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Pack a healthy lunch

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Back to school and as well as getting the PE kits ready and uniform washed, the pressure is on to pack up a healthy lunch.

While the requests might be for chocolate and crisps, the school rules and guidelines say otherwise.

We have had a look at some creative, tasty ideas that will get even the fussiest eaters, well, eating.

Monday: wholemeal pasta salad and fruit kebabs
A carb-filled wholemeal pasta salad packed with protein, is a good start to the week. Easy to make the night before, simply add some chicken or tuna, cubes of cheese, tomato and sliced pepper and you have a ready-made meal. Adding a rainbow fruit kebab is an added extra they will love. Remember to pack a fork for this dish or things could get messy.

Tuesday – star sandwiches and sweet potato crisps
Tuna and sweetcorn, ham and cheese or chicken and avocado are all great sandwich fillings and with a mini ice pack in your child’s lunchbox, they will be cool until noon. Go for brown bread, crusts on, and use a star shape cutter just for fun and they might eat the lot. Rather than a bag of ready salted crisps, make a batch of sweet potato chips by slicing the veg into thin strips, adding a drizzle of olive oil and then roast in the over for 20 minutes. Add a piece of fruit or bag of raisins and you will keep them topped up until home time.

Wednesday – wraps and flapjack
If you don’t want to send them with traditional sandwiches every day, a wrap can be an easy alternative. Go for the healthy wholemeal variety and use Edam and tomato, chicken and cucumber and if they are adventurous, falafels are super-feeling. Follow this with homemade flapjacks packed with dried fruit and seeds for slow release energy. Make a batch on Sunday with the kids and store in an airtight box so you can grab and go.

Thursday – pick and mix lunch
Put a selection of French bread or soft rolls, cheese cubes, a pot of cucumber and tomatoes and some carrot sticks into their lunchbox for a picnic style lunch they will love unpacking. Add an apple or banana and a pot of yogurt, but don’t foget the spoon!

Friday – pizza pittas
They have made it to Friday, so give them a treat. Fill wholemeal pittas with some grated cheese, ham and sliced tomato and they will have the perfect pizza pitta in their hands. You can also add a small sachet of ketchup to create the real deal. Send a pot of homemade popcorn and a piece of flapjack (if you have any left) and you have the perfect end of week treat.

Always include a bottle of water and some tissues and check what they ate at the end of the day.

If you’ve got a packed lunch idea you think we would like, then send it over!

Team Pure Beauty

Last updated on 19/09/2017.

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