Lunchbox Pizza Rollups

These quick & tasty Lunchbox Pizza Rollups are not only kid approved, but they also get the mom seal of approval for being healthy & filling too...

This delicious recipe was created in partnership with the ADA Mideast. As always, all thoughts & opinions expressed below are 100% my own.

This recipe is also appearing on the Drink-Milk site.

I know it is still July & I am in no way trying to rush summer break here, but school starts back for my son in less than a month, folks. In about 3 weeks to be exact. And my youngest? She is starting Pre-K a week after him. 

Did I mention that this coming school year will also be my son's senior year of high school? Yep. I am fully prepared to be a hot mess for most of this upcoming school year. 

I still can't quite wrap my head around the fact that my youngest will be starting school and my oldest will be embarking on his last year of school. Hold me for the next 10 months, k?





While I may not be emotionally and mentally prepared just yet to tackle the 2016/2017 school year, I am already thinking ahead to those school lunches I will be packing up for the kiddos in less than a month. 

The challenge is to come up with delicious & easy lunch ideas that are not only fun & kid approved, but that also get the mom seal of approval for being healthy & filling. These quick & tasty Lunchbox Pizza Rollups are sure to receive a double thumbs up from both the kiddos and the parents... :)

Rock the Lunchbox! {& A Giveaway from Annie's Homegrown!}

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School is back in session and is in full swing here at our house.  As a high school sophomore, my son has now fully taken on packing his own lunch for school each night.  And of course, I find myself peeking over his shoulder to make sure he is packing that lunchbox full with some good stuff and not just junk.

Did you know that 51% of parents surveyed in a national survey noted their struggle to come up with new ideas as their #1 challenge to packing school lunches? And that 53% of kids from this same survey reported that their lunches were pretty much the same day in and day out?

If you and your children are lacking lunch packing inspiration, Annie's Homegrown has a challenge for you all- Have your kids draw their dream lunch to take to school, and then you make it healthy! 

Are you all up for it?? ;)

My son and I took the RockTheLunchbox.com challenge, and here is what he drew as his dream lunch...

How To Easily Get a Teenager to Pack a Healthier School Lunch...

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Today my oldest baby starts his first full week as a high school sophomore.

Today my oldest baby also turns sixteen.

Sixteen, folks!

Seriously all, where has the time gone??

One day he is my little buddy who spends hours putting together his latest Lego set (and he is shorter than me!), and the next day he is my young man who is into cars and sports (and also very much taller than me now ;) ).

Did I also mention that he is also old enough to now obtain a driver's license?? Faint.

While I am excited for all the new adventures he is embarking on as he grows into such a wonderful young man, I also get a little teary-eyed when I think that we literally just have three years of high school left until he is college bound.

Sometimes one of the hardest things to accept about having a child headed towards adulthood is that you cannot be there for every decision that they need to make, every choice that they are faced with.  You can pray that you have instilled enough of your wisdom and values in them that they will just get what they need to do when the time comes.  

Fingers crossed!

10 Fun & Creative Lunchbox Ideas

Need some fun lunch ideas for back to school? Then you are going to love these school lunches that think out of the lunchbox...

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Food Lion via Burst Media. The opinions and text are all mine.

It is already that time of the year, folks. Back-to-school is here!
And back-to-school always means packing lunches each school night in this house.






Did you know that packing a healthy, fun, and creative lunch for your kiddos could also mean helping out your children's school with obtaining school supplies, equipment, and funding educational and extra-curricular activities?

It can when you are purchasing products with Box Tops® on their packaging for your children's lunchboxes from your local Food Lion®! :)






Now we all know that sometimes the kids school lunches can be a little blah. I mean, you can only send them to school with so many PB&J's each week. Need some fun ideas? You are going to love these school lunches that think out of the lunchbox! ;) Plus, there are a few fun lunchbox free printables included too...