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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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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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The Art of Packing the Perfect Lunch for Work

The Art of Packing the Perfect Lunch for Work

Packing a lunch for work every day that is interesting, delicious and healthy is a challenge for the best of us. Fortunately, our guest blogger this week has got it down to a science. She not only packs her own lunchbox five days a week, but she does so for her entire family. Did we mention she does all that while working full-time as a lawyer and being an avid runner? Check out the 5 tips she says are the key to her success.

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Strawberry "Chicken" Avocado Spinach Salad

Strawberry "Chicken" Avocado Spinach Salad

If you’re in need of a super refreshing and nutrient-packed lunch idea for your Bentgo Salad lunch box this week, you have come to the right place! Guest blogger Arielle of @Eatreal.inspirehealth has put together all the ingredients for a delicious Strawberry "Chicken" Avocado Spinach Salad. Plus, she's thrown in ideas for snacks to keep you satisfied until dinner time.

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3 Tips for Packing On-the-Go Summer Meals for Your Kids

3 Tips for Packing On-the-Go Summer Meals for Your Kids

School's out and that means your kids want to be out and about too! This week's guest blogger Ashley Reeves dishes up three great tips that will help you pack summer snacks and lunches like a pro to keep your kids energized for all the swimming, hiking, bike riding, and playing at the park that is sure to take place all summer long.

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Summer Chicken Salad: A Fresh New Way to Mix Your Lunch Greens

Summer Chicken Salad: A Fresh New Way to Mix Your Lunch Greens

This light and tangy chicken salad recipe from guest blogger Myla Lopez is the perfect way to welcome summer. Plus, it packs easily for an on-the-go meal in the Bentgo Salad lunchbox.

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5 Genius Ways to Use Your Summer BBQ Leftovers

5 Genius Ways to Use Your Summer BBQ Leftovers

If you are planning to fire up the grill this Memorial Day weekend, chances are good you will have some delicious leftovers to pack in your lunchbox next week. To help you squeeze an entire week’s worth of lunches out of your grilled fare, we’re sharing five creative ways popular food bloggers have transformed their barbecue leftovers.

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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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