Healthy Lunchbox Ideas
Bento boxes for school lunches seem to be popping up everywhere. After working as a teacher and seeing kids come to school with “lunches” consisting of a soda, chips, and cookies (I am not exaggerating here, this was the norm), I am loving this trend.
I send B (3.5) to school with bento style containers from Laptop Lunches, but there are many other fun possibilities out there.
Inspiration board borrowed from one of my new favorite blogs, Signature Style by Anne Book. I could spend hours ooohing and ahhhing over all the gorgeous inspiration on this site. Click here for her sources.
A Hello Kitty bento made by my friend Jenn.
Do you have any healthy lunchbox ideas? I would love to hear them in the comments!
Generally I try to make sure there is a fruit, veggie, and protein in her lunch. Since my daughter is a carb girl, I don’t worry about that one so much. Some of my favorite things to pack are:
*dinner left-overs
*hard boiled egg
*nuts (there are not any children at her school with nut allergies)
*pasta with veggies and olive oil
*small or chopped fruit and veggies (cherry tomatoes, berries, sliced cucumber, etc.)
*peanut butter and dippers (apples, celery, carrots, pretzels)
*hummus wrap (whole wheat tortilla spread with hummus and cucumber, tomato or other veggies)
*small bean, cheese, and rice burrito
*quinoa with veggies and a little olive oil
* salad of brown rice, beans, corn, cherry tomatoes, and basil
P.S. we ordered the chicken coop and chickens with our local feed store yesterday and they should be here on the 20th!
I love the little star wars sandwich cutters! My son would love those! Wow, you are awesome with your daughter's lunches! I always make sure my son has healthy lunches for school but his are pretty boring. I need to get more creative!
Hi there! I LOVE IT! So fun that you found it inspiring and out your own twist on it! Very fun! And always great to featured! I had at least 7 girls email or FB me and tell me that they went to your blog yesterday.
I think this is such a cute way to get kids involved and want to try new things. Jack was an amazing eater until 3- and now- its all carbs. So I am trying this a bit.
I am also redoing my blog roll this weekend and totally adding you. I love your blog! So fun to have a new blog friend to inspire you! Thanks M!
PS- I am so excited to got the chicken coop! You will love it! My sister in law loves hers. She is starting a blog called country living. she lives on a gorgeous piece of prop outside of London.
Also C would be VERY proud of your lunch list- it looks alot like the one she made for me!
Ah thanks for posting S's bento. She definitely love the surprise of what she will find each day for lunch. We love the Sneaky Chef lunchbox muffins (mac n cheese and pizza muffins too). Very healthy (veggie purees) and so easy. Freeze well too, along with the purees. K loves them as well. I make mini ones for her.
Yay now I can comment.. there was a problem with blogger for almost two days!!! I really have an eye or Mr. Yoda there.
What fun! I never thought to use the cookie cutters as sandwich cutters (at least the type pictured, which I own). Kudos to you for making healthy lunches!
Love the idea of real food. IT's what I stand for too. Real Food for Real Fat Loss. I have a 2 year old and one ready to come out in 3 months. my son won't eat broccoli so I blend it up with peas and corn and put it in a tortilla with cheese. Yummo.