Hooray for the upcoming last month of winter! Winter is my least favourite season of the year and I am very happy we are two thirds of the way into it already.
Some more lunch box ideas for the kids school lunches, this time using seasonal fruit and veg for August.
Please note, I am not a nutritionist/dietitian. These lunch box ideas are what I actually feed our kids and taken into account with the rest of their diet and their level of physical activity, I am pretty happy with the balance they have. But like most things with parenting, there is always room for improvement so what I feed the kids for lunch is a work in progress.
Lunch Box Ideas – August Set 1
Together lunch box set 1 looks like:
- Silverbeet and Cheese Tarts
- Apple and Cinnamon Tea Cake
- Apple
- Cut fruit – orange
- Vita Weats
Lunch Box Ideas – August Set 2
Together lunch box set 2 looks like:
- Cabbage and Corn Fritters
- Oat and Seed Slice
- Mandarin
- Cut veg – celery
- Special K
For more inspiration, the table below list some fruit and veg which are in season for August. 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 (more comprehensive lists can be found here Seasonal Fruit And Vegetables In Australia):
Seasonal Fruit for Aug: | Seasonal Vegetable for Aug: | Seasonal Vegetable for Aug: |
---|---|---|
apples: fuji, lady williams, sundowner | asian greens: bok choy, choy sum, gai laan, wonga bok | parsnip |
cumquat | avocados: fuerte, hass, sharwill | potato |
custard apple | beetroot | pumpkin |
grapefruit: yellow, pink | broccoli | silverbeet |
lemons | brussels sprout | spinach |
limes | cabbage | swede |
mandarins: ellendale, imperial, murcot | carrots | sweet potato |
nashi | cauliflower | turnip |
oranges: blood, navel | celery | witlof |
pawpaw | garlic | |
pineapple: smooth leaf | ginger | |
pomelo | leeks | |
rhubarb | olives | |
tangelo | onions |
You can see more lunch box ideas here and read more about my school lunch box process here.
What are you putting in the kids lunch boxes at the moment?