15 Healthy Snack Ideas for Lunchboxes
Kids need to eat every 4-6 hours to ensure they have enough energy. The lunchbox is the ideal place to show your kids healthy, everyday snack choices.
- Fresh seasonal fruit – made into bite-size pieces eg. apple, grapes, strawberries, blueberries, kiwifruit, plum or nectarine wedges, orange or mandarin segments, watermelon or rock melon chunks.
- Carrot, celery, cucumber and red & green capsicum sticks – add a dip such as hommous in a little container
- Cherry or grape tomatoes
- Wholewheat or wholegrain crackers (eg Vitaweats or Ryvitas) with sliced reduced-fat cheese & tomato
- Small tub low-fat or reduced-fat yoghurt with muesli
- Small tub vanilla custard
- Small carton of fresh or long life plain milk
- Fruit in natural juice packs
- Home-baked high fibre or oat muffins
- Dried fruit packs eg. sultana and apricot or apple
- Plain air-popped popcorn
- Pretzels and rice crackers
- Homemade fruit loaf, fruit bun or fruit muffin with added fruit and oats
- Hard-boiled egg
- Reduced-fat cheese cubes or sticks
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