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Making kids lunch boxes easy	Its quite a challenge coming up with a healthy variety of foods in kids lunch boxes. And another challenge getting them to eat it! Does your kids lunch box come home half full? It is possible though - try these healthy snacks and you'll be well on your way to winning the lunch box battle.
Job Health hazards Natural Remedies Happy Feet Diet Mistakes How to dress thinner Hair coloring tips Kids lunchbox battles Travel tip - Auckland Choose a financial advisor Basic money saving tips Save money on groceries Save money on gifts Birth Order Save money on gas	1. What to drink Before we get to what food to pack in the lunch box we need to consider drinks. Much as kids love sweet or fizzy juice, it just isn't right for their school lunch options. Water or diluted unsweetened fruit juice is best. Choose a wide mouth drink bottle that is easy to get ice cubes into and easy to clean. A hard plastic bottle is also good, water in soft plastic bottles often tastes of the container. 2. Food groups The perfect lunch box will contain some of each of the basic food groups, ie carbs, protein, dairy, and fruit and veg. Carbs such as wholemeal breads and cereals will maintain a steady GI and be digested slowly, helping your kid to concentrate better in the classroom. Proteins include meat, fish, eggs, nuts cheese, lentils etc. Check out your schools policy on taking nuts into the classroom before including in the lunchbox.	3.The sweet tooth Like most people, kids have a sweet tooth, and it's ok to include a little of what they fancy in the lunch box. Its best that their sweet tooth is indulged with options like raisins, apricots, figs etc. 4. Lunch is fun! Even kids who insist on the same sandwich every day get bored if there is no variety. The lunch box is a great area to try something new, often they'll eat it because there's no alternative. They can't nag mum into making something else and if their friend has something similar, that's another incentive to try something new. Make fruit kebabs on a stick instead of adding a boring old apple. Swap sandwiches for rice or pasta, add tuna and sweetcorn and you've included three of the main food groups in one dish!	5. Finger foods Kids like eating with their hands so incorporate finger foods into the lunch box. Berries, carrot sticks, cheese chunks, pita chips, cherry tomatoes, the list is endless. I hope you enjoyed reading this list of lunch box ideas. What do you do to make your kids lunch boxes interesting? If you have any suggestions on how we can improve this post please contact us here

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Its quite a challenge coming up with a healthy variety of foods in kids lunch boxes. And another challenge getting them to eat it! Does your kids lunch box come home half full? It is possible though - try these healthy snacks and you'll be well on your way to winning the lunch box battle.

Job Health hazards
Natural Remedies
Happy Feet
Diet Mistakes
How to dress thinner
Hair coloring tips
Kids lunchbox battles
Travel tip - Auckland
Choose a financial advisor
Basic money saving tips
Save money on groceries
Save money on gifts
Birth Order
Save money on gas

1. What to drink
Before we get to what food to pack in the lunch box we need to consider drinks. Much as kids love sweet or fizzy juice, it just isn't right for their school lunch options. Water or diluted unsweetened fruit juice is best. Choose a wide mouth drink bottle that is easy to get ice cubes into and easy to clean. A hard plastic bottle is also good, water in soft plastic bottles often tastes of the container.

2. Food groups
The perfect lunch box will contain some of each of the basic food groups, ie carbs, protein, dairy, and fruit and veg. Carbs such as wholemeal breads and cereals will maintain a steady GI and be digested slowly, helping your kid to concentrate better in the classroom. Proteins include meat, fish, eggs, nuts cheese, lentils etc. Check out your schools policy on taking nuts into the classroom before including in the lunchbox.

3.The sweet tooth
Like most people, kids have a sweet tooth, and it's ok to include a little of what they fancy in the lunch box. Its best that their sweet tooth is indulged with options like raisins, apricots, figs etc.

4. Lunch is fun!
Even kids who insist on the same sandwich every day get bored if there is no variety. The lunch box is a great area to try something new, often they'll eat it because there's no alternative. They can't nag mum into making something else and if their friend has something similar, that's another incentive to try something new. Make fruit kebabs on a stick instead of adding a boring old apple. Swap sandwiches for rice or pasta, add tuna and sweetcorn and you've included three of the main food groups in one dish!

5. Finger foods
Kids like eating with their hands so incorporate finger foods into the lunch box. Berries, carrot sticks, cheese chunks, pita chips, cherry tomatoes, the list is endless.

I hope you enjoyed reading this list of lunch box ideas. What do you do to make your kids lunch boxes interesting? If you have any suggestions on how we can improve this post please contact us here