Need some school lunch ideas for your kiddos? Check out this post – it’s packed full of ideas for the whole week!
It’s that time of year again, you guys! There’s only a few weeks left of summer vacation and it’s time to start planning for the school year…not to mention school lunch ideas!
Are your kids bored with their school lunch? Sick and tired of taking sandwiches every single day of the week or worse yet…eating school lunch?
Spice up their lunch options with delicious treats that are easy to prepare at home and don’t require reheating at school.
It is time to create new lunch favorites and ban the old stand-by’s (or at least banish them to once a week).
The school lunch ideas below are a snap to prepare and the kids will love the new variety…
Monday
Cold pizza muffins
Homemade snack mix (nuts, M & M’s, mini marshmallows and dried cranberries)
Sliced apples (add a tablespoon of lemonade or lemon juice to the apples to reduce browning)
Tuesday
Cracker-wiches (crackers with lunch meat and cheese cut in small chunks or slices)
Sliced veggies and dip
Cubed pineapple
Wednesday
Egg salad sandwich
Sliced tomatoes with mayonnaise
Mandarin oranges
Thursday
Cold chicken melts
Baby carrots
Grapes
Friday
Mini hot dogs with ketchup and mustard
Cheese cubes
Broccoli with ranch dip
Drink Ideas
Instead of buying expensive juice boxes every week, pick up a reusable drink container the kids can use in their school lunches every day. Fill the container with homemade drinks or juice to save money and give the kids a variety to choose from each week.
Here’s some ideas…
Chocolate milk
Regular milk
Lemonade
Iced tea
Orange juice
Apple juice
Cranberry juice
Grape juice
Other fruit juices
Fruit smoothies
Water
Flavored water (add a tablespoon or two of fruit juice to water to add flavor)
I hope these school lunch ideas inspire you to create a delicious masterpiece in your child’s lunch box…every single day!
You might also like:
Have an Awesome Day!
~Vanessa
Vanessa Hamlin is the owner and founder of Food Life Design and VLHamlinDesign. With her passion for frugal living and homesteading, Vanessa loves to write about easy recipes, making money, gardening, home remedies and everything else that a good life entails! When she’s not writing for Food Life Design or creating products for VLHamlinDesign, you’ll find Vanessa reading, drawing, gardening, cooking or spending time with her family.