{Giveaway Week} A School Term Supply of nudie Juice

Veronica Jericho

I like to have a balance of items in the kids’ lunchboxes. I let them choose whether they have salad on their sandwiches or as cut up veggie sticks etc, but they know they have to have fruit and vegetable items every day. To keep things interesting I use suggestions from places such as your site (Be a Fun Mum), Veggie Smugglers, and use Little Mashies Reusable Squeezie Pouches to give them smoothies, and yoghurt with fruit purees. There haven’t been many days of late which haven’t had an empty lunchbox and two thumbs up from the munchkins 🙂

tracey

I try to be organised, but it depends on what’s in the fridge & pantry. Fresh fruit is a must (if it gets eaten, that’s a different matter, LOL). Sambo, cheese & bikkies or dinner left overs (pasta is a real hit). I always put in a small treat (muffin or pikelet etc). Most gets eaten

Annette Higgins

Usually pasta and pesto with some fruit and crackers

Diana

This is going to sound bad, but it all really depends on what’s on hand. I play surprise chef, making surprise lunch boxes each and every day lol

megan

I would select by what is healthy and what is on special. Also ask what they would like

Jenny B

I have two little munchkins who have different likes and dislikes – Miss S is happy with pretty much anything (except carrot sticks) , Miss A is a fussy (and slow slow eater) she likes small amounts of only certain foods. Our School promotes crunch and sip – so all children must have either veggie snacks or fruit sent in their lunchbox every day – and they all stop mid morning and eat their healthy choices together. I also pack a small half sandwich with their favourite filling, a cheese stick and plain crackers or plain home popped popcorn. I do however pack a small treat each day and sometimes pop a note in telling them I love them or a funny picture – just to make them smile 🙂

Shannon Finn

Homemade quiche full of grated veggies sometimes or wraps. I bake a lot so there is always something yummy like a bran and sultana muffin.

Louise Harry

I feel fortunate in our house as both my kids LOVE fruit (both fresh and dried) and veggies, so it’s easy to put in a couple of fresh fruit items, maybe some dried fruit, plus a healthy sandwich and home-baked “treat”, like a mini lemon & chia seed muffin.

Nicole Grant

I try to choose something from each of the food groups. We also have a nude food policy, so I try to adhere to that as best as I can. The exception is always a popper, so I would love this healthier Nudie alternative.

Debra Stanley

My daughter has Cystic Fibrosis and is very tactile and needs high fat high calorie foods
Juice is one of the things she sometimes will have It gives her the nutrients she needs from the “fruit” section
Sometimes all she “eats” is her juice and her special nutritional drink We put a variety of food in her lunch box but mostly it comes home uneaten

Mary Preston

The selection is a team effort. That way everyone is happy. I do go for food that travels well, is nutritious and that I know they will eat.

Dionne

My kids are pretty easy to please. They always have a sandwich or salad, then 2 serves of fruit, yogurt, crackers and a snack which is homemade. I usually pack the same in my lunchbox on the days that I am working at school too!

April Jane

I like to pack their lunch boxes full of natural brain boosting and pick-me ups as school can be draining on young brains, i keep them interested with healthy alternatives and things they like 🙂

Heather Hopley

Foods must be good nutrition; something I know they will actually eat (and not trade or bin!); won’t spoil for at least 4 hours; and looks good enough to eat! oh… and doesn’t stink the lunch box out, like eggs, which is a huge turnoff for kids!

Bernice

My rule of thumb is something sweet, something savoury and something fresh in the morning tea and the lunch box! Fruit is always a staple as the fresh component for us.

Amelia

Something healthy, something fun, delicious and filling. But sometimes, its a ham and pickle sandwich, an apple, a mandarin and some cheese and biscuits.

Col Harper

There are 2 things i try and keep in mind when deciding what is to go in the lunchbox. Firstly, to appease me there has to be a healthy components. I don’t want my kids growing up only eating healthy food. They need to learn that food that isn’t necessarily healthy isn’t a bad thing in moderation. Secondly, it has to be fun. After all, this is a childs lunchbox. If it goes to school looking all boring, it’s likely to come home without much eaten.

Desiree Swayn

My son’s daily medication suppresses his appetite and he forgets to eat so I have to make sure the food is healthy and inviting or he’d only eat the junk food in his lunchbox.

Danielle Jones

I try to choose foods without numbers or any ingredients I can’t pronounce. I start with two fruits, add a baked item and some yoghurt and finish with a sandwich or tuna and corn thins or even left-overs from dinner. Maybe some will think I’m a mean Mum but if lunch comes home it gets eaten for afternoon tea. We can’t afford to waste good food. I bought a lunch bag which keeps everything cold for 8 hours so it’s very edible at the end of the day.

Melissa Bernard

It has to be healthy! My boy is fairly easy because he loves healthy food and is happy to eat the same thing for a few days in a row. His typical lunchbox includes apple, wholegrain fruit bar, cheese stick, promite things (lavish bread smothered with promite with shredded cheese over the top, cooked in the oven for 5 minutes and cut into squares – YUM!), a popper, carrot sticks, grapes and a sandwich.

Helen

I like to give a good variety of food for her to choose from. I like them to be healthy and home cooked as much as possible. Then my child helps by picking from options what finally goes in there.

Pip

It’s my first year of school lunches
And what to include consumes me!
Fruit that packs the punches,
Preservative and additive free.

Variety and balance each day,
With food she is pretty picky.
Mixing up the favourites a different way,
Don’t include anything sticky!

A nudie juice as a staple,
Different flavours add the fun!
Weekends for pancakes and maple,
Oh the trials of a mum!!

Meg O'Shea

We’ve had a lot more fun with lunchboxes since going additive and preservative free for asthma/behaviour reasons. My daughter loves spending Sundays baking and while waiting for her masterpieces to cook we do up a weekly box of what will be her lunch items for the week. She enjoys having the ownership of what she is putting into her body and I have found if she chooses it it generally gets eaten! Some of our ‘musts’ in the lunchbox is whatever she just baked, nudie juice and a cheese sandwich – everything else changes weekly usually. A little handwritten note or picture usually makes it in there too 😉

Kim Lally

I try and include homemade goodies as much as possible, rather than pre-packaged snacks (although some weeks we don’t always get there) and foods that will give my 10 yr old girl lots of energy to get her through her day (tuna & cheese or ham & salad sandwich, muffins, fruit, cherry tomatoes & cheese/or carrot and celery sticks and some philly cheese dip.

Rachael brooking

I try go give a balanced lunch Monday – Thursday and Friday is treat day so my little girl always looks forward to Fridays to see what special treat she has earns for eating her healthy lunches!