School lunches are something that are always a challenge in our household. Zackary tends to favour very basic choices like deli meat sandwiches and granola bars but if I give him the same things too often, I notice more and more of his lunch coming back home uneaten. Add to that the challenge of making lunches that are both quick to assemble and healthy and I’m in the middle of a full-blown school lunch challenge.

But now, Schneiders Lunchmate meals are coming to the rescue! There are very few children that don’t love these handy pre-packaged lunches featuring deli meat, cheese, crackers and a small dessert. But they really never seemed healthy enough to me to be a complete lunch and so I rarely purchased them. All that has changed with the introduction of new Lunchmate + Fruit!

These Lunchmate lunches are a new healthier twist on an old kid-friendly favourite. Featuring Schneider’s Country Naturals deli meat, real cheese, crackers and Del Monte fruit cups, they are a source of calcium, Vitamin A and Vitamin C and come in either Chicken, Turkey, Ham or Pizza varieties. I recently received some coupons to try out the new Lunchmate + Fruit meals and Zackary and Benjamin were both so excited when they saw the packages in my shopping cart. [Read more…]