Healthy Lunch Recipes

A mom and two kids in aprons tossing a big bowl of salad together at a kitchen counter full of fresh vegetables

Big Idea

Healthy Lunch Recipes: Veggie wraps, bean salad jars and whole-grain pita pockets.

Story time

One morning at the farmhouse kitchen table, Hazel and Finn talked about “healthy lunch recipes.” Cooking together teaches kids healthy food, kitchen safety and real-life skills. Hazel said, “Let's try it today!” Finn smiled and said, “Let's do it together.” By the end of the day, they both felt proud of the healthy choice they made.

Try it!

Make a rainbow fruit skewer snack with a grown-up: wash your hands, wash the fruit, let a grown-up cut it, then slide the pieces onto a skewer in rainbow order and share them with your family.

Quick check

  1. What is the big idea of this lesson in your own words?
  2. What is one thing you can do today to practice it?
  3. Who could you do this with at home?

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