adventures of a typical high school student

Welcome back everyone!

Today I am going to be giving you some ideas for healthy snacks or lunch items that you can bring to school with you! I know it can be difficult to figure out what to pack in your lunch; you don’t want to have to actually prepare a meal on a time crunch, which often leads to skipping the mealtime altogether. However, we all need to eat and nourish our bodies, so here are some convenient foods you can throw in your bag on your way out the door or quickly prep the night before and go!

• ANY form of granola bar or energy bar – My favorite are the PB&J bars from Trader Joe’s or KIND bars for something more sustainable. These are just by far the easiest thing to grab and eat anywhere; plus, depending on what foods you like and what nutrients you need, you can choose one of the hundreds of types of bars out there. If you’re trying to eat as clean/healthy as possible, I suggest the RXBARS (you can find them at Target) but they’re pretty expensive.
• Peanut butter and crackers – I brought this to school everyday towards the end of last school year, specifically using the multigrain crackers from Trader Joe’s. It’s easy and delicious with the crunch from the crackers and the peanut butter is a good source of protein.
• Peanut butter and apples – Clearly I love peanut butter, but this is another classic. If you also want to bring crackers, you can just bring one of the single peanut butter containers and use it to dip both crackers and apples in. I love apples so this is a no-brainer for me.
• Turkey roll-ups – You definitely need protein to keep you going throughout the day, but if you would prefer to bring “actual” food and not some form of protein bar, here’s another easy solution. I just take slices of turkey, squirt a little bit of mustard in the center, and roll them up.
• Popcorn – I know most people don’t think of popcorn as healthy, but as long as it’s not cheesy/zebra/some other flavor or buttery movie theater popcorn, it actually is! SkinnyPop and the plain/lightly salted Boom Chicka Pop are both delicious and not many calories.

I know these ideas aren’t super unique but I wanted to share them since these are the healthier items that I rotate in my school lunches (most of the other items are on the more sugary side!). I hope this still gave you some inspiration or helped you figure out what food to bring to school with you. Let me know if you want me to make another one of these but with more unique ideas, or if you have any other requests in general. I’ll be back soon with more school related content!

-Brooke