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It’s only October, by I feel like I’m already tired of making school lunches and snacks! Now that we are fully back in the swing of school, I’m going to start doing some school lunch prep work to make school mornings less hectic!
My two older boys help put together their lunch, with guidance from me on what to include. They always take a sandwich (or leftovers!) or yogurt with fresh fruit and granola along with a side item and a snack. They know that they have to take a fresh fruit or vegetable for the side item or snack. Thankfully fruit and vegetable snacks are easy to prep and store in the fridge!
Our favorite fruit/vegetable snacks to bring to school are:
- Celery sticks (with or without peanut butter)
- Apple Slices
- Strawberries
- Carrot Sticks
- Cubed cantaloupe, watermelon or pineapple
- Clementines
I like to cut up the produce on Sunday evening, to make it easy for the kids to grab and go. They choose which fruit or vegetable they want, grab a reusable snack bag and go!
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One of the biggest challenges with prepping fruits and vegetables ahead of time is keeping them fresh. It can be tough keeping the moisture level just right in the refrigerator. Nothing makes me more frustrated than throwing out produce that’s gone bad. Did you know that Americans waste $24 billion of produce per year, which translates to $192 per household?** We recently got some Rubbermaid® FreshWorks containers to try out. Available in new sizes, these containers use patented FreshVent™ technology to help produce stay fresh up to 80% longer!*












The Rubbermaid FreshWorks are available in the following sizes:
- Large Square (11.1 Cups): Perfect for Tomatoes
- Long Rectangle (8.4 Cups): Great for asparagus or zucchini
- Small Rectangle (4.0 Cups): Will keep your green beans fresh.
- Small (2.5 Cups): Ideal for small berries.
- Medium (6.3 Cups): Perfect for strawberries.
- Large (17.3 Cups): Optimal for leafy greens.
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If you would like to win your own set of 2 or 3 products from the FreshWorks line, just leave a comment below with your favorite fruit or vegetable snack. Give away is open to U.S. residents only. Giveaway expires at midnight on October 30, 2017.
*Based on strawberries in FreshWorks™ containers vs. store packaging. Results may vary depending upon produce and use.
**Source: USDA 2014
I love strawberries!
I like to snack on celery. I eat plain, sometimes with peanut butter and sometimes with cream cheese.
My favorite fruit snack is an apple.
Most of my snacking these days is homemade popcorn. But I eat a lot of veggies in the winter by making wraps and salads. A big box of organic baby spinach is my nutritional standby.
I love to snack on apples
I love to snack on fresh cherries
I love grapes and all types of berries.
Love my concord grapes and having a great container will allow me to have them ready to eat easily!
My favorite fruit snack is bananas.
Honey Crisp apples are my favorite snack.
I love to snack on strawberries! They are my favorite!
I like to snack on celery with peanut butter.
I love a fresh crisp apple
I like sliced strawberries and bananas as my morning snack.
I like grapes
I love pineapple
My favorite fruit snack is strawberries.
I like pineapple
I like snacking on pineapple.
Raw bell pepper slices, especially with some homemade hummus!
Fruit would have to be any kind of melon or strawberries, vegetables I love broccoli or cauliflower or lima beans.
I love to snack on watermelon.
Grapes are my favorite.
I like oranges
My favorite fruit snack is strawberries.
I like apple slices.
I love fresh pineapple!
I love pineapples
I like to snack on carrots and ranch dip or hummus!
Oh where to start! I love fresh apples and caramel the most. However, broccoli and carrots with a ranch dressing is great too!
I love strawberries, Mandarin oranges, and grapes
Carrots with ranch dressing.. I just love them. It always tastes so good!
I love veggies, apples and cheese
I love tomatoes and strawberries
I love eating apples with peanut butter!
I love to snack on carrots and hummus. Yum!
I love my carrots and watermelon!
I love snacking on graoes!
I like fruit salad!
My snack of choice is carrots & celery with Hummus
I like apple slices!
Snap peas and hummus, so yummy!
Love fresh cucumbers, tomatoes, and green beans. too many favs to pick just one!
my family snacks on produce often, and I want to try these new containers! I’m munching on some baby carrots as I type, but my favorite produce is apples!
I love hummus and pretzel crisps..yum!
Apple. Slices
I’m really into grapes right now.
We eat a combo of canned chickpeas and cucumbers as out go to snack
I like apple slices or seaweed the most.
I’m not a vegetable person, but I like watermelon, strawberries, and bananas.
I love to snack on Blueberry’s and Raspberry’s..
I like to snack on mangoes.
I love cut up peaches
I love mangoes, fresh or frozen <3
Love cucumbers!
My favorite fruit snack is fresh blueberries, I love freshworks products for my berries.
My favorite is pears.
My favorite fruits at a all melons watermelon honeydew canalope
My favorite fruit snack is a mango.
My favorite fruit is raspberries! Thanks for the chance!
I love strawberries and avacados.
I really love carrots
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I like celery with cream cheese.
I love watermelon and cantaloupe.
My favorite fruit snack is apple walnut salad.
I like black raspberries.
I love to snack on carrot sticks.
i love to snack on apples with peanut butter that is my favorite fruit snack.
May sound weird, but I could always snack on asparagus.
A big veggie tray with a side of ranch!
I really love blueberries
I love sliced cucumber most!
My favorite fruit snack is frozen grapes.
I love to snack on grapes.
My favorite vegetable snack is carrots.
my favorite veggie snack is carrot sticks (dipped in ranch dressing)
Raspberries are my favorite fruit.
Fried pickles!
I love watermelon and apples.
I love to snack on blueberries!
apples
I love fresh blueberries!
Berries are my favorite, particularly strawberries and raspberries. Both tend to spoil quickly. I try to only my a very small amount at the store and eat them quickly before they mold.
I love bananas, blueberries, and strawberries!
Avocados. They turn brown pretty fast. These containers sound great!
I love watermelon and grapes.
I like nectarines and raspberries as snacks!
I love Strawberries!
Love peaches
My favorite fruit is peaches.
I love cherries.
I love blueberries and pineapple.
Strawberries and kiwi are my fav.
I like to have a salad as a snack! I start with lettuce, spinach, kale, shredded carrots and add in whatever vegetables are in the fridge. I top it with a low calorie/low fat dressing or oil & vinegar.
Pineapple chunks are my favorites! I also eat a banana almost every day and love watermelon when it’s in season.
My favorite veggie snack is carrots with ranch dip.
I love pineapple
I like pomegranates.
Raspberries are my favorite fruit.
i like any kind of fruit and veggies.
I love carrot sticks and hummus
My favorite snack is half an avocado with salt and pepper
I love pineapple and strawberries!
I love Oranges and pineapple!
My favorite fruit snack is homemade fruit salad.
Strawberries are my favorite.
I heart kiwifruit!
I love squash.
I like strawberries and grapes
i love to make a fruit salad, with blueberries, strawberries, melon, mango, etc. and have it with cottage cheese.
Strawberries and salads are awesome!!
I love strawberries and carrots
Brussels sprouts and red raspberries
I like pineapple.
I like carrots.
I like apples.
I really enjoy baby carrots. Just plain
So many to pick from – but we have been really into frozen grapes lately!
My favorite fruit snack is black berries.
I have so many favorites… I’m a veggie and fruit lover for sure. If I had to pick I think it would be blueberries for my fruit and celery for my veggie <3
Fresh pineapple & baby carrots are my favs!
I love watermelon and pineapple together.
i love baby carrots
I like apple slices
I love to have half of a cantaloupe with strawberries in the middle.
I love fresh blackberries! There is nothing better!
Strawberries are my favorite!
I like bananas.
Kiwi and star fruit! Yum!
I love snacking on baby carrots and cucumbers
I love cucumbers! Just the coolness of them.
My favorite fruit is the orange.
grapes are my go to snack
My favorite healthy snack is Pineapple!
I love avocado!