ideas for preschool lunchbox?

[fluffymouse]

Dd goes to a fantastic preschool, but unfortunately they don't provide lunch so we have to send in packed lunches.

This is what I sent with her yesterday(we are veggie):
A vegetable patty (low in salt)
Cherry tomatoes
Grapes
A cheese stick
A banana

How does this sound? They are all things I know she will eat but it would be good to hear other ideas/how I could improve.

Thank you :)

I would make sure there is a decent carb portion. A veggie sandwich, wrap or savoury muffin. They need the energy from it to survive the day.

Good at this time of year are small strawberries and rasberries. If she is good at it, apricots are easy food as well.

A small yoghurt either as a pouch or with a plastic spoon for the dairy portion. Forget the tubes, I can't open them.

Apart from tomatoes you can do carrot sticks, cucumber, celery, olives the possibilities are endless.

DS always has a sandwich, some fruit, and something like crisps/mini cheddars, a cheese stick, yoghurt/custard/rice pudding or an oat/cereal bar.

Slices of pepper are good too
home-made carrot cake or flapjack

I like this for ideas. though I can rarely be bothered to do anything interesting myself .

Mine like the mini cheese dippers (Morrison or Aldi own brand), cheese and crackers, wraps, savoury mini-eggs, mini pot of hummus with mini breadsticks, sliced hard-boiled egg, for protein.

Crackers, ritz biscuits, breadsticks, rice cakes, cold pasta twists, savoury muffins for carbs

Chopped fruits esp melon/watermelon, strawbs, raspbs, grapes, blueberries.

Cucumber/pepper sticks

Yoghurt pouches

Flapjacks