What foods to put in your children’s bags so that they have a healthier lunch at school every day? We propose you some of the healthiest and most suitable lunches.
With each beginning of school, the imagination of many moms and dads arises again regarding what lunches and meals to prepare for the recess of the smallest of the house. Unfortunately, the “lunch box” or “lunch box” offered by many schools leaves a lot to be desired, sometimes recommending foods or food products that, in reality, would not be very suitable.
Let’s take an example. I have in front of my daughter’s school lunch box. It specifies that, every day, the menu can be complemented with what the little one likes the most (and puts as an example juices or smoothies). You probably know that both packaged juice and smoothies do not stand out precisely because they are very nutritious, especially if we take into account that they have a very high amount of sugars…
But let’s go on. Snack or sandwiches on Mondays, fruit (thank goodness) on Tuesdays, dairy on Wednesdays, cookies and juice on Thursdays (oh my God), and on Friday mom or dad “can” choose which lunch to choose. Obviously, it is a valid lunch box for many parents, which greatly solves the doubts that they may have every day about what to put in their children’s bags, but … it may be a not so adequate or healthy lunch.
Furthermore, many nutritionists would tremble when analyzing the lunch of many children at school, many of them as young as 3 or 4 years old: pastries such as donuts or bollicaos, cookies, packaged fruit juices, smoothies full of sugar…
Healthy cereals for your children’s breakfast
Do you want your children to eat cereal for breakfast, but do it in a healthy and nutritious way? We discover the healthiest one’s for you.
Although there are many options, the key is to always try to choose healthy possibilities, avoiding the unhealthy ones -such as cookies-, or leaving them for at least one day a week.
The best lunches to put in your child’s bag. Foods that cannot be missing
Ideally, the piece of fruit would always be there. That is to say, that every day in your child’s bag there would be a piece of fruit, the one that he or she likes the most, or also vary on a few days with a different one. If your child is older, you can also offer him nuts, but if he is young, the most appropriate thing, as we will see below, is to give it to him in the form of creams for example in a sandwich, since in this way we avoid the risk of choking.
Be that as it may, if you want to offer your children a healthy and healthy lunch for school every day, then we explain which the most recommended foods are:
- Fruit: The most appropriate thing would be that they are never missing. That is, always at least one piece of fruit is there every day. Among the most interesting options, for example, you can choose those that are easy for the little ones to peel, such as a banana or a tangerine. You can also go for small fruits like grapes, blueberries, or strawberries. Or put peeled and cut fruit in a small pan.
- Yogurts: They are a nutritious and recommended dairy. But not just any yogurt. It is best to avoid flavored and sugary yogurts, and opt only for plain yogurt.
- Dairy and vegetable drinks: If you also prefer to add some dairy, you can choose milk and put it in a reusable bottle or in a minibrick. Ideally, avoid sugary smoothies, obviously due to their excess sugar.
- Cookies: One day a week you can offer the little one two or three cookies, but always choosing those that do not contain refined flours or an excess of sugars. You can also prepare healthier cookies at home, as for example it could be the case of cookies with oat flakes.
- Nuts: Although they are nutritious and healthy, we must be careful with them, especially if the child is still young. Being one of the foods with a higher risk of choking, they are not recommended for children under 4 years of age.
- Water better than juice: Packaged juices are pure sugar. And, in addition, they do not provide the fiber that the whole fruit would provide, precisely to counteract its sugar content. Therefore, it is best to add fresh water in a reusable bottle.
Example of a healthy menu for school
You can also opt for whole, nutritious snacks. There are many healthy options, such as: tomato with olive oil, avocado paste and black beans, hummus with carrot sticks, grilled vegetables with avocado paste, tahini with banana, falafel in pita bread…
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