Nutrition experts recommend water, low-fat milk, or a small amount of 100 percent juice for your child’s lunch. Make basic beverages more exciting:

Milk mix-ins
* Stir in 1 tsp. vanilla extract.
* Sprinkle on a little cinnamon or nutmeg.
* Puree with fresh or frozen strawberries, raspberries, or mango before packing.

Water wows
* Float some cucumber slices in a bottle of clear water.
* Add a sprig of mint.
* Squirt in a little juice from an orange, red grapefruit, lemon, or lime.

Juicy ideas
* Mix 50-50 with sparkling water for soda-like fizz.
* Add ice cubes with raspberries, blueberries, or grape halves inside.
* Freeze juice overnight so the texture is slushy by lunchtime.