When packing a healthy lunchbox for your child, we recommend thinking of a lunchbox in terms of the five food groups and making sure each group is represented. This will provide them with a nutritious supply of food to grow healthy and strong and provide them with the energy they need to get through their active days. Turning the food groups into a lunchbox – the CORE 4: Using the 5 food groups, follow the CORE 4 guidelines to help make packing a healthy lunchbox easy.
Lunchbox ideas: Snack ideas:
Rainbow chips: cut into chips or wedges — parsnips, potatoes, carrots, sweet potato, beetroot and zucchini. Drizzle with olive oil and a little garlic powder before cooking. Tip: to make homemade chips crunchy, rinse off excess starch and dry with kitchen paper or a clean tea towel. Dippy sticks: carrot, zucchini, capsicum, cucumber, baby corn or celery sticks (crunchy vegetables can be softened by steaming for very young children). Ants on a log: fill celery sticks with low fat cream cheese or hummus and place sultanas across the top. Veggie jaffle: fillings can include spinach and feta; baked beans; mashed potato and cheese; pumpkin and ricotta. Banana bubbles: skewer a banana piece onto a paddle pop stick. Coat with low fat yoghurt, roll in puffed rice and serve frozen. Fruit smoothies: simply blend yoghurt, milk and fruit such as bananas and berries (strawberries, raspberries, blueberries). Traffic lights: rounds of kiwifruit, watermelon and banana. Air popped popcorn: serve in patty cases or paper bags. Garlic toast fingers: mix olive oil, minced garlic and chopped parsley. Brush onto wholemeal bread, cut into three fingers and lightly bake. Pita bread nachos: pita bread slices baked in the oven until crisp and then sprinkled with cheese and Italian herbs. Raisin toast fingers: cut into three fingers and use a thin spread of spread. Yoghurt: sprinkled with muesli and fresh or tinned fruit.
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