Will this pass muster as a 'healthy lunchbox'?

[OrmIrian]

Health week this week. DD wants to get it right. I confess to normally putting crisps or biscuits in their lunchboxes as well as the usual sensible stuff so I've knocked that on the head.

Wholemeal roll with ham
Chicken leg
Yoghurt
Apple
Grapes

That do?

My children won't eat hummous or falafel or anything much of that sort and are not keen on salad.

fine IMO, bit meat-heavy but my kids would love it

Could swap cheese for ham tomorrow.

Add some veg, e.g. carrot sticks, cherry tomatoes?

Thanks btw greeny.

I was so good when they were all little but things have got a bit out of hand recently. Alway wm bread and lots of fruit but the extras have got a bit too processed and crap.

Perhaps this will act as a kick up the arse.

Hmmm they don't like tomatoes and I find that carrot sticks get dry.

The lunch-box sounds fine to me I hated healthy eating week when ds was at infants (his junior school don't preach nearly as much) - in fact they were overly forceful of the whole "perfect lunch-box" in general.

My ds refuses to eat all fruit as it makes him physically gag . He always has a healthy breakfast and a healthy dinner and because of the strict views from the school, I used to put carrot/cucumber sticks, bananas etc in his lunchbox until one day his TA told me that because he was taking so long to eat the food that I know he didn't like but was healthy, he was having to sit with the headmaster to finish his lunch as they had to clear the hall (it wasn't a punishment but just somewhere where he could be supervised and not eat alone).

From that day, I stopped putting the fruit and veg sticks and gave him things that I know he would eat fairly quickly. My argument was, what is the point in him sitting there for an hour hating every mouthful and developing potential food issues when he could eat less healthy food but spend half an hour charging around like a loony and having plenty of exercise!

Sorry, that was a bit of a rant but I do think that some schools take this healthy eating policy too far.

(Don't even get me started that ds' P.E lessons are sometimes cancelled if they have other work to catch up on.........)

Mine like slices of pepper if you're looking for something crunchy like carrot. Also celery.

Thankyou all!

tsar - I will try red or yellow peppers as they are sweet. I personally don't like raw green peppers much. I don't know about celery - will give it a go.

helsbels - I sympathise! It seems that all my DC have chosen as best mates at school children who a really picky eaters if not I would have found it hard to beleive how awkward some DC can be. I think it's a good thing generally to encourage good eating habits but it isn't always that simple. And of course it depends on what you think of as healthy - I don't for example restrict fat very much whereas you are encouraged to do so.

Has anyone tried Helen Browning speedy sausages they are so quick to cook and so tasty my two girls love them. I cook them and put them in there lunchboxes but as soon as i have cooked a packet if i don't hide them quick they are gone!! well worth a try i founf them in Sainsburys.