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Monday
Spaghetti in tomato sauce and ham cubes

Tuesday
Sweet carrots, cauliflower, Mashed potato with gravy and pork roast, Buttermilk Rusk

Wednesday
Beef goulash and rice, carrot sticks with mayo dip and chocolate pudding (not pictured)

Thursday
Meatie spaghetti and Chocolate Muffin

Friday
Friday was a public holiday, we went for lunch with friends.

Why Is Lunch So Important to Children?
Lunch may have even more importance for school-aged children than it does for adults. Since most kids don’t get breakfast or dinner at school and may not have any snacks until they get home, lunch is the only meal they have to power them through the day. According to ChoiceUSA.net, school lunch makes up one third to one half of a child’s nutritional intake for an entire day and is essential for helping children succeed in school as well as grow and develop successfully and healthfully.

Eating any type of meal for lunch can help keep your metabolism active and your body healthy, but some foods pack more of a nutritional punch than others. Dr. Kurt Hong recommends combining complex carbohydrates with lean protein to form a concentrated, long-lasting source of energy. Examples include nonfat yogurt and granola, a lean turkey sandwich on whole grain bread, or low-fat cottage cheese with fruits and vegetables. Ideally, a healthy lunch should offer a balance among the five main food groups: grains, vegetables, fruits, lean proteins and dairy.

[SOURCE: Livestrong]

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Monday
Strawberry yoghurt with fresh strawberry pieces, cheese sandwich pinwheels and watermelon jelly

Tuesday
Carrot sticks with mayo dip, meaty macaroni cheese and lightly salted popcorn

Wednesday
Gem squash, Boboti and rice and vanilla muffin

Thursday
Corn, Rice and roast pork and broccoli (no dessert this day)

Friday
Pizza, Trail mix and Yoghurt with chopped strawberries

Why Is Lunch So Important to Children?
Lunch may have even more importance for school-aged children than it does for adults. Since most kids don’t get breakfast or dinner at school and may not have any snacks until they get home, lunch is the only meal they have to power them through the day. According to ChoiceUSA.net, school lunch makes up one third to one half of a child’s nutritional intake for an entire day and is essential for helping children succeed in school as well as grow and develop successfully and healthfully.

Eating any type of meal for lunch can help keep your metabolism active and your body healthy, but some foods pack more of a nutritional punch than others. Dr. Kurt Hong recommends combining complex carbohydrates with lean protein to form a concentrated, long-lasting source of energy. Examples include nonfat yogurt and granola, a lean turkey sandwich on whole grain bread, or low-fat cottage cheese with fruits and vegetables. Ideally, a healthy lunch should offer a balance among the five main food groups: grains, vegetables, fruits, lean proteins and dairy.

[SOURCE: Livestrong]

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Monday
Cheese biscuits, cheese sandwich and strawberries

Tuesday
Strawberries, rainbow pasta tuna salad, banana muffin

Wednesday
Potato salad, cucumber, tomato wedges, cheese sticks and beef banger

Thursday
Banana bread and spaghetti bolognaise

Friday
Cheese sandwich, boiled egg and popcorn

Why Is Lunch So Important to Children?
Lunch may have even more importance for school-aged children than it does for adults. Since most kids don’t get breakfast or dinner at school and may not have any snacks until they get home, lunch is the only meal they have to power them through the day. According to ChoiceUSA.net, school lunch makes up one third to one half of a child’s nutritional intake for an entire day and is essential for helping children succeed in school as well as grow and develop successfully and healthfully.

Eating any type of meal for lunch can help keep your metabolism active and your body healthy, but some foods pack more of a nutritional punch than others. Dr. Kurt Hong recommends combining complex carbohydrates with lean protein to form a concentrated, long-lasting source of energy. Examples include nonfat yogurt and granola, a lean turkey sandwich on whole grain bread, or low-fat cottage cheese with fruits and vegetables. Ideally, a healthy lunch should offer a balance among the five main food groups: grains, vegetables, fruits, lean proteins and dairy.

[SOURCE: Livestrong]

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This week I didn’t plans our lunches at all, that wasn’t a wise idea. Next week’s lunches will be planned in full again.

Monday
The kidlets had: Carrots sticks with Mayo mustard dip, Fish fingers and Mash and Strawberries

Papa Steve had: Roast Chicken, with veggies and Biscuits and Rusks

Tuesday
Green Beans and Pumpkin, Cottage Pie with Rice and Naartjie

Wednesday
We didn’t have packed lunches this day. With Fifi in hospital, they just had the dinner I prepared the previous night.

Thursday
Biscuits, Lamb curry with Rice and Chocomint Muffins

Friday
Today we just had hotdogs, I didn’t have time to pack lunches today *blush*

Why Is Lunch So Important to Children?
Lunch may have even more importance for school-aged children than it does for adults. Since most kids don’t get breakfast or dinner at school and may not have any snacks until they get home, lunch is the only meal they have to power them through the day. According to ChoiceUSA.net, school lunch makes up one third to one half of a child’s nutritional intake for an entire day and is essential for helping children succeed in school as well as grow and develop successfully and healthfully.

Eating any type of meal for lunch can help keep your metabolism active and your body healthy, but some foods pack more of a nutritional punch than others. Dr. Kurt Hong recommends combining complex carbohydrates with lean protein to form a concentrated, long-lasting source of energy. Examples include nonfat yogurt and granola, a lean turkey sandwich on whole grain bread, or low-fat cottage cheese with fruits and vegetables. Ideally, a healthy lunch should offer a balance among the five main food groups: grains, vegetables, fruits, lean proteins and dairy.

[SOURCE: Livestrong]

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Ack its very late this week, I apologise *blush*

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Last week I Featured the Another Lunch Blog and decided to try out making Bento Boxes. Here are my first attempts:

Monday
Safari dried fruit bits, Cupcake, Pasta and mince with Lion & Sun cheese and Provitas with Lion cheese slices

Our lion shaped cheese made with my animal cookie cutters

Tuesday
Provitas with mouse cheese, Pie and Rice with Horse cheese and Chocolate Pudding with a sweet puff pastry horse

Wednesday
Our lunch for today is a little different than planned.
Provitas with cheese slices, Chicken Mayonnaise toasted sandwiches with sweet puff pastry horse and trail mix

The Snacks
Mini Marie Biscuits and Cheerios

Noo’s juice bottle

Koko and Fifi’s juice bottles

Thursday
Today I took the kidlets out for Lunch 🙂 Here is Papa Steve’s work lunch 🙂
Meatie Macaroni and Cheese, Sour Cream and Chive mini rice crackers and Strawberry Yoghurt

Friday
No packed lunches today, the kids and I were out for the day, we had lunch with friends.

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Seeing as I have decided to start doing Bento Box style lunches (see this post, I decided that I would go through what I have and then decide what will be used to make our lunches. I want to start building up my Bento Box tools, so I’ve added what I want to our Wish List

Our Bento Supplies

I have a box of 100 cookie cutters in all different shapes and sizes, I’ve decided that I’ll have a theme for each week. These are the different themes

Animals

Sports

Spring/Summer

Transport: Air

Transport: Road

Transport: Rail

Figures

Flag & 4 Leaf Clover (Irish?)

Alphabet

Dinosaurs

Shapes

Shapes: Miscellaneous

Numbers

Winter/Christmas

Halloween

USA