Pack Your Child’s Lunchbox with Veggie-Rich Foods
Back to School is the perfect time to keep the kids on track by offering wholesome – yet always delicious – choices in their lunch box. Every school day is another opportunity for parents to pack some veggie-rich, nutritional and convenient foods in their kids’ backpack, from Garden Lites, the delicious vegetable company.
Garden Lites is proud to honor all of their customers who choose a healthy lifestyle, including those who are gluten-free—whether they suffer from Celiac Disease that impacts over 3 million Americans, or simply choose a wheat free diet for other reasons. Garden Lites aims to satisfy these customers’ needs with an entire range of delicious gluten-free foods for anyone making gluten-free choices, whether they have Celiac or just prefer gluten-free!
Perfectly packaged for your child’s lunchbox are Garden Lites muffins, delicious, filling treats in which the first, and main ingredient is always a vegetable! With just the right amount of sweetness and flavor, these muffins are great for breakfast, lunch, dessert or anytime snack. All varieties are gluten-free, vegetarian, dairy free, Kosher Parve, low in calories and a great source of fiber with 3g of fiber, and 5g of whole grains.
These two ounce muffins are individually wrapped making them great for portability. They can be heated up in the microwave in only 35 seconds or can also be enjoyed at room temperature which is especially great for on-the-go snacking. Best of all, busy parents can pack the muffins in their children’s lunchbox in the morning, and by lunchtime, they will be perfectly room temperature and ready to be enjoyed!
We received a complimentary box of the Garden Lites Blueberry Oat Muffins to try out for all of you. These muffins are fully baked and are made with fresh zucchini & carrots. They are found in the frozen section at your grocery store and you can thaw them out at room temperature or pop them in the microwave. Each one is individually wrapped which makes them great for lunch-packing.
Each muffin has approximately 120 calories, 3g fiber and contains 5g of whole grains. I appreciate that they’re low calorie compared to other foods in this category.
My husband didn’t like the muffins at all but…my mother and I loved them! They have the perfect combination of flavors: blueberries, oats, zucchini & carrots. I popped my muffins into the microwave for 10 seconds to warm it up and then added a little bit of honey butter to them. My mother enjoyed them plain at room temperature.
To put them to the “kid” test, I had my 7 year old grand daughter try one of them out. I didn’t tell her that vegetables were in it, just that it was a blueberry muffin. Well, that worked, she thought they were very good & said she would eat them for breakfast or take them in our school lunch box if I buy them. Yay!
For more information on Garden Lites products, and a full list of retailers, visit the company’s website online.
Giveaway: Two lucky winners are each going to win one (3) FREE product coupons to pick up any Garden Lites product at their local store up to $3.99 in value. Yes, you read that right! Two winners each getting three FREE product coupons!
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