When packing your child’s lunchbox, include foods they are familiar with. If we pack new foods in the lunchbox, they are likely to get ignored and forgotten about - this contributes to food waste and is not the best learning experience for our kids. This might mean that your child is left feeling hungry because there weren’t enough other options (also not the best learning experience).

We suggest offering new foods in the home first, with no pressure to eat them. Offering new foods to your kids alongside a ‘safe’ food that you know they will eat can be a good thing to do before putting it in their lunchbox for the first time.

School friendly recess ideas

• Chia pudding
• Chia and oat smoothie with seasonal or frozen fruit
• Homemade muesli bar
• Lunchbox berry muffin
• Cheese on crackers or corn thins
• Guacamole with vegetable sticks
• Hummus and vegetable sticks
• Bliss balls
• Homemade popcorn or shop bought popcorn
• Banana pikelets
• Overnight weetbix 
• Overnight oats
• Dried fruit and seeds trail mix
• Roasted fava beans
• Roasted pumpkin dip with crackers
• Fresh fruit
• Dried fruit
• Corn cobs
• Veggie sticks
• Roasted cooled vegetables
• Wholegrain crackers
• Boiled eggs

School lunchbox ideas 

• Zucchini slice
• Tuna and corn in lettuce cups
• Savoury vegetable muffins
• Chicken avocado wrap
• Mixed tinned beans with rice or quinoa*
• Lunchbox pizzas
• Pork or chicken meatballs
• Tuna fish cakes
• Cheese and spinach quesadilla made with wraps
• Potato and spinach patties*
• Zucchini and corn fritters
• Pea and feta fritters
• Vegetable fritatta
• Lentil and sunflower patties*
• Pasta salad with olives, cherry tomatoes and feta*
• Pasta with pasta sauce and cheese*
• Falafel wrap*
• Egg wrap or sandwich
• Cucumber fingers (sandwiches)*
• Avocado with smashed cannellini beans in a wrap*
• Cooked rice with avocados and chickpeas with rice*

*vegan option