School Lunch Ideas
If you need school lunch ideas, you've come to the right place! I've got you covered with three different ways to find healthy school lunch ideas your kids will love. Try my School Lunch Ideas "Recipe", my School Lunch Packing Chart, or my searchable collection of over 360 real food lunches with photos, descriptions, and recipes.
Ingredients
Main
- Sandwich ☐Whole wheat bread ☐Whole wheat pita ☐PB & J ☐PB & honey ☐Cheese ☐Hummus ☐Organic ham ☐Organic turkey ☐Lettuce ☐Sliced pickle ☐Sliced cucumber ☐Mustard ☐Mayo
- Bagel and cream cheese ☐With cucumber slices
- Cheese and crackers
- Cheese quesadilla Cold
- Deviled eggs
- Egg salad
- Grilled cheese Cold
- Oatmeal ☐Hot ☐Cold
- Pasta salad
- Smoothie
- Waffle and cream cheese sandwich
- Whole wheat pita pizza
- Whole wheat pita triangles and hummus
- Other Write in:_________________________
Fruits and Veggies
- Apple Red
- Apple Green
- Applesauce
- Avocado half
- Bananan half ☐With peanut butter or other nut butter
- Bell peppers Sliced
- Blueberries
- Broccoli Raw or cooked
- Cantaloupe
- Carrots
- Celery ☐With peanut or other nut butter ☐With raisins
- Cherries*
- Cherry tomatoes
- Cucumber
- Dried fruit Raisins, apricots, apple, or other
- Frozen peas
- Grapefruit
- Grapes*
- Honeydew melon
- Kiwi
- Mango*
- Olives
- Oranges ☐Big ☐Small
- Papaya*
- Peach*
- Pear
- Pickles
- Pineapple
- Plum*
- Pomegranate seeds Fresh or frozen
- Radish slices
- Raspberries
- Star fruit*
- Strawberries*
- Sugar snap peas
- Watermelon*
- Other Write in:_________________________
Grain or Snack
- Brown Rice Cakes ☐With peanut or other nut butter ☐With raisins
- Cheese cubes/slices
- Chickpeas
- Crackers
- Dip ☐White bean ☐Other, write in:____________________
- Edamame
- Granola chunks
- Hard-boiled egg
- Muffin
- Popcorn
- Powerballs (homemade)
- Snack bar
- String cheese
- Trail mix
- Whole wheat noodles
- Whole wheat pretzels
- Yogurt
Instructions
- Choose an ingredient from each category to create new lunch combinations (I recommend doing this with your kids).
- Jot your ideas down as you go for a quick school lunch meal plan.
Notes
* Seasonal, can't always get.