Primary Schoolers Healthy Foods

Primary Schoolers Healthy Foods

• If you let children pack their own lunch they will learn about food and be more likely to eat what they've prepared. Give them a simple list of guidelines. You might put all the lunch fillings on one shelf of the fridge for them. Prepare the night before.
• A lunchbox will keep food from being squashed. A drink bottle can store soup or fruit juice. In summer freeze the juice in the drink bottle. It will thaw by lunchtime and keep the lunch box cool.
• Many children like buying their lunches from the school canteen. You might have one 'lunch order' day a week.
• Parents can set a good example by eating healthily themselves.
• To encourage children to stay away from sweet fruitbars, biscuits and chocolates you can offer healthy snacks which might include:
  • a mixture of dried fruits
  • crackers with a spread
  • yoghurt
  • homemade biscuits or slices
  • fruit
  • cheese stick, triangle or slice.
• Lunches might include:
  • pita bread filled with meat, cheese and tomato and cucumber
  • savoury muffins
  • pizza
  • kebabs with sausages, cherry tomatoes and cubes of cheese
  • bread rolled around cheese sticks
  • meatballs, fish cakes or vegie patties
  • sandwiches cut in fingers
  • salads.

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