School Milk Project - Healthy Lunchbox

Ideas for a healthy balanced lunch box and keeping it tasty and different.

Choose a variety of foods from the four main food groups.

MILK AND DAIRY FOODS

1. Milk
2. Cheese
3. Cheese triangle
4. Low fat soft cheese
5. Cottage cheese with pineapple chunks
6. Fruit yogurt
7. Fromage Frais
8. Drinking yogurt 
9. Pots of rice pudding

BREAD, OTHER CEREALS AND POTATOES

1. Wholemeal/multigrain/white breads and rolls
2. Pitta bread
3. Bagel
4. French stick
5. Scotch pancakes
6. English muffins
7. Fruit scones
8. Currant buns
9. Fruit bread
10. Malt loaf
11. Crispbread and crackers
12. Pasta
13. Rice salads

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

1. Salad in sandwiches and rolls
2. Cherry tomatoes
3. Carrot batons
4. Fruit
5. Canned fruit pieces
6. Raisins, dried apricots
7. Fruit smoothies
8. Pure fruit juices

MEAT, FISH AND ALTERNATIVES

1. Slices of ham, chicken and turkey
2. Boiled eggs
3. Canned tuna and salmon
4. Prawns
5. Mixed nuts
6. Peanut butter

HAVE YOU GOT A DRINK?

1. Milk
2. Drinking yogurt
3. Smoothie
4. Fruit juice
5. Sugar-free squash
6. Water