Lunch Box Ideas and Menu Plan For December

The last lunch box idea post for the year! And only a few weeks left of school. I am really looking forward to school holidays. A break in the routine and a break from making lunch boxes!

Below are lunch box ideas for December, then after that is the December weekly menu plans for your reference, where you can download the plans and the shopping lists. In my post about coping with the busyness of Christmas I noted that one of my strategies is to recycle menu plans.

While the actual menu planning process itself is quite quick, formatting for the blog takes quite a bit of time. So the plan I have included this time is repeated, as a time saving mechanism for me.

Lunch Box Ideas – December Set 1

Easy calzones

No bake lemon balls

Fresh raspberries

Snow Peas

Vita weats

Together lunch box set 1 looks like:

• Easy calzones
• No bake lemon balls(my favourite treat at the moment!)
• Fresh raspberries
• Snow Peas
• Vita Weats

Lunch Box Ideas – December Set 2

Oven baked arancini

Raspberry and White Choc Cookies

Special K

Rockmelon

Cherry tomatoes

Together lunch box set 2 looks like:

• Oven baked arancini
• Raspberry and White Choc Cookies
• Special K
• Rockmelon
• Cherry tomatoes

If you are after further inspiration for school lunch boxes take a look at the Planning With Kids 2013 Calendar. Each month after January, you have two complete lunch box ideas and a list of some of the fruit and vegetables that are in season in Australia and will work well in the lunch box.

Read more here – PWK Lunch Box Ideas Calendar 2013.

Our Family Menu Plan For This Week.

Day Meal Type	Sat Self Serve	Sun Meat and Veg	Mon Slow Cooker	Tue Pasta	Wed Soup	Thu Left Overs	Fri Fun Night
Week Starting: 8th Dec	Tacos	Sausages and Steamed Vegetables Baking: New sweet treat to try	Slow Cooker Lemon Chicken	Macaroni and Cheese	Beetroot Soup	Left Overs	Homemade sushi
Week Starting: 15th Dec	Souvlaki	Roast Chicken and Veg Baking: Quinoa Snack Balls	Slow Cooker Bolognaise	Pasta with Chicken and Spinach	Vegetable Soup	Left Overs	Rice Paper Rolls
Week Starting: 22nd Dec	Sweet Chilli Chicken Wraps	Chicken Schnitzel and Veg Baking: Oat and Seed Lunchbox Slice	Slow Cooker Beef Stroganoff	Veggie Pasta	Slow Cooker Chicken Noodle Soup	Left Overs	Home made pizzas
Week Starting: 29th Dec	Marinated Chicken Sticks and Salad	Slow Cooker Roast Beef and Veg Baking: Chocolate Scones	Slow Cooker Satay	Fettucine Carbonara	Pumpkin Soup	Left Overs	Quesadilla
Week Starting: 5th Jan	Tacos	Lamb Chops and Veg Baking: No bake Lemon and Chia Balls	Slow Cooker Butter Chicken	Pasta Amatriciana	Beetroot Soup	Left Overs	Chicken Balls

You can download a zip ile containnig all 5 menu plans here – Planning With Kids – December Weekly Menu Plans.
If you are looking for further recipe inspiration, check out my complete list of Family Friendly Recipes. You might like to also check out Planning With Kids Menu Planning App.

The kid friendly menu planning app allows you to:

• Create weekly menu plans quickly, choosing as many meals per day as you would like to plan for.
• Generate the shopping list for all the meals selected.
• Modify the shopping list to check off items you already have at home.
• Email the shopping list to yourself and/or others.

The most popular recipes from the blog have been included and more will be added on a weekly basis. The app will notify you when new recipes have been added, so you will be able to deliver plenty of variety in your family’s menu plans. Each recipe lists the ingredients required, easy to follow instructions and a photo from the blog.

Do you ever recycle your menu plans?