Dana Shafir
Wellness

Some of my Sprouts' finds today--I'm always on the lookout for healthy/healthier lunchbox add-ins and treats. Dreaming Cow grass-fed yogurt, Van's gluten free and non-GMO baked crackers, Lundberg's organic and gf milk chocolate-"enrobed" (sounds fancy schmancy)-rice cakes, Suzie's thin rice cakes (my kids LOVE rice cakes), and Glee Gum's aspartame-free and non-GMO bubblegum. #healthysnacks #sprouts #schoollunchideas #glutenfree

A little peek into today's Sunday Prep Day: Hardboiled eggs (organic and cafe free), Paleo egg muffins (filled with nitrate/nitrite free bacon & grassfed butter-sautéed onions and organic spinach), elanaspantry.com paleo blueberry muffins, and chicken drumsticks (marinated in olive oil, paprika, zaatar, salt & pepper). #glutenfree #paleo #hardboiledeggs #eggmuffins #blueberrymuffins #preppingfortheweek #prepforsuccess #chickendrumsticks #schoollunchideas

Pack it up, pack it in! Apparently today is National Pack Your Lunch Day, and since we are on Spring Break, I thought I'd share some of the recent lunches the girls and I made for their school day. #schoollunchideas #schoollunch #lunchcollage

Well, that was a surprise. While snow was predicted for today, even the local meteorologists thought the temps would be above freezing and everything would quickly melt. What started off as a relatively normal Friday of going to school quickly turned into ISDs asking all parents to pick their kiddos up before the roads turned bad, as temps stayed below freezing. The girlies got to play in--what is considered in our part of the country--"deep" snow and have the schoollunch the

While we were trying to keep busy indoors during yesterday's snow day, my girlies put together their lunch for today. Not too bad, eh? In our Easy Lunchboxes, from left to right, oldest to youngest daughter, mini non-GMO cucumbers, rapes, ‪egg muffins (made with organic, cage free eggs, onions sautéed in @kerrygoldusa butter, bacon, and broccoli), clementine, Tillamook cheese, and Elana's Pantry paleo chocolate cupcakes. I prepared the egg muffins and cupcakes on ‪Sunday Prep

A snippet from Sunday Prep-Day: All gluten free and paleo, prepped and ready for the week! My super simple and healthy Sloppy Joe's (using grassfed ground meat from @farmtoforkfoods), easy egg muffins (using organic, cage free eggs), and Elana's Pantry paleo chocolate cupcakes. Since tomorrow is likely a snow day, will involve my three monkeys in more cooking/baking. #prepforsuccess #preppingfortheweek #sundayprepday #sloppyjoe #eggmuffins #healthydesserts #paleo #glutenfree

I'm not sure if it's funny or geeky or just a little concerning that this delivery excites me... I purchased them HERE Here are some ideas and recipes that you can try for your kiddo's (or your) lunch box! #easylunchboxesbentoboxes #schoollunch #schoollunchideas

The school year is about to begin, and that means homemade lunches for my girls! Here is an article I wrote last year for Strategy Magazine with ideas and pictures of school lunches. Check it out: 27 Simple and Healthy School Lunches for Kids. I also wanted to share with you a list I put together to help you put together your school (or work) lunches--hope you find it as useful as we do at our house! I like to involve my daughters by having them pick some of their top choices