Packed lunches for school need not be boring. Just with little bit of imagination they can be fun and healthy.

Always keep in mind to include the 4 main food groups, pop in a drink and away you go!

1. Start with the basics: bread, cereal and potatoes group:

• Try different types of breads, e.g. sliced bread, bun, bagels, wholemeal bread or white.
• Rice, potatoes noodles, rice flour or wheatflour based chapattis



2. Add a tasty filling:

• Try eggs,
• Nuts,
• Beans or pulses shredded chicken in your lunch box.



3. Add colour to your lunch box by adding fruits and vegetables.

4. Dairy delights: try to include dairy products in your lunch box- important to keep
    your teeth healthy and your bones strong.

5. Added extras: Fancy a 'treat' in your lunch box- Just try and make healthier choices when you     can.
Pop in a drink:
Choose from:

• Water
• Plain milk or flavoured milk (rose flavour)
• Fruit juice cartons

Ideas for you to try including the above food groups:

• Mashed potatoes toasted sandwiches or alu parathas
• Fried rice
• Egg mayonnaise with cucumber
• Stuffed parathas with beans like mng dal
• Mixed bean salad with cucumber, tomato.
• Chapatti roll with shredded cooked chicken.
• Rice with peas.
• Make mixed pulses khichdi
• Take fresh fruit like apple, orange, banana or small packet of mixed dried fruits.
• Chopped raw vegetables like sticks of carrots, slices of cucumber or tomatoes and beetroot.
• To roll your favourite bhaji into chapattis like bhindi (okra), brinjal or capsicum
• Stuffed parathas with your favourite vegetables.
• Take small pot of yoghurt.
• Take small pot of shrikhand
• Try stuffed cheese or paneer parathas.
• Small cube of cheese
• Take small box of homemade rice pudding or kheer.
• Take packet of crisp or piece of fruit cake or fruit bun
• Plain biscuits or wafer biscuits
• Fun sized chocolates.

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Last updated on 1-12-2005