157: How to Pack More Veggies in School Lunch

Didn't I Just Feed You

Stacie Billis and Meghan Splawn

Kids & Family, Parenting, Arts, Food

4.9 • 608 Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Packing vegetables as part of school lunch is less about ensuring that said veggies necessarily get eaten and more about relieving the pressure on dinner to deliver all of the veggie exposure in day. Plus, serving up vegetables when you’re not around to manage what your kid eats is incredibly powerful (and sometimes even has surprising results!). So this week is all about creative ways to pack vegetables in school lunch — there are more ways than you might think!

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0:00.0	Stacey, it couldn't be a more perfect time to welcome back our sponsor, KiwiCo. We love their super cool
0:06.8	art and steam projects and we're looking for creative ways to keep them busy. Yes, KiwiCo makes it
0:13.5	so easy with fun projects that also happen to stretch their brains. But don't tell the kids that.
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0:22.6	your child needs for their project. They can get started right away. No shopping or legwork for us.
0:28.2	You can help with a project for some quality time or hand the whole box over. Either way,
0:32.5	it's easy, breezy. A thoughtful activity for them, options for us, and no extra work or setup required.
0:39.3	I'm also amazed at the huge range of projects. There's something for kids of all ages,
0:43.7	from Emmett, who's six, to Ella, who's nine, and even Oliver, who's 11. And it doesn't stop there.
0:49.6	Isaac is 14 and loves the eureka crates, which come with amazing projects like building your own
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1:05.1	honest, after last year, I'm craving some screen-free time for myself too this summer.
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1:18.9	didn't I just feed you? That's k-I-W-I-C-O dot com slash didn't I just feed you.
1:31.5	Okay. dot com slash did I Just Feed You. I love the thought of like, okay, so you make a veggie sandwich, but maybe there's also like
1:36.6	frozen chicken nuggets in there.
1:38.5	So you're not worried about their like protein intake and it's just another like really
1:43.1	appealing opportunity for them to try veggies.
1:46.0	Welcome to didn't I just feed you.
1:49.0	A podcast about feeding kids.
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