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WHAT TO INCLUDE IN THE LUNCHBOX
| What | 2 portions fruit and vegetables | 1 portion of dairy food or substitute | 1 portion of protein | 1 portion starchy food |
| Why | Fibre, vitamins and minerals | Calcium for growing bones and strong teeth | For growth and development | For energy |
| How | Fruit juice, fruit smoothie, piece of fruit or some dried fruit, salad, raw vegetable sticks e.g. carrot or celery batons Cherry tomatoes, see 5 a dayfor more ideas | Milk, Soya milk and soya based foods(most is fortified with calcium), milkshakes, cheese, yogurt | Egg, cheese portion, beans, hummus, bean spreads, nut spreads e.g. peanut butterVeggie sausage, veggie "meat" slices,Falafel,Smoked tofu,Cold nut roast | Bread, pasta, rice, couscous, bulgur wheat, noodles, potatoes, oatcakes |
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Do you like Chinese foods? Here is a neat way to make chopsticks...
2 popsicle sticks
A rubber band
A small wad of paper or other material
Place the wad on the end between two popsicle sticks.
Wrap the rubber band tightly around the same end.
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KABOBS
1 Apple peeled and cubed
dip in lemon juice to keep from browning
Alternate cubes of cheese with apple on small wooden skewers
If you don't have skewers available, use a drinking straw, if too long just cut it in half.
FRUIT SPEARS
Alternate on skewer: melon, strawberries, pineapple, grapes, apples, orange
or whatever fruit you have on hand.
Wrap and chill until sending for lunch
HOW ABOUT SOME SNOW PEAS
Cut peas and slice through the length
Cream a banana and cream cheese
Mix teaspoon of lemon juice to keep banana from turning brown.
Fill the pea pods.
For a change from bread, soft tortilla wraps are good. Fill them with chopped chicken or tuna and salad, a bit of salsa or low fat mayonnaise for example. Fold over the bottom of the wrap first
Quick Pasta Salad.
Mix pasta shells with tuna
bite size cooked french beans,
some hard boiled egg
cubes of cucumber,
and maybe halved cherry tomatoes.
Mix with either mayo or french dressing.
Serve something from at least three of the five food groups listed below for balanced nutrition:
1. Dairy -- string cheese, cheese cubes, low-fat cottage cheese, low-fat yogurt, low-fat milk, pudding made with low-fat milk, calcium- and vitamin D-fortified orange juice.
2. Fruit -- fresh fruit such as orange segments, grapes, strawberries, blueberries, pears, apples, dried fruit, 100% juice boxes, canned fruit cups in juice.
3. Vegetables -- baby carrots, grape tomatoes, celery sticks, salsa, tomato juice, red bell peppers, broccoli.
4. Whole grains -- whole-grain breads, tortillas, wraps, cereals, crackers.
5. Lean protein -- beans, nuts, seeds, turkey, chicken, tuna, lean lunch meat, peanut butter, veggie burgers, bean salad, hummus.
Combine peanut butter and cheese spread, blending thoroughly. Fill celery pieces with heaping spoonful of mixture. Arrange raisin "ants" on each "log." Refrigerate, storing in plastic container.
TRY THESE ALTERNATIVES
* TRAIL MIX
* THERMOS OF MACARONI AND CHEESE
* SCOOP OUT AN APPLE, FILL WITH PEANUT BUTTER AND TOP WITH RAISINS.
SLICE PART OF THE WAY DOWN.