So in the spirit of eating healthily and putting more thought into lunch planning, here are 31 virtuous (but still totally yummy) lunch ideas to help you stay on track all week long.ġ. Breakfast may get credited as the most important meal of the day, but lunch is a close runner-up and is the fuel needed to power through the day so we don’t succumb to the dreaded afternoon slump. Lunch is too often the “chopped liver” of our three daily meals, with too many trips through the drive thru, or grabbing a protein bar, or skipping it altogether. That's why our local network of babysitters are personally checked and picked by our family for your family a healthy start on your week with these 31 healthy lunch ideas that will keep you on track and won’t derail your best eating intentions. We believe your little ones deserve the very best care. Just watch those sticks, but we know you’ll be desperate to eat up the remnants of this one anyway. Who says it all has to be savoury? Round off the end of lunch time with a delicious cheesecake dip with some seasonal fruit. For little bods, too busy to sit still for lunch, load their mitt with some homemade cheese straws. Toddlers just love to munch on something on the move. Instead, load some skins and you’ve got a solution. Jacket potatoes make such a brilliant lunch, but they aren’t exactly kind on toddler knife and fork skills. Rustle up this pasta sauce and watch them eat their 5-a-day without the strops.
If your toddler thinks vegetables are akin to poison, then it’s time to get creative. If unwrapping wraps has resulted in tantrums that were yours, not your toddlers, whip up some of this edible glue to keep the wrap firmly closed before it makes it to the hatch. Stuff them with whatever you like, but this chicken and avocado wrap ticks all the nutrition boxes. Follow this recipe for cheese, ham and tomato, or make up your own. This might be an ‘adult’ recipe, but puff pinwheels make for an ideal easy lunch. They won’t realise they are chomping in to courgette and carrot, and even better, they freeze well. If you have a stubborn veggie refuser on your hands, cook up a batch of these muffins.
Use whatever biscuit-cutter that will appeal to your child, and give them the offcuts for dipping. Give them a protein boost by serving up an egg inside their toast. Egg in the Hole ToastĮggs are a fantastic lunch option for growing toddlers. Bulk it up for the hungry toddler by adding some breadsticks. Serve it up in a little jar or plastic cup, and your dishcloth will thank us. Give toddlers a dollop of hummus and you soon discover garlicky goo in every crease of the high chair, or worse, their hair. Toddler food guru, Annabel Karmel, has a brilliant toddler-friendly noodle recipe. There’s something about noodles and toddlers that make them a perfect pairing. This concoction seems too much for little ones to resist. There’s nothing wrong with a sandwich now and then, but if you’re fed up of yours being rejected, try some different fillings. Apple, Cheddar and Peanut Butter Sandwiches Make things easier by turning homemade pizza in to ingenious pockets, perfect for little hands.ĥ.
Homemade pizzas can be healthy and a huge hit, but with toddlers they can also spell chaos for cleaning up. We love this simple but tasty Chunky Fish Finger recipe. Get your little one in on the act of making them for some brilliant messy play. We all want to reach for the freezer at times, but homemade toddler-friendly fish goujons are a great alternative.
Instead, cook up their favourite omelettes in a muffin tray as ‘ egg cups’ and you’ve got a morsel they can handle. Omelettes are another great lunch solution that doesn’t quite work for toddlers. By turning this classic favourite in to a fritter, the problem is solved. Most toddlers love cauliflower cheese, but oh boy the mess can be something else. We’ve narrowed down the options to our favourite 15 tasty lunch ideas for toddlers. What can you give them that will liven things up a bit, are fast to prepare, and will pack a punch for toddler taste buds and healthy eating? Lunch times with toddlers can feel a little like Groundhog Day - another day of sandwiches that you end up picking up off the floor. The Top 15 Tasty Lunch Ideas for Toddlers
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