3 steps to a healthy lunchbox
Vitamin packed vegies top the list of lunch box fillers. Add colour and crunch with bite sized sticks of celery, carrot and cucumber. Vary this with slices of sweet red capsicum, snow peas and cherry tomatoes.
You can't go much better than popping in a small apple or banana but why not put in strawberries chunks of pineapple and watermelon. The kids will love it!
When their tummy’s rumbling, you’d rather they didn’t go for lollies or chips, so pack some healthy snacks such as almonds, sultanas, little blocks of cheese and low salt crackers or a tub of yoghurt.
With all their running around, kids need high energy foods to keep them going! Tasty tummy fillers like chicken salad wraps, spring vegetable frittatas and Corn & zucchini fritters are perfect to keep kids on the go - and they taste great too.
Make some fairy bread in fun shapes. Let the kids help with cutting out the bread – using a cookie cutter is the easiest way.
Butter bread lightly and spread with jam. Top with another slice of buttered bread and scatter with coloured sprinkles or shredded coconut.
There’s nothing like the lemony tang of lemonade made the old fashioned way.
It’s so easy to make:
1. Bring 1 cup of sugar and 2 cups of water to a boil. 2. Simmer for 8-10 minutes until reduced and very sticky. 3. Squeeze the juice of 4 lemons into 1 litre of sparkling mineral water and stir in sugar syrup. 4. Add 1 or 2 slices of lemon and ice if required.
Perk up packet jelly by adding in chopped fresh fruit. Simply make jelly to directions and pour into a cute mould.
Strawberry jelly tastes even better with fresh strawberries or Why not try lemon or lime jelly with kiwi fruit?
