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Need delicious meal ideas and tips to make the most of your Bentgo lunch box? We’ve tapped some of the most creative minds in meal prep to share their best hacks and recipes. You’ll find interesting blogs on everything from meal planning for beginners to appealing to picky eaters and even whipping up healthy plant-based meals the whole family will love.

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Egg Salad Wraps Your Kids Will Love

Egg Salad Wraps Your Kids Will Love

Mix up your child's lunchbox this week with a delicious and nutritious Egg Salad Wrap recipe that you will want to take for lunch too. Our guest blogger Jenn from @pretend_its_a_donut shares her easy-to-whip-up egg salad recipe along with her recipes for the avocado "rose" and granola ball featured in this week's Bentgo Kids lunch box.

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Ditch the 'Wich: A Week of Sandwich-Free Lunches

Ditch the 'Wich: A Week of Sandwich-Free Lunches

Are you already in a sandwich rut now that school is back in session? Our guest blogger Stephanie from @lovedbygiselle knows your struggle all too well. The eight-year, lunch-packing veteran has heard her girls complain about "another sandwich" more than a time or two. She's prepared a week of sandwich-free lunchboxes to help you overcome your child's sandwich blues.

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3 Lunch-Packing Tips for Multiple Children

3 Lunch-Packing Tips for Multiple Children

If you took the summer off from packing lunch every day for your kids, it can be a bit of a challenge to get back in the swing of things again. Not to worry, Jennifer Gabot, our guest blogger this week has three surefire tips for helping you pack multiple healthy lunches every day of the week.

 

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Why My Kids Love Bento Lunch Boxes for Back-to-School

Why My Kids Love Bento Lunch Boxes for Back-to-School

Parents love bento-style lunch boxes because they inherently make it easy to pack unique lunches that are fun and nutrient dense. But, in this blog, Inna Platner explains why her kids love them for back to school. Plus, she shares the six tips she's learned along the way for keeping each compartment appetizing–especially when you have a picky eater on your hands.

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5 Store-Bought Lunches Made Healthy [Video]

5 Store-Bought Lunches Made Healthy [Video]

It can sometimes be overwhelming to come up with new lunch ideas.  As a mom who makes five kid lunches daily, Sylina Lunches has come up with numerous healthy and fun lunch ideas that keep her kids happy and make life easier. This week, in a special video for Bentgo Kids, she shares her secrets for duplicating five popular store-bought lunches.

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Presentation Helps Make Back-to-School Lunch Fun

Presentation Helps Make Back-to-School Lunch Fun

What's the key to getting your kids excited about the back-to-school lunches you pack? According to @motivationmindy, our guest blogger this week, presentation is everything! Mindy shares how she uses Bentgo Kids to create picture-perfect lunches her first grader loves to eat.

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Back-to-School Recipe: Crispy Chickpea Nuggets

Back-to-School Recipe: Crispy Chickpea Nuggets

Wondering what to do with all your leftover dinner veggies? Turn them into a delicious back-to-school recipe, of course! This week's guest blogger Giorgina Orofino (@teenytinymeals) will show you how with her nutritious, kid-approved Crispy Chickpea Nuggets recipe. 

 

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6 Time-Saving Tips for Packing Healthy Back-to-School Lunches

6 Time-Saving Tips for Packing Healthy Back-to-School Lunches

Packing lunch quickly and easily is essential for busy moms and dads. According to KidLunchBoxes blogger Brenda Betancourt, the key is to keep it simple! She says, "Simple almost always equals healthy." This week – just in time for your back-to-school menu prep – she is sharing her top six tips for making lunch packing quick, easy, and fun. Dig in!

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10 Back-to-School Lunches Your Kids Will Love [Videos]

10 Back-to-School Lunches Your Kids Will Love [Videos]

With August less than a week away, school will be back in session before you know it. To help you get back in the swing of packing fun, healthy, and delicious lunches every day, we rounded up some of our favorite lunch prep videos from MOMables, ModernMom, and more. They're a quick watch and chock full of kid-tested lunch recipes. So let's dig in!

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3 Super Foods That Instantly Make Your Lunch Healthier

3 Super Foods That Instantly Make Your Lunch Healthier

If your busy schedule has you eating mostly fast foods and processed snacks for lunch, chances are you’re missing out on a variety of essential nutrients your body needs for optimal health. The good news is that nature offers a wide range of superfoods that can get you back on track in just a few servings.

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Kids' Lunch Box Favorite: Quick & Easy Stir-fry

Kids' Lunch Box Favorite: Quick & Easy Stir-fry

Stir-fry is a fun and tasty way to add veggies and protein to your child's lunch box. In case you don't have your own time-tested stir-fry recipe, we've solicited some help from former Google Chef John King to deliver a quick and easy recipe your kids will love. How do we know? This recipe gets five stars from his toughest critics–his three sons!

 

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A Whole Week of Quick & Easy Lunch Ideas [Videos]

A Whole Week of Quick & Easy Lunch Ideas [Videos]

If a good video makes it easier for you to recreate tasty recipes for your lunchbox, you are in for a treat this week. We've poured through tons of YouTube videos to find five delicious gems that are worth your time and attention. Each video is less than six minutes long, and we promise, you will want to watch them all to help mix up lunch for your entire family this week.

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