5 healthy lunchbox ideas

Get creative with 5 fresh meals your kids will happily eat.

Trying to find a healthy and balanced lunch that your kids actually like can get a bit monotonous but don’t stress, help is here! Follow these tips and try out a few of these light and fresh lunchboxes to bring a little fun back to lunchtime.

1. DELI BOX
Filled with lunch meat, cheese, celery, fruit snacks, crackers and a fruit salad. Simply cut out your deli meat and cheese with a small flower cookie cutter to create a fun, spring-has-sprung feel.

2. PB&J WITH A TWIST
For this lunch, there is a peanut butter and jam sandwich, a breakfast bar, cucumber slices and oranges topped with a raspberry. Use a flower cookie cutter to cut out the sandwich. Next, remove a small section of bread from the top of the sandwich and add sprinkles.

3. SALAD FOR STARS
When you think of Spring, the first thing you think of is butterflies. This spring salad has been topped with cheese butterflies and is completed with a packet yogurt, cereal snacks and a hard-boiled egg.

4. WRAPPED IN LOVE
Peanut butter and banana wrap: topped up with fruit cups, yogurt and some crunchy corn bites.

5. SUNNY SANDWICH
Sun-shaped sandwich surrounded by pretzels and yogurt covered raisins. Other compartments feature some carrots, cucumber and some fresh

TIPS
1. Pack lunch in a cooler bag to keep food fresh and safe.
2. Try to pack food items that have different colours and shapes to make lunch fun and appealing.
3. Buy little plastic containers for smaller bits to keep things tidy. Make sure to mark these containers with your kid’s initials.

By SKYE LAVIS