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The Best 7 Easy Healthy Lunch Recipes For Kids
1. Healthy Meal Prep Snack Ideas
Looking for some Easy Healthy Meal Prep Snack Ideas? Here are 4 meal prep snack recipes for work, school, or home! Healthy snacks for both adults and kids
Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients
Snack Box 1
- 1 cucumber sliced
- 1 handful baby carrots
- 2 pepperoni sticks cut up
- 1-2 cheese wedges
Snack Box 2
- 1 cup grapes
- 1 handful pretzel crisps
- 1 handful diced cheese
Snack Box 3
- 227 grams edamame pods
- 1/2 cup pistachios
Snack Box 4
- 1/4 cup shelled edamame
- 1 handful baby carrots
- 1 cheese wedge
- 1 cup grapes
Instructions
- Cook the edamame as directed on the box.
- In individual meal prep containers, put together each snack box and store in the fridge for up to a week.
2. Healthy Banana Oat Muffins (3 Ingredients)
Clean eating. No sugar, no flour, no hassle.
This simple banana oat muffin recipe is a super fun and easy on-the-go breakfast idea for the family. They are especially ideal for kids! Definitely a much healthier option for breakfast, lunch boxes and after school snacks. And if your kids play sports, they’re light yet packed full of energy for practice and game day
A healthy breakfast alternative, snack idea, lunch box addition and on-the-go treat. These easy 3 ingredient banana oat muffins are vegan and made with no flour and no sugar. If you're looking for healthy snacks for kids, these are a hit!
Course: Snack
Keyword: healthy, kids, muffins, snacks, toddlers
Servings: 24
Ingredients
- 4 large ripe bananas (smashed)
- 3 cups oats
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- mix-ins of your choice (optional)
Instructions
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and generously grease a mini muffin pan.
In a large bowl, mix together the smashed banana, oats and vanilla.
Add in the mix-ins of your choice; stir to combine.
Spoon the mixture into your muffin pan, filling them up close to the top.
Bake for 15-18 minutes and allow to cool for 5 minutes.
Store any leftovers in the fridge for up to 5 days.
3. Ham and Mac & Cheese Lunchbox Muffins
These Ham and Mac and Cheese Lunchbox Muffins will be the envy of the cafeteria. They're a delicious way to use up leftover mac and cheese. Thanks to Horizon for giving me the inspiration behind these yummy Ham and Mac and Cheese Lunchbox Muffins.
Ingredients:
- 2 cups prepared Horizon Classic Mac (fresh works best...after it is well cooled)
- 2 large eggs, beaten
- 1 cup diced ham
- 1/4 cup bread crumbs + 2 tablespoons
Like I mentioned, I like to use leftovers for this recipe. We have busy nights on Tuesdays, so I'll make a quick meal of macaroni and cheese, carrot sticks, and some fruit for my kids. There's usually the right amount of mac and cheese leftover from that to prepare these muffins with...and then I'm all set for lunches for Wednesday and Thursday.
Directions for Ham and Mac and Cheese Lunchbox Muffins:
- Combine macaroni and cheese with eggs, ham, and 1/4 cup bread crumbs. Stir until well combined.
- Spray eight openings in a muffin tin with non-stick spray.
- Use an ice cream scoop to add 1/2 cup of mixture to each cup.
- Gently press mixture down with your fingers to flatten it into each cup.
- Sprinkle with additional bread crumbs.
- Bake in a 350 degree oven for 20-25 minutes...depending on how soft or firm you prefer your muffins. Immediately remove from cups to cool on a wire rack. Refrigerate after 30 minutes of cooling
4. Pizza Pancakes – Quick & Easy
Pizza Pancakes are a quick and easy that your whole family will love! Personalize them with your favorite pizza toppings for a delicious family dinner in under 30 minutes!
Ingredients
- 2 cups Biscuit/Baking Mix
- 2 tsp. Italian Seasoning
- 2 Eggs
- 1 cup 2% Milk
- 1/2 cup Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese shredded
- 1/2 cup Pepperoni chopped
- 1/4 cup Cherry Tomatoes chopped and seeded
- 1/4 cup Green Peppers chopped
- 1 cup Pizza Sauce warmed
Instructions
- In a bowl, combine biscuit mix and Italian seasoning.
- In another bowl, whisk eggs and milk until blended. Add to dry ingredients, stirring until moistened.
- Stir in the cheese, pepperoni, tomatoes, and peppers.
- Preheat griddle to medium heat and lightly grease.
- Pour batter by 1/4 cupfuls onto griddle; cook until bubbles on top begin to pop and bottoms are golden brown. Turn, cook until second side is golden brown.
- Serve with warm pizza sauce for dipping.
5. Cheesy Pepperoni Pizza Sticks
Today is the last day of summer for my kids.
I have mixed emotions about the whole thing. I’ll have three kids going off to school, and one attending preschool 3 days a week. It will be quite around here, and I’m not sure I like that. I have enjoyed the hustle and bustle this summer. Kids coming and going. Friends and cousins. Popsicles and slip-n-slides. Bike rides and late night movies.
Prep Time10 mins
Cook Time10 mins
Total Time20 mins
Ingredients
- 1 Pillsbury pizza crust, tube
- 40 pepperoni slices
- 10 mozzarella cheese sticks
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp dried parsley
- marinara sauce, for dipping (Optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
- Spread pizza dough out on a lightly greased baking sheet. Cut the dough into 10 equal size rectangles.
- Arrange 4 pepperoni slices on each rectangle and top with a mozzarella cheese stick.
- Roll up the pizza dough, enclosing the cheese stick, pinching the seams closed.
- Melt the butter and add the garlic powder and dried parsley. Brush the pizza sticks with the butter.
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown.
- Enjoy warm with a side of marinara sauce for dipping if desired.
6. Fruity Chicken Balls
INGREDIENTS
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion , finely chopped
- 1 carrot , peeled and grated
- 40g (3/4 cup) Fresh Breadcrumbs (optional see notes)
- 2 tbsp Milk (optional see notes)
- 1 Small pear , peeled and grated
- 1 Apple , peeled and grated
- 500 g Chicken mince
- 2 tsp Fresh chopped parsley
- 1 tsp Smoked paprika
- Oil for frying
INSTRUCTIONS
- Heat the oil in a pan and fry the onion and carrot, over a low heat, until soft. (For around 5 mins)
- Add the milk to the breadcrumbs and allow to sit for 5 mins.
- Place the apple and pear onto a clean dishcloth and squeeze as much juice as you can out of them. (save the juice for smoothies etc)
- Add all the ingredients to a mixing bowl and mix with your hands until all the ingredients are mixed together.
- Form around 25 balls with your hands. Shallow fry for around five minutes, until golden on both sides.
RECIPE NOTES
Breadcrumb and Milk mixture
- I add the soaked breadcrumbs to the mixture to produce a lighter, more tender ball. If you have a dairy/gluten allergy then you can miss this out but the ball will be tougher.
Nutrition Facts
Fruity Chicken Balls
Amount Per Serving
Calories 50Calories from Fat 18
% Daily Value*
Fat 2g3%
Saturated Fat 1g5%
Cholesterol 17mg6%
Sodium 23mg1%
Potassium 138mg4%
Carbohydrates 4g1%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 2g2%
Protein 4g8%
Vitamin A 450IU9%
Vitamin C 1.4mg2%
Calcium 5mg1%
Iron 0.3mg2%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
7. Lunchbox Turkey & Ham Skewers
Looking for a new to school lunch idea? These fun and easy Lunchbox Turkey & Ham Skewers will have your kids jumping for joy at lunch time! Loaded with sliced turkey, ham, fruit and cheese, these will be your kids new lunchbox favorite!
Ingredients
- 1 slice Sugardale Natural Uncured Smoked Ham
- 1 slice Sugardale Natural Uncured Honey Turkey Breast
- 1/2 c. red grapes
- 1/2 c. green grapes
- 1/2 c. cubed apples
- 2 oz. cubed jack cheese
Instructions
- Pre-cut wooden grilling skewers to fit into the size of your resealable lunchbox container.
- Cut ham and turkey slices into 1" strips. Fold accordion-style and slide onto the wooden skewers. Alternate with grapes, apples and cheese cubes.
- Keep cold (with a cold pack) in a lunchbox until ready to eat.
Notes
Depending on how large or small you make the skewers, you'll render approximately 3 medium skewers.
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