NOW CLOSED Tell Chedds, the new kids’ snacking cheese brand from Cathedral City, your top tips for lunchboxes and you could win a Chedds hamper worth £100

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We've been asked by Chedds, the new kids' snacking cheese brand from Cathedral City (previously reviewed by MNers), to find out your best tips for packing a healthy lunchbox for your children.

What do you like to include and what do your children enjoy finding in their lunchbox? How do you keep the food cool till lunchtime and not get everything squashed? Do you manage to strike a balance between fun and nutritious? If so, how?

Please let us know your thoughts on this thread.

Your tips will be used on the Chedds pages on Mumsnet and everyone who adds a comment will be entered into a prize draw where one MNer will win a Chedds hamper, worth £100 (UK winners only).

Thanks and good luck with the prize draw
MNHQ

My tip would be quality over quantity. I'm always shocked at how much ds's classmates have crammed in there packed lunches.

A drink, and 2 or 3 items that are nutritous and that i know he will eat are much better than him leaving his healthy sandwhich and fruit/ yoghurt to eat the junk food that's also crammed in there.

My DS is a very picky eater but usually has a sandwich on wholegrain/meal bread or cheese and crackers, a piece of fruit, and either a yoghurt tube (frozen when put in) or a snack sized cheese.