Healthy Kid's Lunches and Snacks

I have been finding that lunch and snacks are becoming the most important meals of the day for making sure my kids are meeting my nutrition goals for them. I know everyone talks about breakfast being the most important, but my kids have eating breakfast down pat. As long as I serve them some cereal or toast, a glass of milk, a yoghurt and some fruit, they are happy and wolf it down. So that is one meal that is taken care of. Dinner, well, dinner is hit and miss. Some nights they wolf it down. More often than not, they pick and move it around, and then refuse to eat anymore. Nick and I really don't want to make mealtimes a battleground, so we've decided to let it go, and I have been focusing on making sure they eat well at lunch and snack times.

Having said all of that, I really don't want to be making lunch from scratch everyday - we are just too busy for that. Instead, I have been stocking up the pantry and fridge with a range of healthy ingredients so I can mix and match and pull together quick and easy snacks and lunches.

Lunch Basics

Fruits and Veggies Treats
From these on-hand ingredients, I can whip together a balanced lunch or snack containing protein, carbs, dairy, fruit and veg. Some of our favourite lunches are our Muffin Tin Monday Lunches (also see pic at the top). I very rarely follow Michelle's themes (I'm just not that organised and the pic below of "red white and blue" just proves it!) but despite that, the kids love being able to pick at little bits and pieces.


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