It is a lot easier to get kids eat healthy yet delicious food when they’re at home, compared to eating meals at the school cafeteria. 
But even if they are away from home, they can still experience the same goodness and nutrition of home-cooked meals.
While most moms may be pressed for time, there are simple and easy to cook meals that’s packed with nutrients, delicious taste, and can be brought to school anytime.
 
It is a lot easier to get kids eat healthy yet delicious food when they’re at home, compared to eating meals at the school cafeteria. 
But even if they are away from home, they can still experience the same goodness and nutrition of home-cooked meals.
While most moms may be pressed for time, there are simple and easy to cook meals that’s packed with nutrients, delicious taste, and can be brought to school anytime.
 

• Slices of fresh fruits – it is best to have fresh cuts of fruit instead of canned or dried fruits as they may already be very high in additional sugar content. Apart from the health effects of too much sugar, this may also trigger tooth decay in children when consumed frequently.
• Crunchy vegetables –prepare cut-up vegetable sticks and place them in small containers with tight lids to ensure freshness and crispness even later in the day. Delicious and nutritious veggies perfect for lunch boxes are cucumber, carrot sticks and tomatoes. 
• Meat or food heavy in protein such as slices of lean meat, egg, or peanut butter.
• Dairy food such as a cheese stick or slice, grated cheese, milk or yoghurt
• Starchy food such as bread, a roll, pita or flat bread, fruit bread or crackers
• Water, milk or yoghurt – while water may be the best liquid, milk and yogurt can be as refreshing yet has the additional benefits of calcium and other vitamins.
• Dips, cheese and biscuits – for a flavorful variety, add different dips to crackers or for familiarity, cheese is always everyone’s favorite dip.
• Different kinds of bread – there are now more varieties of bread than ever. You can use the classic bread roll or for variety, use pita bread, flat bread, bagels, fruit loaf or buns, foccacias, scones, pikelets, muffins, crumpets, crispbreads, rice cakes or corn thins.
• Muffins and cakes – another better tasting alternative to bread are cakes and muffins. And for healthier cakes, you can make one your own using healthier ingredients apart from store-bought chocolate variants. You can use pumpkin, banana or zucchini. Try to stay away from sweeter ones like donuts as they are heavy not just in sugar but in oil as well.
• Cereal bars – For breakfast in a hurry that’s equally healthy, have cereals on the go instead like cereal bars. While muesli bars may seem healthy as well, muesli bars and packed with sugar for that sugar rush and fits adults for that matter. For kids, choose cereal bars instead.

 
There should definitely be no shortcuts when it comes to your kid’s nutrition. It is best to really prepare them yourself so you’re sure your kids will enjoy them; and not just rely on cafeteria food that can be costly, and less nutritious.
There are a lot of options for lunch box food so they can have a different variety everyday. You can also whip up your own healthy recipe because the basic will always be the same – less fat, more fiber, more fruits and vegetables.