Make-Ahead Children's Lunchboxes

PREP TIME IN MINS

15

COOK TIME IN MINS

25

SERVES

1 MAKE-AHEAD CHILDREN’S LUNCHBOXES

TOTAL CALORIES - | CALORIES PER SERVE -

Here are some clever ideas for lunchboxes that you can make and pack the night before and Here are some clever ideas for lunchboxes that you can make and pack the night before and keep in the fridge. Don’t get anxious about providing endless variety – a rotation of three or four keep in the fridge. Don’t get anxious about providing endless variety – a rotation of three or four options across a school week is more than enough! And don’t forget to add plenty of cold or iced reuseable BPA-free water bottles, and small pieces of fruit.

INGREDIENTS

Chickpeas
Tahini
Lemon juice

Avocado

Leftover cooked veggies(carrot, pumpkin, sweet potato)

Tinned beetroot

HUMMUS 3 WAYS

Blend 1 × 400 g tin drained and rinsed chickpeas with 1 tablespoon tahini, juice of 1 lemon and:

1. Avo Hummus
1 avocado
2. Veggie Hummus
½ cup leftover cooked veggies (carrot, pumpkin, sweet potato)
3. Beetroot Hummus
four slices drained tinned beetroot

SAVORY WRAPS/ROLL UPS X 3

Use your child’s favourite wrap or flat pita bread and fill with:

1
2 tablespoons spreadable cream cheese,
50 g shaved ham, thinly sliced red and green capsicum

2
¼ cup basil pesto
80 g shredded cooked chicken
¼ cup grated tasty cheese

3
½ avocado
1 tablespoon salsa
½ cup drained, rinsed and patted dry tinned red kidney beans

Then roll up tightly, halve or cut into 4 cm lengths and wrap with plastic wrap.

INGREDIENTS

Wrap or flat pita bread

Spreadable cream cheese
Shaved ham
Red and green capsicum

¼ cup basil pesto
80 g shredded cooked chicken
¼ cup grated tasty cheese

Avocado
Salsa
Red kidney beans

INGREDIENTS

Full cream Greek yogurt

Kiwi fruit
Chopped mint

Banana
Sultanas

Raspberries
Currants

GREEK YOGHURT STIR-THROUGHS × 3

Place ½ cup full-cream unsweetened Greek yoghurt into small airtight containers. Stir through:

1
½ peeled kiwi fruit and 2 teaspoons chopped mint, blended until smooth
2
1 small mashed banana and 1 tablespoon sultanas
3
50 g mashed raspberries and 2 teaspoons currants Cover and keep chilled.