{"id":370548,"date":"2026-08-13T17:56:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T17:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/370548\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T17:56:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T17:56:17","slug":"dietitian-shares-back-to-school-meal-tips-for-busy-southwest-florida-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/370548\/","title":{"rendered":"Dietitian shares back-to-school meal tips for busy Southwest Florida families"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dietitian shares back-to-school meal tips for busy Southwest Florida families<\/p>\n<p>Registered dietitian Gisela Bouvier offers advice on simplifying back-to-school routines with nutritious and flavorful meal ideas.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786643777_281_author_avatar.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Default author avatar\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>FORT MYERS, Fla. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">Back-to-school season is here, and between morning rushes, packing lunches, and after-school sports, keeping kids fueled with healthy food can feel like a full-time job. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">Registered dietitian and mom of three Gisela Bouvier joined Gulf Coast News Thursday to share ways to simplify the back-to-school routine without sacrificing nutrition or flavor. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">Bouvier demonstrated how to use shortcuts from Duda Farm Fresh&#8217;s Dandy produce to make meal preparation easier and healthier. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">She says that feeding kids snacks after school doesn&#8217;t need to be complicated. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">One recipe she showed off was ants on a log using Dandy Celery. Bouvier says to combine it with whole-grain crackers, fruit, and other healthy foods for variety. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">To learn more about Duda Farm Fresh&#8217;s Dandy produce, check out its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dudafresh.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">website<\/a>. And to get more nutrition tips, check out Gisela Bouvier&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.giselabouvier.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">website<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\">WATCH THE FULL SEGMENT ABOVE<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"7\">DOWNLOAD\u202fthe free\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/qrco.de\/gcnapp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gulf Coast News app<\/a>\u202ffor your latest news and alerts on breaking news, weather, sports, entertainment, and more on your phone or tablet. And check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylocal.com\/wbbh-ft-myers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Very Local Gulf Coast app<\/a> to stream news, entertainment and original programming on your TV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dietitian shares back-to-school meal tips for busy Southwest Florida families Registered dietitian Gisela Bouvier offers advice on simplifying&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":370549,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[149915,149918,149917,149913,2344,149916,104,28,30,29,149912,149914,50934,1175,213,149919,221,17492],"class_list":["post-370548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-after-school-sport","tag-busy-southwest-florida-family","tag-dandy-produce","tag-dietitian-share","tag-download","tag-duda-farm-fresh","tag-entertainment","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-gisela-bouvier","tag-gulf-coast-news-thursday","tag-healthy-food","tag-kid","tag-late-news","tag-meal-tip","tag-weather","tag-website"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370548\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}