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Packed Lunch menu ideas ...

A few ideas of Themed Lunches you can do for your child !

Octopus Tentacles

SAVOURY~
8 thin Strips of cheese (tentacles)
2 large round buttered Crackers (body)
FRUIT/VEG ~
4 Tangerine segments & 6 grapes (eyes & smile)
SWEET ~
Tablespoon amount of chocolate coated raisins (tentacle suckers)
DRINK ~ Lemon juice or Water
+ Small packet of Crisps

A Jungle Explorer

SAVOURY~ Build a sandwich...
slice of meat (polony sausage/ham/spam)
slice of cheese
strips of Lettuce
short length buttered Baguette
FRUIT/VEG ~
2 slices Cucumber & 2 grapes (binoculars)
SWEET ~
Chocolate biscuit (fallen tree trunk)
DRINK ~ Apple Juice or Water
+ Dried Banana chips

Sailing the Ocean

SAVOURY~
Pitta bread (cut open - the boat!) spread inside with mayonnaise
Grated Cheese
FRUIT/VEG ~
Lengths Cucumber & Carrot (Mast & Oars)
SWEET ~
Lime Jelly (the sea!)
White Chocolate shavings (Wave froth)
DRINK ~ Blackcurrant juice or Water
+ small packet popcorn (home popped if possible!)

All mixed up

SAVOURY~
Cheese & Small pieces of frankfurter sausage
Crackers
FRUIT/VEG ~
Pineapple & orange chunks
SWEET ~
Small pot of Chocolate Spread
Shortbread finger biscuit
DRINK ~ Orange squash or Water

Fairy / Gnome treasures

SAVOURY~
Small Savoury biscuits
Pot of Cream cheese
Diced ham/spam or slices of cold sausage
FRUIT/VEG ~
Carrot slices, grapes, cucumber chunks
SWEET ~
Small iced cup cake
Yogurt coated raisins
DRINK ~ mixed fruit juice or Water

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EXTRA ideas.....

Strips of ..........
2" Celery sticks filled with cream cheese
Cold sausage strips
Pea pods !!
Bread sticks and a shallow pot of Cream cheese or Chocolate spread

Pots full of..... lunch ideas that can go into small pots ... don't forget the lid and a spoon

Potato salad
Jelly
Spoonful of jam topped with fresh fromage fraise (saves buying loads of little pots !!!)
Custard
Fruit and Veg cocktails - Choose 3 Fruits and cut into small chunks ~ a great taste selection for your child to try out !!
Cucumber ~ Grapes ~ Apple
Freash Banana ~ Nectarine ~ Apple
Carrot Sticks ~ Cucumber sticks ~ Grapes
Cucumber ~ Cherry Tomato ~ Grapes
Tangerine ~ Peach ~ Pear
Strawberry ~ de/stonned Cherries ~ Grapes
Plum ~ Apple ~ de/stoned Cherries
Pineapple ~ Papaya ~ Fresh Banana
Dried Banana ~ Dried Apricot ~ Chocolate/yoghurt Raisins


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I like seeing what goes into our packed lunches .. but also agree that there is a great need for nutritional packed lunches to be offered at School/Nursery as well ..

Does your school/nursery offer a cost effiecient Packed lunch service?
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