30 Lunch Box Ideas for School Children

Back to School during coronavirus is a challenging time for all. It is great advice not to buy lunch from canteens but bring your own. Like any other mom, Desi moms worry about what to pack for their children in their Lunch Box. We try to make boring or repeated lunch box recipes for kids.

I would like to share ideas and inspirations to make your Desi Lunch Box unique plus nutritional.

Essentials:

Let’s talk about the essentials for a lunchbox. You don’t need to buy expensive products for kids' lunch.

• You need one to two lunch boxes, cutlery like spoon and fork, and tissues/napkins.
• Water bottle
• Colorful writing pads and fun stickers to add cute notes

Important Tips

Some important tips for packing food for school are:

• Avoid items other kids might be allergic to.
• Try to have a nutritious mix containing proteins, carbohydrates, dairy, fruits, and vegetables.
• Adding one treat item( chocolate/kids favorite food) can be motivating for children.
• Plan weekly Lunch Ideas before you do groceries so that you can plan and shop beforehand.

Here are lunch box ideas for 30 days that you can use for your children. 

For additional ideas, you can mix and match items from below or repeat them for next month.

DAY 1:

Shami Kebab Sandwich + Apple Slices + cookie

Cut the apple slices and band them together with a rubber band to avoid the apple slices going brown. 

You can also sprinkle the slices with lemon or sugar syrup.

DAY 2:

Potato Cutlets + red/green grapes + bread cheese slices

DAY 3:

Qeema in Pasta + banana + Nestle yogurt 

DAY 4:

Home-made Chicken Nuggets  + Any seasonal Fruit + chocolate

DAY 5:

Toast + Potato Balls + Cupcake

DAY 6:

Fun-shaped Kebab (make shapes like stars, hearts, etc.) + blueberries + small chocolate bar/biscuit.

DAY 7:

Kids Special Sandwich + cucumber slices + orange

DAY 8:

Scrambled egg + strawberries + bread slices with chicken spread

DAY 9:

Mini Chicken Burger  + oven-baked potato fries + milk

DAY 10:

Jam sandwich  + grapes + chicken kebab

DAY 11:

Pasta + chocolate muffin + Grapes

DAY 12:

Homemade Shawarma + seasonal fruit

DAY 13:

Chicken Yakhni Pulao + cucumbers + banana bread

DAY 14:

Potato parathas(آلو کا پراٹھا) + home-made chicken nuggets + cocomo

Roll the paratha for easy handling.

DAY 15:

Pizza Bread (home-made) + Fruit + candy

DAY 16:

Chicken bread + banana + Dry walnut pastry

DAY 17:

Chicken vegetable pasta + کشمش + chocolate

DAY 18:

Club sandwich + fries + apple juice + Fruit

DAY 19:

Potato Cheese Fries + blueberries + bread roll

DAY 20:

Chicken strips + popcorn + apple, banana mayonnaise mix

DAY 21:

Homemade Naan with pakoras + strawberries + cheese sandwich

DAY 22:

Fish bites + raspberries + apple muffins

DAY 23:

Egg Rolls + popcorn  + fruit

DAY 24:

Roti chicken Rollup  + bananas +  Lays

Add butter on a regular roti and add chicken stuffings. Wrap nicely to avoid messy spillovers.

DAY 25:

Banana pancakes  + noodles + Fruit

DAY 26:

Vegetable pasta + chips + (any) fruit in yogurt

DAY 27:

Chicken Roast + fries + cupcake

DAY 28:

Chicken seekh kebab + cookies + grapes

DAY 29:

Spicy Omelette Toast + banana + bread jam

DAY 30:

Chicken Lollipops + fries + milk/juice

I hope you enjoyed these ideas.

Do let me know if you know some more kids' lunch box recipes.