Toddler Lunch Box Ideas: Healthy & Nutritious

Toddler

oi-Amrisha Sharma

By Amrisha Sharma

Tuesday, September 6, 2011, 15:15

Children need to have a healthy diet as they are in a growing age and should have tummy filling food which is not only healthy but nutritious too. As kids go to school, give them nutritious food in lunch box instead of the processed or junk food. Kids have food in small quantity so don't waste by giving too much food for lunch. If your toddler is bored of eating the same dishes in lunch then check out the healthy well balanced lunch box ideas to spice up the healthy lunches.

Toddler lunch box ideas:

1. Toddlers need filling lunch which is healthy and provides nutrients. Nutritious lunch box packed with fibre, proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins and calcium will also help to strengthen the growing bones and increases concentration of your child.

2. Fresh fruits and vegetables provide nutrients and energy. Give fresh fruit or vegetable salad. Quorn slices and salad, cottage cheese with pineapple, cheese and grated carrot with a little mayo, veggie sausages, vegetarian pate with cucumber, cheese and coleslaw, egg mayo, cheese and pickle are few lunch box ideas for toddlers.

3. Bread roll, multi grain bread, parantha or chapatti, oatcake, potato cake, sweet bun are stomach filling and healthy lunch.

4. Oatmeal cookies or bars are sweet and tasty toddler lunch box snacks. Small fruit bars, mini pasty, muffin and cereal bars are toddler's favourite and these are healthier alternatives to the high sugar cookies, candy or cupcakes.

5. Homemade fruit puree or fruit jelly are toddlers healthy and tasty lunch box idea. Fruits like any strawberries, orange, melon, mango, pineapple, kiwi, apple, banana or any such seasonal fruit can be used as healthy food for lunch box.

6. Custard, cottage cheese, plain or flavoured yogurt are healthy lunch box idea for toddlers growing bones. Toddlers love to eat cheese so add it to the food and make them eat happily.

7. You can give fruit juice with lunch.

Use these toddler lunch box ideas to keep the growing kid healthy and nutritious.