In Victoria, tomorrow is the start of term two, so perfect time to share some more lunch box ideas!
My aim this year has been to make sure the kids’ lunch boxes are well balanced, provide variety and are easy for me to put together.
Lunch Box Ideas – April Set 1
Together lunch box set 1 looks like:
- Quick Egg and Bacon Tarts
- Rolled Oat Slice
- Apple
- Cut veggies – carrot and cucumber
- Crackers
Lunch Box Ideas – April Set 2
With lots of home cooked food in their lunch boxes during term 1, I did get requests for “vegemite sandwiches”, so lunch box set 2 has just that!
Together lunch box set 2 looks like:
- Vegemite sandwich
- Rice Bubble Slice
- Banana
- Cut veggies – capsicum and cucumber
- Special K – a breakfast cereal high in protein
For more inspiration, the table below list some fruit and veg which are in season for April. This isn’t a complete list, but just a selection of items that you might like to try including in the kids lunch boxes, either raw or baked into a snack / meal:
| Seasonal Fruits for April: | Seasonal Vegetables for April: |
|---|---|
| apples - aba - bonza - braeburn - cox's orange pippins - fuji - gala - golden delicious - granny smith - jonagold - jonathan - mutso - red delicious | asian greens - bok choy - choy sum - gai laan- wonga bok |
| banana | avocado |
| grapes - muscat - purple cornichon - sultana - waltham cross | beans - green - snake |
| kiwifruit | capsicum |
| mandarin - imperial - nashi | carrots |
| orange - valencia | celery |
| passionfruit | cucumber |
| pears - beurre bosc - howell - josephine - packham - red sensation - williams | peas |
| persimmon | spinach |
| plums | tomato |
| pomegranate | zucchini |
You can see more lunch box ideas here and read more about my school lunch box process here.
Do you have some new ideas for the kids’ lunch boxes in term 2?