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Healthy Lunchbox Menus

These menus have been put together by nutritionist Surinder Phull in response to a Capri-Sun 100% Juice survey showing that many children will ditch the healthy foods that they are given in their lunch boxes. Says Surinder "Presenting fruit and vegetables in an appealing way to children using inventive recipes can be really useful."

Healthy School Lunches

Menu 1

  • Tortilla wrap with chopped, cooked chicken breast, avocado & natural yoghurt
  • Mango cubes/pineapple chunks/apple slices
  • Cereal bar with fruits and seeds
  • Carrot shapes (batons, circles) or baby carrots with individual portion of cream cheese dip
  • Orange Capri-Sun 100% Juice

Menu 2

  • Pasta Salad: pasta bows with spoonful of pesto, chopped cherry tomatoes and yellow pepper squares and feta cheese cubes.
  • Pure fruit bar (fruit leather, dried fruit bar)
  • Small yoghurt (choose low sugar options and freeze the night before in hot weather)
  • 2 cheese flavoured oatcakes or breadsticks
  • Apple Capri-Sun 100% Juice

Menu 3

  • Mini stuffed pitta breads:
  • One with ham, lettuce, grated carrot and sultanas
  • One with peanut butter** and mashed banana
  • Small fromage frais pot
  • Small box of dried raisins
  • Apple Capri-Sun 100% Juice

Menu 4

  • Multigrain bagel with cream cheese, smoked salmon trimmings (or tinned salmon) and lettuce.
  • Small pack of mini cucumbers (kids packs available in some supermarkets)
  • Apple crisps or apple flavoured rice cakes
  • Berry fruit pot; small pot with selection any of the following: strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries.
  • Orange Capri-Sun 100% Juice

Menu 5

  • Pitta or flatbread chips (cut bread into triangles, sprinkle with grated cheese and grill until it melts)
  • Vegetable sticks (place combination of coloured pepper squares, cucumber chunks and cooked chicken breast/cheese or ham pieces on sticks)
  • Blueberry muffin
  • Red and white grape mix
  • Apple Capri-Sun 100% Juice

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