Defrazzled Lunches

Growing kids need great nutrition, but it has to taste good, or they'll just throw it away! What moms need are an almost endless supply of fun and different lunch box ideas to keep kids amused, and help them to not think about the fact that what they're eating is healthy!

Here's an article with some great “General Guidelines” for school lunches

Here are some quick and simple healthy packed lunch ideas that you can start with right away:

Day One:

• Wholemeal bread sandwich filled with ham and cheese and cut into triangles
• Fruit yogurt
• Cut melon cubes and cucumber rounds
• Small packet of raisins
• Milk or fruit juice

Day Two:

• Pita filled with turkey and cream cheese
• Carrot sticks
• Pineapple chunks
• Mini muffin
• Milk or fruit juice

Day Three:

• Homemade Pizza Quesadilla
• Apple sauce
• Cherry tomatoes and cubes of ham v
• Yogurt covered raisins
• Milk or fruit juice

Day Four:

• Bagel spread with peanut butter and full fruit jam
• Fresh peach
• Carrot sticks and cubes of cheese
• Yogurt drink
• Milk or fruit juice

Day Five:

• Roll filled with tuna and sweet corn
• Cucumber slices and cubes of cheese
• Bunch of seedless grapes
• Mini Fruit Muffin
• Milk or fruit

Need more than that? Check out these links:

• Quick Lunches from the “Food Network”
• Healthy Packed Lunches from “Raising Kids”
• British Nutrition Foundations 10 Healthy Packed Lunches poster
• For those of you who want vegetarian lunches , try The Vegetarian Kitchen
• And finally there's Kraft's “Lunch Box Builders” with LOTS of great ideas!