Healthy Lunch Ideas for Kids
Mix and match to create an endless number of lunch combinations!
Servings: 1
Calories:
Ingredients
Main
- sandwiches / wraps/ bagels etc
- quesadillas (Avocado Quesadillas, Apple and Cheese Quesadillas, Tortilla Pizza)
- toast (at home) (Try these toast toppings)
- soup (at home or in thermos) (Leek & Potato, Carrot & Orange, Pea & Mint, Zucchini, Chicken Noodle, Minestrone, Tomato, Butternut Squash, Curried Lentil Soup)
- egg on toast (scrambled, poached, fried, boiled) at home)
- omelettes (at home) (Vegetable Frittata, Tuna Frittata, Spanish Omelette)
- pasta / pasta salad
- lentil bake (Curried Lentil Bake, Mexican Lentil Bake)
- quinoa balls (Tomato and Cheese Quinoa Balls, Sweet and Sour Quinoa Balls)
- vegetable fritters (Vegetable fritters, Broccoli fritters, Zucchini fritters, Pea fritters, Sweetcorn Fritters)
- leftovers
Vegetables
- avocado
- red, yellow, orange and green bell pepper strips
- broccoli florets
- baby carrots
- green beans
- carrot batons /coins/ shredded
- celery stick (Why not try Ants on a Log)
- corn on the cob
- cucumber sticks/coins
- peas
- snow peas
- radishes
- cherry / Roma tomatoes or tomato wedges
- sweet potato wedges
- roasted vegetables
- qukes
Fruit
- apple
- apple puree / sauce
- apricots
- banana
- berries
- figs
- grapes
- kiwi
- lychees
- mandarin
- mango
- melon
- nectarine
- peaches
- orange
- passion fruit
- pear
- pineapple
- plum
Snacks
- healthier muffins (Vegetable Muffins, Sweet Potato Muffins, Banana Muffins, Zucchini Muffins, Carrot & Apple Muffins)
- bliss balls
- oat snacks (Banana Oatmeal Cookies, Fruity Baked Oatmeal Cups, Coconut Mango Oat Bars, Raspberry Oat Balls)
- dips (Hummus, Guacamole, Peanut Butter Dip, Avocado Dip, Beetroot Dip)
- plain yogurt (Try topping with fruit purees or fresh fruit)
- popcorn
- cottage cheese
- cheese cubes
- wholegrain crackers
- rice cakes
- trail mix
- boiled egg
- roasted chickpeas / peas (Roasted Chickpeas, Roasted Peas)
- pancakes / pikelets (Scotch Pancakes, Apple Pancakes, Banana Pancakes, Sweet Potato Pancakes)
Instructions
- Mix and match as you please. A healthy lunch should ideally include a serving of each food group. At a minimum, target 3 to 4 groups. (See post for food group info)
- How much you serve will be dependent on your child. Monitor and review.
Notes
Sandwiches Variations
- Change the way you serve them (triangles, fingers, cubes, shapes, roll-ups, open, deconstructed, toasted)
- Switch up the bread (whole-grain, seeded, rye, sourdough etc, thins, pitta, wraps, rolls, bagels, English muffins)
- Change the fillings
- Cheese & tomato/cucumber/avocado/vegemite/grated carrot/apple,
- Cream cheese & cucumber/salad/tomato/avocado/strawberries,
- Tuna & salad/avocado/cucumber/mayo,
- Chicken & cheese/salad/mayo/avocado/, Ham & cheese/salad/cucumber/cream cheese)
- Ham & cheese/salad/avocado/cream cheese/grated carrot
- Egg & avocado/mayo/salad hummus & grated carrot,
- Hummus & grated carrot/salad/bell pepper strips
- Peanutbutter & banana