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Back to school for moms means getting back into the routine of packing kids’ lunches for school. It’s a tough job providing nutritious food every day, and especially in a creative way so that kids don’t get bored of the meals and snacks!
Keep lunchboxes healthy with a combination of starch and protein and some veg and/or a portion of fruit.
Here are some examples:
- Sandwiches with different fillings, e.g. peanut butter/cheese/chicken/cold meat/tuna
- Cheese wedges with wholewheat crackers or a bran muffin
- Use pita bread or wraps with protein fillings for a change
- Pasta salad with chicken or meat kebabs
- For snacks, try peanuts and raisins, unsalted biltong or dried fruit
- Try to add fresh items like mini plum tomatoes, carrot or celery sticks
- Chopped, peeled or dried fruit is easier for kids to eat, but whole bananas, apples or pears are easy to add in
- Add extra water or juice if they are going to stay for sport
- Try to add an ice-pack into the lunchbox to keep food cold
Learn more about Healthy Lunchboxes
Visit Health24's Diet & Nutrition Centre
Keep lunchboxes healthy with a combination of starch and protein and some veg and/or a portion of fruit.
Here are some examples:
- Sandwiches with different fillings, e.g. peanut butter/cheese/chicken/cold meat/tuna
- Cheese wedges with wholewheat crackers or a bran muffin
- Use pita bread or wraps with protein fillings for a change
- Pasta salad with chicken or meat kebabs
- For snacks, try peanuts and raisins, unsalted biltong or dried fruit
- Try to add fresh items like mini plum tomatoes, carrot or celery sticks
- Chopped, peeled or dried fruit is easier for kids to eat, but whole bananas, apples or pears are easy to add in
- Add extra water or juice if they are going to stay for sport
- Try to add an ice-pack into the lunchbox to keep food cold
Learn more about Healthy Lunchboxes
Visit Health24's Diet & Nutrition Centre
