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Brown-Bagging It — Prep Your Kids for Success With a Nutrition-Packed Back-to-School Lunch

If you’re like many parents, you prefer to pack your own kids’ lunch, as opposed to trusting the school to give them the filling, fresh, wholesome midday meal they should have. If you think that sounds counterintuitive, given that schools have to be compliant with USDA guidelines, think again: Although the lunches they serve have all the “required” components of the National School Lunch Program, school lunches are often far from filling and, what’s worse, not as...