| Trying to make your child’s lunchbox
exciting and healthy can be a difficult task. It is important to provide a
healthy lunch but also one that your child will eat! The guide below, will give
you some simple ideas on how you can achieve this through a variety of
different foods so your child doesn’t become bored. Try and include your child
in preparing their lunch boxes by helping to choose the foods they like at the
supermarket and preparing the food. |
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The main
meal
Wholemeal bread, pitta bread pockets,
tortilla wraps, French sticks or bagels.
Vary the fillings daily… cheese sandwiches
everyday of the week can get a bit boring!
• Tuna (in brine) with sweetcorn, cucumber
and reduced fat mayonnaise
• Roast chicken salad
• Cheese salad
• Egg mayonnaise and tomato
• Humus and cucumber
Alternatively try and give different
foods to break the routine. This can include:
• Small slice of pizza
• Mixed vegetable and rice salad
• Small piece of quiche
• Kebabs with a yogurt dip
• Pasta with salad and grilled chicken or tuna
• Roasted vegetables and chicken in a
tortilla wrap with salsa
The treat…
Include
a semi-sweet or savoury treat for example:
• Currant bun
• Cereal bar (these can be a healthy alternative
to sweets and chocolates but some can be
quite high in sugar, which is bad for teeth.
Choose a low sugar variety).
• Flapjack
• Small muffin
• Packet of reduced fat crisps
• Small portion of unsalted nuts and currants
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| (Try and limit the intake of this
group)
If you make your own cakes, try cutting
down the amount of sugar and replace it with honey or dried fruits.
Replace full fat dressings and spreads
such as mayonnaise and cream cheese with the reduced fat variety.
When adding meats as fillings, try and use
fresh lean meat and not processed meats. It might be a little less convenient,
but you’ll be cutting out a lot of fat and salt. |
