Kids Healthy Lunch Ideas

 

50 Easy School Lunch Ideas for Kindergarten (and beyond!)

Here are healthy and easy school lunch ideas that are easy to put together, budget-friendly, and enjoyable for kids. If you’re stuck in a lunch rut, use these ideas and recipes as inspiration to invite more fun and variety.

 Make sending your kiddo off to school for the first time much easier with easy school lunch ideas for kindergarten (and every year after!) they’ll love to eat! These are easy to make, kid-friendly, and a perfect way to start off the school year…or break a rut when you can’t decide what to send.

School Lunch Ideas for Kindergarten

 

Starting kindergarten is such a big milestone and it can bring up a lot of emotions for kids and parents alike. Lunchtime should be a source of comfort, so having a list of easy, yummy, and nutritious meals that the kids will love to eat can go a long way toward making the lunch packing (and eating) efforts much easier on everyone

50 Kindergarten Lunches (for Even Picky Kids!)

• Sun butter and jam sandwich, applesauce pouch, cheese stick

• Turkey and cheese sandwich, snap pea crisps, raspberries

• Ham and cheese sandwich, snap peas, clementine

• Cheese sandwich, fruit, veggie of choice

• Hummus sandwich, banana, cookie

• Cream cheese and jam sandwich, apple slices, roasted chickpeas

• Pita pocket sandwich with hummus and cucumbers, veggie medley (in a thermos), fruit cup

• Pita pocket wedges with hummus or ranch, diced chicken, baked chips, and strawberries

• DIY Lunchables with meat, cheese, crackers, and fruit in a lunchbox

• Crackers, cheese, fruit, and veggies (carrots, cucumber, snap peas)

• Crackers, hummus, fruit, and veggies (carrots, celery, mini cucumbers)

• Mac and cheese with peas and fruit (see below for the full recipe)

• Pesto pasta with fruit

• Bean and cheese burrito with fruit and dessert

• Healthy Chocolate Muffin with cheese and fruit

• Blueberry Banana Muffin with yogurt pouch and cucumber

• Pretzels, hummus, fruit, and a veggie

• Cheerios, raisins, nondairy yogurt, grapes

• Snap pea crisps, cheese, fruit and a veggie

• Granola bar, cheese, fruit, and a veggie

• Granola bar, cheese, salami, fruit, and a veggie

• Tortilla with Sunbutter and banana, sliced into rounds, with bell peppers

• Tortilla with hummus and cucumbers, with strawberries and cheese crackers

• Tortilla with refried beans and cheese, applesauce and peas

 

The best advice I can offer about packing lunches is to work with your child to come up with a few options that they like. Write them out and hang the list on the fridge to have it to refer to each night!

BACK-TO-SCHOOL KIDS LUNCH IDEAS:

OPTION #1

Turkey + Cheddar Roll-up
Fresh Berries
Yogurt
Trail Mix 

OPTION #2
Hummus
Pita Bread
Grape Tomatoes
Cucumbers
Sliced Oranges

OPTION #3
Cheese Quesadilla
Guacamole
Salsa
Tortilla Chips
Strawberries 

OPTION #4
Deli Meat + Cheese Kabob                                                                                                                   Apples                                                                                                                                                                                                       OPTION #5

Hard Boiled Eggs
Baby Carrots + Ranch
Pretzels
Peaches or Applesauce

OPTION #6
Pasta Salad
Yogurt
Granola Bar
Raspberries