Brown Bag Lunch Drinks

Brown Bag Lunch Drinks

Nothing finishes off a meal like a refreshing drink. Lunch is no different. Kids used to buy ice cold milk to go along with their brown bag lunch. Milk is good but it doesn’t always hit the spot. Keep reading to find out what types of drinks can complement what you pack in your lunch.

Milk is a wholesome drink. Schools offer two percent milk as an alternative to whole milk. Two percent milk also comes in chocolate. Milk provides protein, calcium, and Vitamin D for the body. Cold milk can hit the spot with a peanut butter and jelly sandwich or chicken salad.

Water is always a good choice for a refreshing drink. Our bodies are ninety percent water. We always need it especially when we are active. Children are usually active a lot during the day so they can use extra water.

Drinking five to seven glasses of water a day helps to flush impurities out of our system and keep our skin glowing. Kids may not care about the state of their skin, but adults do. Bottled water works well in brown bag lunches. For kids who probably won’t drink a sixteen ounce bottle, there are smaller eight and twelve ounce water bottles that fit well in a brown paper bag or an insulated lunch bag.

Many people don’t like the taste of water. Depending on where you live it could come from a well or the city supply. Water can still be healthy with a packet of flavoring added to it. Not only does Crystal Light make drink mix sticks, but Kool-Aid and other drink companies also offer flavors to tease and temp the tongue. Place a different flavoring in their lunch each day.

These drink sticks contain only five or less calories. They are sweetened with artificial sweetener so there is not extra sugar going into their systems. Besides, kids like how they can add the mix and watch the water change colors.

Fruit juices are okay but not every day. Many nutritionists believe that children should be limited to eight ounces of juice a day. And, that juice needs to be 100 percent real juice. Juice adds unnecessary sugar. For the benefit of an apple or an orange, it is better to eat the actual fruit instead of drinking the juice.

Drinks wash down all the food that we eat at lunch. It does an important job for us so why not make it taste good?