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Your children’s school lunches have to fuel them all afternoon. Here are some ideas for making that brown bag lunch healthy, without losing the ‘yum’ factor.

1. Think beyond the sandwich. When my youngest child (who is also my pickiest eater) started grade school, he would always bring home his sandwich without ever having taken a bite. My daughters both loved sandwiches of all types, so we tried everything with my son — all kinds of different sandwich fillings, from cheese to turkey, ham, roast beef, peanut butter & jelly; we tried crust and no crust, all to no avail. But when we started simply packing items separately, he started gobbling it all up.

What he ends up with is a pretty healthy lunch, even without the traditional main event of the brown bug lunch: the sandwich. He might take a small reusable container of peanut butter as a dip for apple slices, a slice of cheese, a handful of walnuts, some whole grain crackers and a healthy granola bar, for example.

If your kid – like mine – doesn’t love sandwiches, try cold cuts with crackers (like making your own Lunchables), or try tortilla wraps or pitas. Pack some of last night’s leftovers in a microwavable container. Or pour some hot soup in a Thermos.