WEELICIOUS LUNCHES: Think Outside the Lunch Box with More Than 160 Happier Meals

On average, children attend school 180 days in a year. While it’s not practical to expect 180 different lunches, packing the same meal every day can be redundant and nutrition-starved. Catherine McCord, the founder of the wildly popular weeliciousblog has a fantastic new book out called WEELICIOUS LUNCHES: Think Outside the Lunch Box with More Than 160 Happier Meals. LUNCHES serves as both a cookbook and an inspirational how-to guide. An acclaimed chef and food blogger, Catherine McCord, mother of two school-age children, has been on a lunch mission to figure out what makes the “perfect” lunch and how to make sure that a kid’s lunch box comes home empty every day.

Filled with beautiful color photographs, lists of lunchbox favorites, tips for picky eaters, facts on food allergies & substitutes, over 160 recipes, WEELICIOUS LUNCHES makes it easy to get kids eating healthy. Catherine offers tips on:

· From dinner to lunch: reinventing leftovers

· Lunch box love: One of the biggest questions facing parents is what kind of lunch box they should buy

· Hot or cold? That is the question: one of the most frequently asked questions about packing lunch

· Strategies for “picky” eaters

· Lunch box combination ideas, theme meals, healthy snacks

This afternoon I needed a very quick snack where I could use some items I already had on hand. I gave one of the super-easy recipes a try, the Banana Dog Bites – just a banana, peanut butter and tortilla all wrapped up and then cut into wheels: