Lunch Box Ideas
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Lunchbox Ideas |
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Sandwich Fillings: Spreading a little butter, margarine or cream cheese on the bread will help keep the sandwich from getting soggy if you have a runny filling to put into it, but most sandwiches do not need a lot of butter or margarine. 1. Cream cheese, chopped celery and sultanas. Grated carrot and cheese with 'lite' mayonnaise [mayo]. 2. Chopped cooked chicken and mayonnaise, with lettuce. Grated cheese and chopped celery, or carrot. 3. Leftover roast meat with grated carrot, chopped lettuce and chutney or tomato sauce. 4. Lean ham, sliced cheese and a pineapple ring [make sure you dry it well]. 5. Peanut butter and grated carrot. 6. Vegemite, cheese and tomato. 7. Take a roll and a banana to eat together. 8. Take a roll, a sliced boiled egg wrapped in food-wrap, and lettuce to build your sandwich when you are ready to eat it. Put your fillings inside Pita bread or roll them inside Lebanese bread - Vegemite tastes great in either of these. *This is a good idea. Wrap any strong smelling foods separately then build your sandwich just when you're ready to eat it, or they tend to be a bit smelly by lunchtime. |
For Fussy Eaters: In lidded containers with crackers alongside: Kids love little containers of things. Make your own healthy ones. 1. Cottage cheese topped with toasted walnuts or pumpkin seeds. 2. Hummus: store-bought is fine, and you can add finely-chopped capsicum or sunflower seeds for extra nutrition. 3. Bite-size raw veggies with a separate container of tahini (sesame dipping sauce) or your favorite dressing or mayonnaise. 4. Apple slices with peanut, cashew, or almond butter. (nut allergies considered) Cheese cubes with tiny cherry tomatoes. Leftovers: The trick is to think ahead and make a little extra at dinner for lunch the next day. 5. Salads of all kinds make great school lunches. Our favorites are Corn Salad (with capsicum and spring onions, olive oil and lemon) and Quinoa Salad (with olive oil and chopped grilled veggies). Casseroles: Thick mince dishes (bolognese) and other stews or casseroles often make tasty wraps, especially with grilled vegetables, lettuce and cheese. |
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Desserts from the freezer:
Just place a few of these in the freezer before you go to bed and then
throw them in lunchboxes the next morning. They’ll be just-thawed and
perfect by lunchtime--and they’ll keep the rest of lunch nicely cold in
the meantime. Individual yogurts (Add a separate container of wheat germ, toasted coconut, berries, or chopped walnuts for a kid-pleasing crunchy topping.) Grapes (include a toothpick; spearing them is fun). Banana “coins” (you can top them with yogurt, maple syrup, and wheat germ, if you like). |
Packaged Snacks: Although packaged snacks are more expensive, some parents may find it easy and a treat to put such products in their child's lunchbox. They don't have to be unhealthy however. When adding in packaged products - read the label. Choose products with less fat (less than 10grams per 100g); less sugar (less than 10 grams per 100g or less than 25g per 100gram if product has dried fruit in it; less salt (less than 120mg per 100g) and more fibre (more than 3g per 100g) |
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Use rice cakes, English muffins, crispbreads
and cracker biscuits with cooked chicken drumsticks, cheese and apple,
vegetable slice or leftovers and salads. (Remember that kids need
energy, so don't use low energy rice cakes or crispbreads only, because
they will not give you enough energy). |
Morning Tea: Fresh, dried or tinned fruit or fruit salad – bananas, apples, pears, mandarins, nectarines, grapes, sultanas, dried apples or apricots. Organic grain and fruit based bars. Grissini sticks (thin Italian breadsticks) with cheese dip. Crackers with spread. Plain popcorn. Fruit muffins or fruit loaf. Cheese sticks. Carrot and celery sticks with cheese dip. Sultana and peanut mix or mixed nuts (nut allergies considered). |