Kids Recipes

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This Week's Recipe:

Healthy Lunch Ideas for Kids

By Lata Tokhi

Packing different lunches everyday requires a lot of planning and creativity and add it to it the concerns of making the meals healthy and nutritious. It might seem like a daunting task but we have creative solutions for you. Here are tips to make your kid's daily lunch bag more guilt-free for you.

1. Whole Wheat or Multi-Grain Bread - Sandwiches are staples when it comes to lunch bags, but stay away from the white bread. Use whole wheat or multi-grain bread with a variety of sauces and spreads. Similarly, use whole wheat flour for making muffins and pies for lunch boxes. If possible, homemade bread is a wonderful option.

2. Healthy Dips - Dips are the life of toddler and kid's lunch boxes. You can make them healthier by replacing store-bought ketchup with homemade dips made of fresh tomatoes and vegetables or hummus.

3. Slow Cooker - Fresh meals are the healthiest and busy morning hours do not allow you to slave in the kitchen for long hours. Your best friend in this case is a slow cooker. Use your crock pot to make stews, chili, curries etc. filled with vegetables and pasta while you concentrate on other chores.

4. Hot Lunches in a Thermos - Pack hot lunches that can be made in quickly in a thermos so that they remain hot till lunch break. You can pack rice or brown rice in the thermos and top it with baked beans in sauce, chili, thick meaty soups, pasta sauces etc.

5. Homemade McDonald's Meals - Kids love anything that comes out of a McDonald's box. Give them the same dose of fun by packing homemade burgers, pizzas and hot dogs for lunch. Buy segmented lunch boxes like Bento boxes and separately pack the ingredients which can later be assembled together by your child to eat. Stuff patties with finely chopped or boiled vegetables and use whole grain bread to make these fast foods more nutritious.

Kids Recipes

This Week's Recipe:

Healthy Lunch Ideas for Kids

By Lata Tokhi

Find more than 75 lunch box ideas and quick and easy lunch box recipes on Dot Com Women's Parenting channel.

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