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Healthy Store-Bought Lunch Box Snacks

by Missy Chase Lapine
September 3, 2010

3.4/5

So often we’re running late in the morning and need to be able to grab a convenient packaged good to toss into our child’s lunchbox. Although there are a zillion packaged snacks to be found on grocery shelves, most of these are high in sugar, higher in fat, and lacking in the most important element: real, nutritional value. That's why I always keep a stock of healthy snacks on hand for just such early morning rushes. If I can’t find ...

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Missy Chase Lapine is the former publisher of Eating Well magazine. A mother of two young daughters, she knows how picky kids can be—and she’s got the kitchen experiments to prove it! She is on the Culinary Arts facility of The New School, in New York City, and also gives cooking classes and coaching to busy families hoping to learn how to eat healthier. Her book, The Sneaky Chef, is published by Running Press.  Her next book The Sneaky Chef: How to Cheat on Your Man (In the Kitchen) will be out in April 2008. You can learn more about Missy at her website, www.thesneakychef.com

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