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Lunch Box Ideas

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Good and Bad Choices

Good fruit & vegetable choices

  • Apricot
  • Grapes
  • Pineapple chunks
  • melon cubes
  • Mango slices
  • Nectarine
  • Passion fruit half with a spoon
  • Strawberries
  • Tinned fruit in natural juice
  • Capsicum strips
  • Cherry tomatoes
  • Cucumber
  • Celery sticks
  • Carrot sticks with dips
  • Mushrooms
  • Corn on the cob

Poor Choices

  • Dried fruit – are high in sugar, low in fiber and  stick to teeth causing tooth decay.
  • Fruit juices – eating the fruit is a much better way to get these nutrients plus more

Lunch Box Suggestions

Box 1

  • Water bottle
  • Grain sandwich with cheese
  • Corn on the cob
  • Strawberries

Box 2

  • Plain milk
  • Chicken and salad wrap
  • Apple

Box 3

  • Plain milk
  • Lentil/fish patties
  • Cherry tomatoes / cucumber
  • salad

Box 4

  • Water bottle
  • Fried rice (with vegetables)
  • Cheese cubes
  • Mandarin