The BEST Lunch and Snack ideas for healthy kids:
- Homemade pasta and cheese – made with ancient grain or brown rice pasta, quinoa pasta
- Homemade chilli – with or without meat
- (Canned) beans and tomato sauce (full of protein)
- Tuna salad or egg salad in gluten-free veggie wraps Cooked quinoa with diced cooked chicken and veggies
- Mini turkey meatballs (homemade) in tomato sauce with diced zucchini
- Banana wrapped in corn tortilla, WOW butter, sprinkle of cinnamon
- Sliced Natural (no nitrate) ham or lean turkey wrapped around cheese, pickles and lettuce
- Warm soup – homemade chunky chicken noodle with spelt noodles, turkey and wild rice
- Crockpot beef and barley stew with carrot, onion, celery and diced sweet potatoes
SNACKS
- Natural, organic yogurt with cinnamon and honey
- Homemade or sugar free applesauce with cinnamon
- Fruits of all kinds – diced and cubed, NOT canned fruits
- Veggies of all kinds, sliced and cubed – don’t forget raw zucchini, broccoli trees, cauliflower trees, celery “moons”, sugar snap peas, raw green and yellow beans
- Cheese cubes – real cheese, not processed slices or jarred cheese
- Hardboiled eggs
- Quinoa crackers and salsa or hummus dip or Baked corn chips and salsa Rice chips/Rice and bean chips (not rice “cakes”)
- Apple slices and WOW butter
- Cucumbers with homemade yogurt dip/ranch dip
- Popcorn – tossed in sea salt and options to choose from: (maple syrup, pepper, garlic powder, paprika, chilli powder)
- “Hail Mix” – Dark chocolate chips, shredded coconut, goji berries and raisins
- EASY blender oatmeal power muffins/gluten-free muffins with applesauce/banana (recipes online)
- (*Nuts and seeds, including almond, pecan, filbert, coconut, pumpkin, sunflower, cashew, peanut, walnut, brazil nuts) *WHERE NO ALLERGY.
