{"id":11147,"date":"2009-08-23T01:00:32","date_gmt":"2009-08-23T06:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=11147"},"modified":"2010-08-17T11:44:54","modified_gmt":"2010-08-17T16:44:54","slug":"how-to-prepare-healthy-school-lunches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/how-to-prepare-healthy-school-lunches\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Prepare Healthy School Lunches"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guest Blogger Terra Wellington<\/a> is an actress and the author of <\/em>The Mom\u2019s Guide to Growing Your Family Green: Saving the Earth Begins at Home (St. Martin\u2019s Press). In her book, she outlines a Green School Action Blueprint for making greener and healthier changes at your child\u2019s school.\u00a0\"terra<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

For many years I\u2019ve been concerned about the quality of the school lunches<\/a> fed to my children.<\/p>\n

A charter school was my children\u2019s home away from home for several years, and that school didn\u2019t have a cafeteria, so all kids had to bring a lunch from home \u2013 one of the best options for most families if you want to improve your child\u2019s lunch<\/a> diet.<\/p>\n

But now that my children are in the regular public school system, it has brought back lots of childhood cafeteria memories \u2026 praying my milk wasn\u2019t sour in second grade, shamelessly wishing for tater tots seven days a week as a fourth grader, and watching friends mop up oil off the top of pizza slices with an extra napkin in high school.<\/p>\n

Here are some tips on helping your children eat a more healthy lunch at school \u2013<\/p>\n