In Anni’s Conscious Kitchen
with Conscious Family Living
Lifestyle Expert, Anni Daulter
Anni is a C
onscious Fam
ily Living
lifestyle exp
ert, professio
nal cook,
advocate of
sustainable
living and
author of 6 b
ooks and the
new online
community, S
acred Pregnan
cy.
With four children, three being school-aged, we have a lot of lunches to make each day.
In our family, we’ve found that pre-planning lunches is EVERYTHING!
Here are the tips I like to call “Lunch Leads.” I hope this helps take the stress out making school lunches and gives you a more calm transition time in the morning before
you leave to get your children off to school.
Clean Containers
Have all of your containers clean and in
one easily accessible spot. I have a huge
basket for all of our eco-friendly lunch
8
containers. This type of organization
goes a long way to save time and be efficient when packing up your lunches.
Prep! Prep! Prep!
I have found the most important thing in
preparing good healthy lunches for my
kids is prepping the food ahead of time.
Do what you can the night before. For
example, cut fruits and veggies, prep salads, make muffins or corn breads, dressings or dips can be made the previous
Sunday before your child’s school week
starts.
Photos by Alexandra DeFurio
Lunch Lead Lists
Get organized! Take a dry erase board
or sheet of paper and write each child’s
name and each day’s lunch. This process
takes the guessing out of our morning
routine and helps to have things run
smoothly as we are trying to manage
breakfasts, get kids dressed and actually
in the car ready to go.