I used to get very anxious about packing my kid’s school lunch. I was so concerned with making them healthy, but I also wanted to make sure my kids would actually eat it and that they wouldn’t get made fun of for their “healthy lunch.” Plus. there’s all of this pressure to be “creative” so they don’t get bored with same lunch day after day after day!
So, here are some tips that have helped me:
- Meal prep at the beginning of the week. For example, I bake a loaf of homemade sourdough and cut up all of our raw veggies to make it easy to put in bags for lunch.
- Include your kids in the “school lunch making” process. I even have my kids helps with the produce shopping because if they help buy and make it, then they’re more likely to eat it.
- Make extra for dinner because it’s perfect for lunch leftovers!
- Have a stocked pantry with your kid’s favorite healthy snacks. You’ll see some of our favorites below.
- Check out these tips on how you can make an easy, inexpensive and healthy school lunch.
- Have the right lunch accessories and tools to make packing a lunch easy. Here are my suggestions.
Now, to help you keep the “creativity” flowing, here are 11 gluten-free school lunch meals that I’ve packed for my kids:
Lunch #1
- Organic beef sausage
- Organic raw veggies: carrots, radishes and cucumbers
- 1/2 Chocolate Perfect Bar
- Organic green olives
- Organic strawberries
- Babybel Cheese
- Simple Mills Rosemary Crackers
Lunch #2
- Organic green olives
- Babybel Cheese
- Cauliflower Stars
- Organic blueberries
- Dark chocolate chips
- Organic raw veggies: broccoli and red peppers
- Turkey sandwich with sprouts on homemade sourdough
Lunch #3
- Organic strawberries
- 1/2 Perfect Bar
- Organic raw veggies: carrots, celery and peppers
- Smarts Sweets Gummies
- Black rice crackers
- Babybel Cheese
- Leftover grass-fed steak with Sir Kensington’s Special Sauce
Lunch #4
- Raw macadamia nuts and pistachios
- Organic turkey lettuce wrap (See recipe and video below.)
- Seaweed Crisps
- Organic raspberries and blueberries
- Organic pomegranate
Lunch #5
- 1/4 Chocolate Chip Perfect Bar
- Organic strawberries, blueberries and raspberries
- Organic veggies: cucumbers, carrots, peppers
- Plantain chips
- Organic guacamole
- Organic beef kielbasa
- Babybel Cheese
Lunch #6
- Homemade sourdough sandwich with almond butter and honey
- Organic apple slices sprinkled with cinnamon
- Organic blueberries
- 1/2 banana
- Babybel Cheese
- Forager Project Cheezy Green Chips or Jackson’s Honest Chips
- Smarts Sweet Gummy Bears
Lunch #7
- Babybel Cheese
- Organic fruit leather
- Organic cotton candy grapes
- Almonds
- Dark chocolate chips
- Paleo puffs
- Organic veggies: peppers and radishes
- Turkey sandwich on homemade sourdough
Lunch #8
- Turkey sandwich on homemade sourdough
- Pistachios
- Organic apple slices with cinnamon
- Organic veggies: carrots and radishes
- Homemade ranch dressing
- Babybel Cheese
- Organic gummy bears
Lunch #9
- Organic veggies: carrots and celery
- Plantain chips
- 1/2 Chocolate Perfect Bar
- Organic grapes
- Organic turkey with raw cheese, mayo and/or mustard
Lunch #10
- Organic turkey lettuce wrap (see the recipe and video below)
- Organic black olives
- Babybel Cheese
- Simple Mills Almond Crackers
- Organic strawberries
- Organic veggies: cucumber, celery and carrots
Lunch #11
- Organic veggies: mushrooms, cucumbers and radishes
- Seaweed Crisps
- Kind Bar
- Raw macadamia nuts
- Paleo Valley Beef Stick
- Organic green olives
- Rice cake with almond butter
- Simple Mills Almond Flour Crackers
Finally, here’s a “sandwich” that’s super simple and my kids love:
Turkey Lettuce Wraps
Make sure you purchase mayonnaise that doesn’t have any canola or soy bean oil in it. Sunflower oil is a better option.
Ingredients
- Organic butter leaf lettuce
- Organic mustard
- Organic mayonnaise
- Organic turkey breast
- Raw cheddar cheese
Instructions
- I layer the wrap in the following order: lettuce, mustard/mayo, turkey and cheese
- Roll it and insert it a reusable bag.
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