Children's lunches

Ideas for healthy lunch boxes for : buy a few little plastic pots and include fruit pots, boxes of raisins, use cheddar cheese, (not strings etc.),

When you cook the evening meal save couscous, brown rice, pasta or cold boiled new potatoes. Add egg, tuna, hummus, cold chicken for protein plus veg e.g. chopped peppers, sweetcorn, chopped or grated carrot, froxen mixed veg, tomatoes , cucumber etc. plus raisins to make healthy salads. You could add a dressing made of 2 parts olive oil and 1 part vinegar if you want. Add a little knife and fork and a yogurt spoon. Pop a yogurt or a pot of grapes, apple slices, satsuma, cherries, raspberries or a banana in the box and you have a healthy lunch box at a fraction of the price.

For a good selection of children's cutlery visit Cutlery and Catering.