By now, if you have children that attend school, I’m sure everyone is getting settled into their daily routine. It’s tough juggling homework and the morning rush. If you pack your child’s lunch, it can also be difficult coming up with a variety of options to keep their lunch from being boring.
Hormel Foods has a variety of mealtime and snack options that are perfect for busy mornings, crowded evenings and even to stash in your purse or car when you’re on-the-go:
•Sandwich & salad central: There’s no need to spend your entire morning making a lunch that will keep you going all afternoon. You can whip up a satisfying salad or sandwich that tastes great and is easy to bring along to work. Top a veggie-laden chef salad with your favorite cheese and a handful of Hormel® bacon toppings or top toasted whole-grain bread with the new varieties of Hormel® Natural Choice® lunch meat in brown sugar deli ham or mesquite deli turkey.
•Just say salsa: Salsa is quickly becoming the go-to condiment for kids and adults alike. For mild, hot and everything in between, CHI-CHI’S® Snackers® are the perfect on-the-go snack that comes in convenient 4-ounce single serving cups. Dip into them with chips or fresh, vegetable sticks for a snack that packs a healthy punch. To shake up your sandwich routine, swap salsa for mayonnaise and add a little kick to your midday meal.
•Let your mini sous chef step in: Ready to get inspired by your after-school snacker? Hormel® turkey pepperoni minis lend themselves to a world of snack time creativity. Have your kids join in on the fun and make English muffin pizzas, peppy pasta salad, or even pop them straight from the bag!
We recently received a fantastic package from Hormel to help us get back into the swing of school.
· Lunch tote: BUILT Market Tote
· Water Bottle: Plastic, BPA-Free Water Bottle
· Product samples of CHI-CHI’S® SNACKERS® and Hormel® pepperoni minis snac pacs
· Coupons for Hormel® Natural Choice® deli meats and Hormel® bacon toppings
The little individual Chi-Chi’s Snackers were a big hit with my son who has recently discovered that he loves nachos. I’ve mentioned before how much I love the Hormel Mini Pepperonis, but this lunch tote really blew me away. Since it was too girly-looking for my son, I have started taking it to work with me and I just love it!
Hormel has generously provided a prize package with the above products for one of my readers to help you get back into the swing of a new school year.
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The hardest thing has to be getting my son to get up earlier in the mornings.
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The hardest thing is adjusting to going to be early and waking up early.
Bed time has been the worst about going back to school, my kids are night owls and 8 is just too early for them
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The hardest part is getting up so early. It’s nice to be more leisurely in the summer. That and the nagging to get homework done. Great prize pack! Thanks.
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Readjusting to bedtimes. Not fun.
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The hardest thing for my family regarding school is just trying to go to bed at a decent time cause we’re all night owls and we like to stay up late!
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Getting them to bed at a decent time and getting them up early enough..
Hardest part is getting one out the door on time with everything they need for the day
Bedtime adjustments are the most difficult!
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The hardest thing is getting every out of bed and out the door on time.
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I would say just getting used to the schedules for school,sports,time for the family!
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It’s always been the waking up part, yuck!
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Hardest thing is waking the kids up in the morning and getting them out of bed
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The hardest thing is getting everyone to bed at a reasonable time and my kids worst thing the dreaded getting up early so we can got to School again.
Getting the teenagers out of bed so much earlier than they got up all summer.
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I always dread making school lunches.
The hardest part for my family of getting back into the school routine is meal preperation
The hardest is getting up early
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The hardest part is getting up early
The hardest for us is getting used to going to bed earlier and getting up early again. I’m afraid we are night owls and hate early mornings.
The hardest thing is getting homework done quickly.
Getting up early is hard for all of us.
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One hard thing is them going to bed “school night” time instead of summer vacation time 😉
Getting out of bed.
Hardest thing is getting back into the schedule of making sure work gets finished on time.
The hardest thing for us is getting organized!
Getting the kids lunches ready. They are Picky.
Being to the bus by 7 am…. My little guy has a one hour bus ride each way to school
getting up in the morning on time.
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hardest thing about getting back into the school routine is getting to bed on time
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The hardest thing is getting used to the sleeping schedule again. It usually takes a few weeks.
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Getting the kids up and moving in the morning.
The hardest thing is getting out of bed on time in the morning.
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Our hardest part is transitioning from staying up late in the summer to having a set bedtime during school. Thanks.
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We have the hardest time with homework. They never want to just get it done.
Getting the kids to go to sleep on time.
The hardest thing about getting the kids back into the routine besides getting them out of bed in the morning is convincing them to do homework NIGHTLY! : )
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The hardest thing is getting to bed on time.
The hardest this is getting into bed at a reasonable hour so everyone gets enough sleep. Thanks.
We homeschool, so we don’t really have any routine to get back into.
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Getting everyone out of bed in the morning.
The hardest is getting up and out on time.