Suggestions for cheap, healthy, vegetarian pack lunches

confusedmummy

Can I have some ideas for cheap, healthy and fairly easy to make pack lunches for a 4 year old please?

I am not an earth mother type and will not/cannot spend hours in the kitchen cooking organic meals or anything like that.

Also, would prefer vegetarian lunches if possible.

Thank you!

BitterAndTwisted

What sort of vegetarian diet? Completely veggie with no eggs or dairy?

emsbet

There are some ideas on the pages below:
http://www.peta.org/living/parenting/vegan-lunch-pack.aspx
http://www.vegkitchen.com/kid-friendly-recipes/school-lunch-recipes/
http://www.schoolfoodtrust.org.uk/schools/projects/packed-lunches/packed-lunch-ideas
http://vegonline.org/Vegetarian-Lifestyle/Vegetarian-Lunch-Ideas-For-Kids/

xx

babymoo

What wrong with sending them with sandwiches, fruit and veg cut up? Sorry, am not a mum so i may have missed something vital apologies if I have but I had sandwiches from age 4 for my dinner with veg sticks, (raw carrot, cucumber etc) and fruit and some orange juice in a beaker. Problem sorted?

confusedmummy

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

What sort of vegetarian diet? Completely veggie with no eggs or dairy?

No, not completely, my son will eat egg and dairy but no meat or poultry if possible.

babymoo wrote: »

What wrong with sending them with sandwiches, fruit and veg cut up? Sorry, am not a mum so i may have missed something vital apologies if I have but I had sandwiches from age 4 for my dinner with veg sticks, (raw carrot, cucumber etc) and fruit and some orange juice in a beaker. Problem sorted?

Nothing wrong whatsoever, I just want sandwich ideas and snack ideas, what did you think I meant?

BitterAndTwisted

If your little person isn't eating any meat I think you should sneak Marmite into or onto as much as possible.

RachelS

houmous? That's a favourite with my two, but they are a little younger than yours.

puddy

on a sunday evening, make up some falafal, and some rice balls with rice, eggs, cheese and some herbs or spices

you can have these throughout the week if you keep them in the fridge and intersperse with sarnies, cheese, egg, marmite and houmous is really the range if you have to be veggie, you could do salad sarnies but theres no protein

Darlyd

Cheese and pickle sandwiches.
Banana sandwich.
Chocolate spread sandwiches.
Banana and choc spread sandwiches.
Crackers and butter/cheese/soft cheese.
Quiche.
Bread sticks.


Dairy dunkers (Mine love these)
carrot sticks, cucumber, strawberries, colored peppers, peach, plum, cherry tomatoes, apple, banana, celery, baby bel, cheese strings, yogurt (and frubes mine love these too).

Hope this helps xx

RachelS

Quiche is a good, quick option too. Not extremely moneysaving, I know, but the supermarkets often sell them on offer for £1. I find I get a lunch for me and 2 lunches for my 2 littlies out of that. They don't usually have too many nasties in if you check the labels, just some maltodextrin which isn't bad, per se, it just fills them up without adding any calories or goodness.

LEJC

coloured peppers...cherry tomatoes...celery...carrot....
Rice crackers or breadsticks
tuna...if fish isnt a problem
fruits ..strawberries...raspberries...bananas....blueberries...