Side dishes and treats for your child's sack lunch

• Fruit cups (with no sugar added)
• Applesauce in flavors such as pomegranate or cranberry-raspberry (also with no sugar added)
• Nuts or seeds in a shell (if age and allergy appropriate), such as walnuts, pistachios, peanuts, or sunflower seeds
• Raw veggies (ready to pack) such as carrot sticks, sugar snap peas, celery, or jicama sticks
• Cheese sticks -- available in 2% sharp cheddar, part skim-milk mozzarella, pepper jack, and more
• Healthy snack bars (individually wrapped) with 3 or more grams of fiber, less than 10 grams sugar, and no more than 1 gram saturated fat
• Yogurt in individual containers (keep it cold by packing them with a reusable ice pack or a small water bottle that has been frozen.)

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