Cold season is here, and flu season is just around the corner! While teaching your children proper preventive tips can help them avoid catching “what’s going around,” there are other steps you can take to prevent illness. Help combat germs at school by packing a nutritious lunch that provides a boost to the immune system.

Cheesy Spinach Bites:

Immune boosting ingredients: Spinach, garlic, and citrus fruit.

What you will need:
  • 1 medium onion
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • Cooking spray
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 6 large eggs
  • 1 cup mozzarella cheese
  • 1 ounce low-fat cottage cheese
  • 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
  • 2 cups spinach
  • 1 orange (optional)
How to prepare:
  1. Preheat oven to 375°
  2. Dice onion and mince garlic. Spray a small muffin tin with cooking spray and set aside.
  3. Heat oil in a pan over medium heat and sauté the onions and garlic until cooked through and caramelized (about 10 minutes.
  4. Whisk eggs together in a bowl.
  5. Add eggs, cottage cheese, mozzarella, parmesan, spinach, and onion/garlic mixture to a food processor. Pulse to combine.
  6. Pour egg mixture into the prepared muffin tin and bake for 20-25 minutes or until the filling is set and eggs are golden on top.
  7. Serve with orange wedges
Source - Mom to Mom Nutrition
 

Yogurt with Apple and Almonds:

Immune boosting ingredients: Yogurt and almonds.

What you will need:
  • 1 granny smith apple, coarsely grated
  • 1 ½ cup plain low-fat yogurt
  • ¼ cup raisins
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • ¼ cup sliced almonds
How to prepare:
  1. Combine apple, yogurt, raisins, and honey.
  2. Sprinkle with almonds.
  3. Be sure to add in an ice pack to keep yogurt cold until lunchtime.
Source - Martha Stewart
 

Broccoli Quinoa Fried Rice:

Immune boosting ingredients: Broccoli and bell peppers.

What you will need:
  • ½ cup chopped onion
  • ½ cup chopped bell peppers
  • ½ cup chopped broccoli
  • ¼ tablespoon minced garlic
  • 1 ½ cup of cooked quinoa rice
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 egg
  • Olive oil
How to prepare:
  1. Sautee the onions in oil. Add the other vegetables and cook until tender.
  2. Add the rice and season with salt.
  3. Make a small hole in the center of the rice and add the egg. Stir well to make scrambled eggs.
Source - Mom Junction
 

Don’t forget the drink! Green tea is full of potent plant antioxidants that can help provide an extra boost to your little one’s immune system.

Related Articles

Articles by tag

2020 2021-top-workplace 4th-of-July ACLS AED air-purification allentown Allergies Announcement Antibiotics anxiety Aspen Hill coming soon Asthma award awards back-to-school baltimore baltimore-child baltimore's-child baltimore-sun beach bedside-manner bel-air Best of Best urgent care best-for-families Bestof best-of best-of-2019 Best-of-2020 best-of-award best-of-awards bestofcountytimes Best-of-Jewish-times-winner Best-Urgent-Care Best-urgent-Care-Bowie-Blade-News best-workplace bethlehem Biking Black-Friday blog Blood-Donation BLS Blueberries Camping capital-gazette careers Cholesterol Circadian-Rhythm Cold cold-prevention colon-cancer concussion coronavirus covid-19 COVID-19-Test CPR cramp-prevention Dehydration dental-health Depression Dermatitis diabetes drowning Drug Screening Dry-Skin eastern-pa easton Eating-Disorder employees employment Ergonomics E-Scooter exercise eye-health face-mask Fall fall-sports Farmer's-Market First-Aid Fitness Flu flu-season flu-shots food-storage food-swaps football For Men For Parents For Women for-moms for-parents fredericksburg Gastrointestinal General Generation-X-Health Gift-Ideas Goals Halloween hand-foot-and-mouth Hand-Washing Hanukkah harrisburg headache Head-Lice Health Healthcare health-history health-symptoms Healthy Living healthy-eating healthy-living healthy-swaps Heart Heart-Disease Heart-Health Heat Heat-Exhaustion heat-safety hiking Holiday holidays horizonBCBS horizon-blue-shield Hydration Illness Inclusivity Inclusivity & Accessibility inclusivity-&-accessability injury-prevention Insect-Stings insurance jetlag jobs Kidney Kwanzaa Laughter lehigh-valley life-support-class Lightning maryland Mask meal-prep mechanicsburg medical-records melanoma memory-retention Men's-Health mental-health Migrane millennial Millennials Mood Improvement Movember MRSA new jersey new-center new-jersey new-year New-Year's northern-va northern-virginia nova Now open in Annandale Nutrition Occupational Health ocean-safety osteoporosis outdoors Paddle-Sports PALS Parenting Parenting-Tips parent-tips patient-first pennsylvania pets physicals poison-ivy poison-prevention Power-Outage Pregnancy probiotics Productivity Protein recipe Recipes registration resolutions richmond River Running Safety Safety Tips safety-tips Seasonal-Affective-Disorder shin-splings Sickness-Prevention simply-the-best skin sleep Smoke-Detector Smoking Snow soccer sore-throat south-jersey Sports Sports-Physicals spring-cleaning St.-Patrick's-Day Stitches strep Strep-Throat stress stress-managment Stroke summer summer-sports Sunburn Sunglasses Sun-Safety sunscreen Swimmer's-Ear swimming TBI Teal-Pumpkin Teething Thyroid tick tips-for-parents top-physicians top-workplace Travel traveling-tips travel-tips Travel-Vaccines urgent-care Urinary-health vacation vaccinations vaccines Valentine's-Day Valentines-Day Video Vitamin-D volunteering Walking washington-dc washington-post washington-post-2019 Water-Sports Weight-Lifting Wellness Winter Workouts Yard-Work Yearly-Physical