Kid lunches with pictures

My aim for lunch for my four and six year old is to just to provide a balanced meal.  If we have leftovers that they will eat I plan around those.  If not I just try to put something together with a protein, a healthy carb. a fruit and a veggie.  My six year old is in morning kindergarten and attends an afternoon program two times a week.  Those days I may include a little treat for her to get excited about too.  Usually a muffin or bar but sometimes fruit snacks or another little treat.  I will post recipes for the homemade items that I haven't already posted as soon as I can!

I warm the food to piping hot and place in the thermos and it is all set for her to eat a few hours later. 

The rest of the food I put in a lunch bag with an ice pack.

She always takes water in a thermos as well.

Here are some recent lunches I have sent:

#1:

ham and provolone cheese roll ups

triscuit crackers

a peanut butter lara bar (she eats that in the car since it's a peanut free school)

cut up pineapple

cooked broccoli

two clementines

dried apple chips in the pouch

#2:

crockpot "refried" beans and cheese quesadilla (recipe to come)

raw tomatoes

a zucchini carrot muffin (recipe to come)

blueberries, grapes and black berries

#3:

whole wheat pasta salad with green beans, raw peppers, tomatoes, fresh mozzarella and balsamic vinegar and olive oil

a homemade whole grain roll with butter
(realfitrealfoodmom honey-whole-wheat-sandwich-bread)
(I make into rolls and cook at 375 for 15 minutes instead)
cucumbers

a breakfast cookie (recipe to come)

#4:

Crockpot shredded chicken, cheese and black bean quesadilla

(tastyeatsbyerin crockpot shredded chicken)

a carrot muffin  (tastyeatsbyerin carrot-muffins)

raspberries and blueberries

raw carrots

#5:

Leftover stuffed pepper in the thermos

(tastyeatsbyerin stuffed peppers)

one slice of homemade whole grain bread with butter (same as roll above)

cooked plain carrots

a homemade "healthier" brownie (recipe to come)

#6:
Crockpot shredded pork carnitas with cheddar cheese (in the thermos)
(tastyeatsbyerin crockpot-pork-carnitas)

Carrots and green beans cooked on a sheet pan with a little olive oil

two mini banana chocolate chip muffins

(tastyeatsbyerin banana-blueberry-muffins but made with choc chips instead of blueberries)

a few tortilla chips to eat with the pork (can you tell this is the end of the bag?)

raspberries

#7:

Vegetarian three bean chili

(tastyeatsbyerin three-bean-vegetarian-chili-in-crockpot)

homemade cornbread
(realfitrealfoodmom sweet-corn-bread/)
raspberries

(She had a smoothie on the way to her program so I didn't give her a ton of food)

(I also forgot to take a picture until I got there so this was on the car seat!)

#8:

chicken breast (or ham) and cheese sandwich 

raw chopped peppers

two mini chocolate chip banana muffins

(tastyeatsbyerin banana-blueberry-muffins but made with choc chips instead of blueberries)

(She had a smoothie on the way too)

#9:

Grilled chicken breast, cheddar cheese slice on homemade wheat bread

chocolate muffin

(adventuresofashrinkingprincess.com healthy-chocolate-banana-muffins  I use chocolate protein powder instead of shakeology)

mini peppers and cucumbers

#10: 

Breakfast for lunch

Plain greek yogurt mixed with homemade vanilla, cinnamon and a teeny bit of pure maple syrup

with chopped up berries

homemade granola or in this case cereal to put on top

a few pumpkin pancakes on the side

(momables mini-pumpkin-pancakes-recipe)

This is a simple home lunch for my four year old.

Chicken and cheese quesadilla

rinsed black beans

raw carrots

Coming up soon will be my simple (with some meal planning!) lunch and dinner ideas for Mom & Dad lunches (with 21 day fix amounts)!