Simple lunch box stuffers

• Fresh fruit, sliced or whole.
• Dried fruit.
• Raisins.
• Applesauce cups (no sugar added).
• Ants on a Log: Fill celery sticks with cream cheese or peanut butter, push in raisins for “ants.”
• Peanut butter with apple slices, or crackers.
• Sugar snap peas.
• Carrot sticks.
• Baby carrots with hummus.
• Nuts.
• Yogurt or a smoothie (watch the sugar).
• Low-fat pudding cups.
• Hard-boiled egg.
• Pretzels (extra credit if you buy whole grain).
• Air-popped popcorn.
• A note from Mom.
• Whole grain crackers.
• String cheese or cheese cubes.
• Lunch meat roll-ups with cream cheese.
• Leftovers.
• A thermos of hot soup.
• Trail mix made from cereal, nuts and dried fruit.
• Fruit leather made from real fruit (most “fruit snacks” are not).
• Granola bars (look for brands lower in sugar).
• Milk.
• Water.
• Flavored water drinks.
• 100% fruit juice.
• Don’t forget to include a couple of napkins, or a wet wipe if you pack something especially sticky.