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Pack a Safe and Tasty Lunch for School or Work

Keep your lunch free from bugs - bacteria bugs! You know, the kind of bugs that make us sick. The rule of thumb is to keep hot foods hot and cold foods cold. Don't hold foods at room temperature longer than two hours or bugs can start to grow.

Use an insulated lunch bag to keep lunch cold. Pack an ice pack or frozen juice pack to keep foods cold.
Pack soup or stew in a thermos to keep hot.
For a fresh lunch, freeze whole-wheat bread or buns the night before and make sandwiches in the morning on frozen bread.
Pack sandwich toppers, like lettuce or tomato, separately from the sandwich and add at school or work. For extra vitamin A, top sandwiches with dark green lettuce such as romaine or spinach, instead of iceberg lettuce.
For a tasty sandwich spread, mix 1 Tbsp mayo and 1 Tbsp honey mustard.
Mix 1/4 tsp horseradish spread for a jar, with 1 Tbsp mayo for a sandwich spread with a BITE!

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