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41 Easy School Lunch Ideas That Deserve an A+
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From tortas to tuna salad, here are quick school lunch ideas that will keep your kids happy—and focused in class.
19 School Lunch Ideas That Are Healthy (Mostly)
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These new school lunch ideas, from sandwiches to snacks to hot meals, will reinvigorate your daily routine—and your kids will actually like them
Lunch Nachos With Spiced Cauliflower
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Two words: Lunch nachos!!!!
5 Time-Saving Recipes, So You Can Get on With Your Life
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The new #Cook90 cookbook is full of meal inspiration to carry you from breakfast to lunch to dinner—to tomorrow.
50 Throwback Recipes That Still Hold Up
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Puppy chow, sloppy Joes, and one elaborate Jell-O mold.
At These Public Schools, Cafeteria Food Is Healthy, Tasty—and Locavore
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From NYC and Portland to Tennessee and Minnesota, school districts are relying on local ingredients and recipes to make school lunch healthier—and yummier
81 Leftover-Friendly Recipes to Get You Through the Week
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They’re the kind of meals you’ll want to enjoy again—and again.
A Photo History of American School Lunches
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Until the 20th century, school children were lucky to get lunch at all. Today school lunch is highly politicized and hugely important. How did this happen?
The 10 Most Popular Recipes of September 2021
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Meal prep was the name of the game.
Our Readers' "Keepers": The 67 Recipes They Keep Coming Back To
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From raspberry ricotta cake to classic roast chicken, these are our readers' favorite recipes of all time.
55 Healthy Lunch Recipes and Only Some Are Salad
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You could eat these lunches al desko, but they really deserve your full attention.
I Need Kid-Friendly Breakfast Ideas
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On this episode of Dinner SOS, Chris and Ali Slagle share easy breakfast recipes perfect for back-to-school season.
100 Lunch Ideas on What the Heck to Pack for Work
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Are you in a lunch rut? We can help you out.

Alyse Whitney

10 Quick and Easy Back-to-School Lunches
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PB&J every day won't suffice? Here are ten fun lunch recipes, just in time for back to school

Danielle Walsh

Back to School
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Check out our kid-friendly ideas for on-the-go breakfasts, healthy brown bag lunches, and nutritious after-school snacks.

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Lunch is the New Dinner
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Restaurant recommendations and other thoughts from Healthyish editor Amanda Shapiro.

Amanda Shapiro

5 Actually Awesome Office Lunch Ideas
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Make a week's worth of desk lunches you actually want to eat with food you already have.

Elyssa Goldberg

Chris Makes Lunch Nachos
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Join Chris Morocco as he makes baked lunch nachos. Chris relies on some version of these lunch nachos at least once a week as he brainstorms what to feed his two young kids. It’s worth it to commit the formula to memory: a bag of chips, a can of refried beans, maybe some leftover meat or roasted veg from the night before, shredded cheese, and some kind of quickly cooked, spiced veg like cauliflower or brussels sprouts. It’s a lightning-fast lunch (or dinner) that can be tweaked to suit anyone’s preferences.

Read more: The Best Canned Refried Beans for Nachos, Enchiladas, and More
A Week Of Really Awesome Office Lunches
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These 5 bring-from-home lunch ideas are sure to stir up your meal prep routine. Warning: your coworkers might ask to trade you...middle school-style.
Kids Try Brown Bag Lunches from 1900 to 2000
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We had a panel of school lunch experts (a.k.a. kids) taste test sack lunches from 1900 to today. Here’s what they thought about spam, tuna wraps, Lunchables, and everything in between.
Kids Try 100 Years of School Lunches
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Watch as kids try and react to 100 years of school lunches! Which decade featured boiled steak in school lunches? When were kids routinely served liver loaf?
Pro Chefs Make 9 Different Pantry Desserts
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Join Claire Saffitz, Brad Leone, Chris Morocco, Andy Baraghani, Carla Lalli Music, Priya Krishna, Molly Baz, Rick Martinez and Alex Delany at home as they make 9 different pantry desserts. Learn how to take those frozen waffles to the next level. Got some barley you're not sure what to do with? How about some barley rice pudding?
Pro Chefs Make 9 Kinds of Pantry Sandwiches
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Join Claire Saffitz, Brad Leone, Chris Morocco, Gaby Melian, Amiel Stanek, Alex Delany, Rick Martinez, Christina Chaey and Molly Baz as they make their best pantry sandwiches. Tuna melts, shrimp salad sandwiches and Brad's untitled cold meatloaf masterpiece, oh my!

Read more: Our Best Sandwich Recipes