While organizing school supplies might be at the top of your to-do list, it’s equally important to focus on maintaining a healthy lifestyle during the busy school year which can have a positive impact your academic performance, energy levels, and overall well-being. I have healthy meal and snack ideas to help you start the year off on a healthy note starting with breakfast.
Whether it’s a warm bowl of oatmeal before heading to class or a batch of homemade granola bars for snack time, Bob’s Red Mill Old Fashioned Rolled Oats offer the classic, wholesome goodness that families have trusted for generations. Their instant Oatmeal Packets and Oat Cups make busy mornings a breeze because they are ready in minutes, providing a nutritious and delicious breakfast option that kids can enjoy at home or on the go. And for added staying power, start the day with Bob’s Red Mill Protein Oats, which pack 60% more protein than traditional oats so are perfect for keeping students fueled and focused throughout the morning.
Next, build a balanced lunchbox with fruits, veggies, grains, protein and dairy to help keep students fueled and energized for a day of learning and play. Whether added to breakfast cereal, enjoyed on their own in lunches, or served as after-school snacks, California grapes are juicy delights that provide a burst of energy and flavor to fuel the day. Grapes help support a healthy brain, and may help protect against metabolic decline in the brain associated with natural aging. Perfectly portable, grapes go everywhere and with everything, from lunch boxes to snack bags, providing a fresh burst of energy in every bite. Packed with natural goodness, fresh grapes are also ultimate after-school snack to keep energy up and focus sharp.
Next stay stocked up on wholesome and tasty grab and go snack options for after like Dave’s Killer Bread® Organic Snack Bars and NEW Amped-Up Organic Protein Bars. These are ideal for breakfast, school lunchboxes and snack time to help keep kids properly fueled during the busy back-to-school period with tasty and convenient nutrition. Like all Dave’s Killer Bread offerings, these bars are Certified USDA Organic, Non-GMO Project Verified and contain no artificial ingredients, high fructose corn syrup or bleached flour. The Organic Snack Bars come in three delicious flavors – Trail Mix Crumble, Oat-rageous Honey, and Cocoa Brownie Blitz, and the killer taste and whole grain nutrition you’ve come to love from Dave’s Killer Bread is now available in an organic, plant-based protein bar, available in three craveable flavors: Amped-Up Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk, Amped-Up Double Chocolate Coconut, Amped-Up Blueberry Almond Butter. You can find Dave’s Killer Bread® Organic Snack Bars and Amped-Up Organic Protein Bars at Publix and on Amazon.
And for a cleaner ingredient version of a classic nostalgic snack we grew up on, head to whole food market for Mavericks Snacks which was recently named one of Parents Magazine’s “Best Snacks For Kids,”. Known for their low sugar, plant-based, lightning bolt-shaped cookies in fun flavors like Birthday Cake and Double Chocolate, Mavericks newly launched their whole grain Sandwich Crackers in June with Whole Foods Market nationwide. Mavericks also recently introduced their best-selling Birthday Cake Bolt Cookies in convenient, on-the-go, backpack-and-lunchbox-ready snack packs as part of a Back-to-School program at Whole Foods which are low in sugar with ___ g/serving, plant-based, non-gmo and nut-free.
