Healthy Kid Friendly Lunches

Nikki
Kids can be picky eaters at times and parents have a tough time getting their child to eat their veggies & fruit. Try putting these colorful, healthy, fun finger foods in your kid's lunch bag and watch your picky eater become a happy camper! Odds are your child will love these kid friendly food choices and you'll feel good knowing they are eating a healthy lunch.

Fishy Fun
Tuna fish sandwich on a mini bagel
Celery Sticks & Ranch Dip
½ cup Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Crackers
1 cup Blackberries & Blueberries with Strawberry Yogurt
Mini single serve Nabisco Chips Ahoy Cookies

Ham & Turkey Rollups
Ham & Turkey Slices
2 Pieces of Leaf Lettuce to wrap around the ham & turkey
½ Cup Sesame Sticks
1 container Sugar Free Strawberry Jell-O
Mini Blueberry Muffin

Finger Food Fancy
1 piece of String Cheese
1 cup Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Crackers
1 Slice Cinnamon Swirl Bread
1 cup Celery sticks & Broccoli pieces
1 cup Blue Cheese Dressing

Oh Oh Ole!
1 cup Black beans
1 cup Mexican Corn
2 tbs salsa
1 cup Tostitos Scoops
4 Fig Newtons
1 piece Mexican Style String Cheese

Mini PB & J
Peanut Butter & Jelly sandwich on two slices of mini rye bread
1 cup yogurt
1 cup seedless Grapes
1 single serve pack mini Nabisco Chips Ahoy Cookies
Snack size plastic bag filled with Cheddar Cheese cut into cubes

Power Lunch
3 mini Bagels
Tyson Seasoned Chicken Strips
½ cup Green Beans
½ cup Vanilla Yogurt
½ cup Banana Slices
Sliced carrots with Ranch Dip
Snack size bag filled with Tostitos Tortilla Chips
1 Graham Cracker broken into kid friendly pieces

It's All About The Veggies
1/2 cup mini Carrots
½ cup Bell Pepper strips
½ cup Broccoli
½ cup Green beans
1 cup Ranch dip
Mini single serve bag of Nabisco Oreo Cookies

Nothing But Fruit
¼ cup sliced Kiwi
¼ cup sliced Strawberries
¼ cup Mandarin Orange slices
¼ cup Blackberries
¼ cup Raspberries
1 cup Vanilla Yogurt
Individual size bag of mini Fig Newtons

Say Cheese
Grilled cheese sandwich cut into the shape of your child's favorite animal
1 cup Cheetos Puffs
5 pieces of fun shaped Cheddar Cheese
¼ Cheese flavored Pretzels
½ cup Nacho Cheese sauce
1 cup Tangerine slices

Mama Mia It's A Pizza!
3 mini Tony's bagel pizzas
½ cup Chef Boy R' Dee Spaghetti-O's
1 stick Mozzarella string cheese
Mini individual size bag of pretzels
¼ cup Blackberries
¼ cup Vanilla Yogurt

Mini Quesadillas
1 Flour tortilla cut into quarters
½ cup Tyson chicken strips
½ cup Salsa
Handful of Tostitos Mini Scoops
4 pieces of Kraft cheese cut into fun shapes
½ cup Mandarin Orange slices

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  • Bethany Marsh9/10/2009

    Some great fun ideas for kids' lunches.

  • andra picincu5/20/2009

    This surely is a healthy lunch!

  • Sheri Fresonke Harper10/28/2008

    Great suggestions, they look very kid pleasing :) Sheri

  • Kristie Leong M.D.10/6/2008

    These are wonderful, healthy alternatives. :-)

  • Sharon Krawczyk10/1/2008

    Great ideas. I don't have kids but I'm always looking for healthy lunch ideas for myself when I'm on the go with work.

  • Kerry9/29/2008

    ooh yes, I love the fruit...thanks

  • Heather Carreiro9/28/2008

    I particularly like the "Ole!" one! Great ideas. I'll use these for my husband's lunches!

  • mimpi9/25/2008

    yummy...

  • PennyB9/21/2008

    These would definitely make lunch time a lot more fun for kids. Great ideas... great article!! :)

  • Eddie Somers9/21/2008

    Wipe drool from mouth, then eat! ;)...goood ideas!

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