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Mix up your child's lunchbox this week with a delicious and nutritious Egg Salad Wrap recipe that you will want to take for lunch too. Our guest blogger Jenn from @pretend_its_a_donut shares her easy-to-whip-up egg salad recipe along with her recipes for the avocado "rose" and granola ball featured in this week's Bentgo Kids lunch box.

Are you already in a sandwich rut now that school is back in session? Our guest blogger Stephanie from @lovedbygiselle knows your struggle all too well. The eight-year, lunch-packing veteran has heard her girls complain about "another sandwich" more than a time or two. She's prepared a week of sandwich-free lunchboxes to help you overcome your child's sandwich blues.

If you took the summer off from packing lunch every day for your kids, it can be a bit of a challenge to get back in the swing of things again. Not to worry, Jennifer Gabot, our guest blogger this week has three surefire tips for helping you pack multiple healthy lunches every day of the week.

Parents love bento-style lunch boxes because they inherently make it easy to pack unique lunches that are fun and nutrient dense. But, in this blog, Inna Platner explains why her kids love them for back to school. Plus, she shares the six tips she's learned along the way for keeping each compartment appetizing–especially when you have a picky eater on your hands.

It can sometimes be overwhelming to come up with new lunch ideas.  As a mom who makes five kid lunches daily, Sylina Lunches has come up with numerous healthy and fun lunch ideas that keep her kids happy and make life easier. This week, in a special video for Bentgo Kids, she shares her secrets for duplicating five popular store-bought lunches.

What's the key to getting your kids excited about the back-to-school lunches you pack? According to @motivationmindy, our guest blogger this week, presentation is everything! Mindy shares how she uses Bentgo Kids to create picture-perfect lunches her first grader loves to eat.

Wondering what to do with all your leftover dinner veggies? Turn them into a delicious back-to-school recipe, of course! This week's guest blogger Giorgina Orofino (@teenytinymeals) will show you how with her nutritious, kid-approved Crispy Chickpea Nuggets recipe. 

Packing lunch quickly and easily is essential for busy moms and dads. According to KidLunchBoxes blogger Brenda Betancourt, the key is to keep it simple! She says, "Simple almost always equals healthy." This week – just in time for your back-to-school menu prep – she is sharing her top six tips for making lunch packing quick, easy, and fun. Dig in!

With August less than a week away, school will be back in session before you know it. To help you get back in the swing of packing fun, healthy, and delicious lunches every day, we rounded up some of our favorite lunch prep videos from MOMables, ModernMom, and more. They're a quick watch and chock full of kid-tested lunch recipes. So let's dig in!

If your busy schedule has you eating mostly fast foods and processed snacks for lunch, chances are you’re missing out on a variety of essential nutrients your body needs for optimal health. The good news is that nature offers a wide range of superfoods that can get you back on track in just a few servings.

Stir-fry is a fun and tasty way to add veggies and protein to your child's lunch box. In case you don't have your own time-tested stir-fry recipe, we've solicited some help from former Google Chef John King to deliver a quick and easy recipe your kids will love. How do we know? This recipe gets five stars from his toughest critics–his three sons!

If a good video makes it easier for you to recreate tasty recipes for your lunchbox, you are in for a treat this week. We've poured through tons of YouTube videos to find five delicious gems that are worth your time and attention. Each video is less than six minutes long, and we promise, you will want to watch them all to help mix up lunch for your entire family this week.