Lunch Box Ideas October

by PlanningQueen on September 28, 2012 in Planning

Thankfully we are on school holidays and I don’t actually have to think about lunch boxes, but when the kids go back to school it wil be October and here are some lunch box ideas for the month of October.

{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 – Ocotber Set 1

Pasta Salad – pasta, cucumber, red capsicum and a small amount of balsamic vinegar dressing.

Chocolate and Zucchini Cake

Pineapple

Apple

Cruskits and cheese

Together lunch box set 1 looks like:

Pasta Salad
Chocolate and Zucchini Cake
Apple
Cut fruit – pineapple
Cruskits and cheese

Lunch Box Ideas – October Set 2

Egg and lettuce sandwich

Vanilla Yogurt Pancakes

Banana

Green beans

Mini Weats

Together lunch box set 2 looks like:

Egg and lettuce sandwich
Vanilla Yogurt Pancakes
Banana
Cut veg – green beans
Mini Weatss

For more inspiration, the table below list some fruit and veg which are in season for October. 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 and Veg in October
asparagus	onions
avocados	orange
bok choy	papaya
broad beans	pawpaw
broccoli	peas
choko	pineapples
choy sum	pink grapefruit
cucumber	silverbeet
cumquat	spinach
gai laan	spring onions
garlic	starfruit
lemon	strawberry
lettuce	watercress
loquat	wonga bok
mango	yellow grapefruit

You can see more lunch box ideas here and read more about my school lunch box process here.

You can also check out my lunch box ideas board on Pinterest. I have recently re-organised my boards to ensure they are better categorised, so you might like to check out the rest of the boards too!

If you are not familiar with Pinterest it is a image based book marking tool. It is a great way to organise all the sites you like around the web. You can follow me on Pinterest as Planning Queen.

Lots of nice fruit and veg coming into season at the moment – what are you cooking with?

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http://www.livingserenely.blogspot.com Serenely
I like how you organised the different ‘courses’ into neat little portions. Plus is always great to see what other ‘real life’ mums do for kids’ lunches. I used to think that the proper meal should be sitting down to eat one standard bowl of pasta/rice/noodles with everything in it, and I used to feel bad feeding my kid a little bit of a main course and follow up with a little bit of other stuff, like fruit or a hard-boiled egg… but after seeing you do it, I guess it’s actually alright.
- http://planningwithkids.com/ PlanningQueen
  I find mix and match often works best for little ones!
http://www.stuffwiththing.com Marita
So many yummy ideas. Must show the pasta salad to Annie and see if she would like to try it.
http://workwifemumandlife.wordpress.com Samantha
Love these ideas. Will be trying these ideas. Thank you for sharing
http://ifnotread.wordpress.com/ Sonia
I always enjoy your lunch box menus. This week I will be spending some time thinking about lunch box ideas too and making a couple of dozen sweet muffins for the freezer. I have a base muffin recipe and then add whatever I have on hand. Thanks.