Vegetarian Week - Packed Lunch Ideas
To celebrate and support vegetarian week, we’ve put together a list for the best packed lunches’. We’ve considered nutrition, energy, and all-round productivity. These are our ideas, we’d love to hear yours so that we can share them with the community, simply email us Marketing@price-buckland.co.uk We’d love to hear from you.
A healthier alternative to a club sandwich, this veggie hummus club will sure go down a treat with your little ones! Creamy hummus packs more flavour and provides roughly 30 calories compared to mayo which has 100 calories. Bundle up with fresh tomato, mild cheese, and pesto to make a super tasty and nutritionally healthier sandwich.
Full of Mediterranean flavours, this Falafel stuffed flatbread will tickle your tastebuds and be all the talk on the playground. Whether you make the falafel at home, or buy them at the shop, combining them with a large green salad adorned with tzatziki is a breeze and not at all time consuming, allowing you more time for other things you need to do.
Flat bread doesn’t take your fancy? Why not try it in a tortilla wrap instead?
Talking about tortilla wraps, these grilled veggies tortilla wraps are super easy to make and delicious!
Kids love tater tots, and these crispy and cheesy broccoli nuggets are the perfect way to get veggies into their diet without them even knowing. Pair up with mixed fruit and some nuts and you’ve got a tasty lunch on your hands. They’re simple to make and lasts in the fridge for up to 3 days, meaning you can make them well in advance freeing up your time!
This pasta salad takes 15 minutes and packs a seriously tasty punch, perfect for the summer.
Why don’t you check it out and let us know what you think?
Healthy after lunch snacks
How about these for a mid afternoon snack when the kids are feeling hungry? Watermelon, Sunrype Fruit Go, Sea Salt Crunchy bites, Banana cereal snacks. These offer a healthy alternative to chocolate and biscuits; mixed nuts, yoghurt and mixed berries, apple slices with peanut butter, dark chocolate and almonds.
Don’t forget to drink
Do your kids enjoy hot drinks or do they normally choose to go for cold drinks? There are different juice, squash, and smoothie options they can have as part of their school day.
We hope you enjoy the recipes we have found for you, if you have any tasty recipes/ideas of your own, let us know!