One thing I always did when my kids were little was to include sweet notes in my little one’s lunch box.

You can download our free printable lunchbox notes (shown above) – they’re super cute and so much fun!)

Here’s my healthy school lunch list:

Fruit

• Bananas
• Tangerines
• Grapes
• Strawberries
• Sliced mangos
• Sliced apples with peanut butter

Snacks

• Healthy chips
• Whole wheat pita chips with hummus ( check out my  video here)
• Crackers and peanut butter sandwiches
• String cheese
• Seaweed
• Carrots with ranch dip
• Black sesame snap peas (check out my recipe here)
• Raw almonds
• Dried fruit
• Yogurt

Thermos Meals

• Magic meat (beef, carrot and peas) with chips (Sierra’s fav)
• Pasta
• Fried rice (check out my recipe here)

Sandwiches

• Turkey, sprouts, avocado on whole wheat (Rain’s favorite)
• Turkey and provolone on whole wheat roll, cooked panini-style (Neriah’s fav)
• PB&J on whole wheat or PB& Fluff (Shaya’s fav)