynto Food Container I bought clear plastic 2 oz Plastic Shot Cups with Lids for sauces, almond butter and dressings and Silicone Baking Cups for items that I didn’t want rolling around. The baking cups are great if you are going to be able to store your container without it tipping over. I found Small Bamboo Skewers at the local grocery store. These aren’t really necessary, but the kids love them! I cut the pointy tips off after the food is skewered so they aren’t tempted to poke each other with them! If it isn’t in the budget just leave it out! Another great (and cheaper) alternative to Goodbyn Bynto Food Containers is Ziploc Containers like the ones I use for the adult Paleo lunch boxes!

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All of our healthy kids lunch boxes are grain free, peanut free, soy free and gluten free. Some contain dairy. My kids eat cheeses, yogurt and yogurt ranch dressing! No, it is not perfect Paleo, but if it get’s my kids to eat their vegetables and is reasonably healthy, we are ok with it! Just like with our make-ahead breakfasts, we allow them to drink either a cup of raw milk or water! We occasional have fresh-squeezed juices as a choice with our lunches as well.

Meats used in this week’s healthy kids lunch boxes:
Applegate Farms deli Turkey
Ham (Leftover from a whole ham I cooked)
Applegate Farms Pepperoni
Thick sliced chicken breast deli meat

Fruits used in this week’s healthy kids lunch boxes:
Pineapple
Dehydrated banana chips (home made)
Blackberries
Strawberries

Nuts used in this week’s healthy kids lunch boxes: 
Nature’s Harvest Organic Cashews (found at Wal-Mart)
Accent almond slivers (Found at Wal-Mart)

Vegetables used in this week’s healthy kids lunch boxes:
English cucumbers
Cherry tomatoes
Carrots
Celery

Healthy kids lunch boxes on a budget!
Pepperoni, almond slivers, celery, almond butter, strawberries and blackberries!
Healthy kids lunch boxes on a budget!
Cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, almond slivers, blackberries and pepperoni!
Healthy kids lunch boxes on a budget!
Turkey, pineapple, dehydrated banana chips, celery and almond butter!
Healthy kids lunch boxes on a budget!
Turkey, cucumbers, carrots, cherry tomatoes, yogurt ranch dressing, almond nut mix and pineapple!
Healthy kids lunch boxes on a budget!
Ham, boiled eggs, carrots, yogurt ranch and blackberries.
Healthy kids lunch boxes on a budget!
Cherry tomatoes, pickles, ham, babybel cheese, celery and almond butter!
Healthy kids lunch boxes on a budget!
Ham, almond slivers, celery, raisins, almond butter and grapes!
Healthy kids lunch boxes on a budget!
Carrots, yogurt ranch, almond slivers, ham and grapes!
Healthy kids lunch boxes on a budget!
Ham, cashews, cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, blackberries and yogurt ranch dressing!

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My son LOVES Nutella, but the ingredients in Nutella are not good for him.

I decided to use what I had on hand and try to make my own Nutella!

Now, Nutella is made from Hazelnuts, and the only thing I had on hand was Cashews and Pecans. They worked just fine!

Since I had never made this before I don’t have an actual recipe… but I can tell you that I used my Omega Juicer and my Ninja Blender to blend, crush and turn the nuts (pecan and cashew) into butter.

I then added 1 tablespoon 100% special dark cocoa powder.

-Add raw honey to taste. However sweet you like it!

This was a HUGE hit with the kids!

 

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]]> http://thatsavagelife.com/paleo-nutella/feed/ 0 93 Kids lunchbox idea #1 http://thatsavagelife.com/kids-lunchbox-idea-1/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kids-lunchbox-idea-1 http://thatsavagelife.com/kids-lunchbox-idea-1/#respond Tue, 29 Oct 2013 18:06:26 +0000 http://thepaleogypsy.com/?p=78   We homeschool. Rarely do we need to pack a lunch. We decided to take a day exploring the new city so we packed a lunch! Contents: Cashews, hazelnuts, nitrate free uncured summer sausage, celery, un-sweetend applesauce, cashew butter (not pictured), banana (not pictured).   Want to lose weight? Follow me on my weight loss journey! Check out my ABOUT ME page! 

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We homeschool. Rarely do we need to pack a lunch. We decided to take a day exploring the new city so we packed a lunch!

Contents:

Cashews, hazelnuts, nitrate free uncured summer sausage, celery, un-sweetend applesauce, cashew butter (not pictured), banana (not pictured).

 

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