This document provides guidance for healthy packed lunches from Oakdale Infant School. It recommends including a main dish like sandwiches using whole grains, as well as fruits and vegetables. Snacks should be items like fruit, popcorn, or dried fruits. Drinks should be water, milk or diluted juice. It provides examples of healthy lunch ideas and tips for getting children involved in meal preparation. Crisps, chocolates, cakes and biscuits are not allowed as the school promotes healthy options.
This document provides guidance for healthy packed lunches from Oakdale Infant School. It recommends including a main dish like sandwiches using whole grains, as well as fruits and vegetables. Snacks should be items like fruit, popcorn, or dried fruits. Drinks should be water, milk or diluted juice. It provides examples of healthy lunch ideas and tips for getting children involved in meal preparation. Crisps, chocolates, cakes and biscuits are not allowed as the school promotes healthy options.
This document provides guidance for healthy packed lunches from Oakdale Infant School. It recommends including a main dish like sandwiches using whole grains, as well as fruits and vegetables. Snacks should be items like fruit, popcorn, or dried fruits. Drinks should be water, milk or diluted juice. It provides examples of healthy lunch ideas and tips for getting children involved in meal preparation. Crisps, chocolates, cakes and biscuits are not allowed as the school promotes healthy options.
This document provides guidance for healthy packed lunches from Oakdale Infant School. It recommends including a main dish like sandwiches using whole grains, as well as fruits and vegetables. Snacks should be items like fruit, popcorn, or dried fruits. Drinks should be water, milk or diluted juice. It provides examples of healthy lunch ideas and tips for getting children involved in meal preparation. Crisps, chocolates, cakes and biscuits are not allowed as the school promotes healthy options.
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1. Main dish healthy lunch ideas here: Switch up your sandwich! Use pitta, wholegrain bread, tortilla wraps or a bagel...
2. Fruit and salad
Carrot & cucumber sticks, cherry tomatoes, strawberries, rasp- Be adventurous... What’s in my lunchbox?
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something new! 3. Snack Fruit pots, popcorn, rice Here are a few ideas to get you cakes, dried fruits for started: a little sweetness. Recipes are available on the NHS website below
Soft cheese Spicy 4. Drink
& salad chicken & Quench that thirst with a fruit sandwich salad wrap smoothie, some semi-skimmed milk, water or a diluted juice! Cheesy Egg coleslaw with mayonnaise wholemeal and lettuce bap We are a NO NUTS school. pitta This includes peanut butter, pesto, Nutella and some All information in this booklet and more is available cereal bars. on the NHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/change4life We do not allow crisps, chocolate, cakes and biscuits Tips & Tricks in lunch boxes as we are Healthy Schools.
GET YOUR KIDS INVOLVED
Children are more likely to CRISPS eat their lunch if they As tasty as they may helped prepare it. be, they are quite Let them get their hands unhealthy! dirty! Swap them out for popcorn or rice cakes TINNED FRUIT (in juice) instead. Yum! It might not seem like it but these are perfect for lunchboxes. Swap out the cakes and cereal bars for some exotic peach & pineapple slices! CHOCOLATES, CAKES & BISCUITS
Cereal bars too...
Why not try malt loaf, BITE SIZED FRUIT Chopped fruit will go down a fruited teacakes, fruit treat because it’s easier to eat! breads or dried fruit like A squeeze of lemon juice apricots & raisins? will stop them from browning.
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