hi I'm Carmen stay sir chief mom with diets review calm and I'm here today to talk about packing a healthier school lunch let's move from the main dish part now to we're going to talk about fruits and vegetables that go in with your lunch and yes actually your kids will eat fruits and vegetables if you pack them in the lunch let's start with fruit often people will pack fruit snacks thinking that they're giving their child a form of fruit these are not fruit they're candy even organic fruit snacks the first two ingredients are sugar and sugar syrup so don't count on these for a fruit a better choice although not great is your straight fruit leather which is just the hydrated fruit although it's really sticky and it can get stuck in the kids teeth and cause cavities applesauce if it's unsweetened is a good good substitute my kids really like these little squeeze packs and the best choice of all would just be a straight piece of fruit apples oranges bananas grapes sliced strawberries often I will cut them with a wavy line cutter and then dip them in lemon juice which you will taste when the child eats them but it keeps them from turning brown and then I'll pack a container that contains maybe a little fruit dip so that the child can dip the fruit cantaloupe is also good as is melon let's talk about vegetables often people think I'm never going to pack a vegetable my kids are not going to eat it I find that carrot sticks go over really well with my kids also cucumber slices celery sticks I have an occasion put hummus in a container and pack the container along with some veggie sticks and it almost always comes back empty so those are some ideas stick with a whole fruit stick with the whole vegetables and I think you'll be happy for guides review I'm Carmen Cesar