Tired of Packing the Same Tiffin Every Day for Your little One? Here are 10 Fresh Ideas on Healthy Snacks for Children's Lunch Boxes (2020)

• Healthy carbs – Whole-wheat tortillas, brown rice, quinoa, whole wheat spaghetti, and oatmeal.
• Vegetables – Spinach, lettuce, broccoli, carrots, beans, peas, cauliflower, to name a few.
• Fruits – Berries, apples, mangoes, pineapples, pears, melons, kiwis, and grapes.
• Fats – Butter, peanuts, almonds, cashews, yoghurt, and cheese.
• Proteins – Eggs, chicken, prawns, paneer, tofu, chickpeas, and sprouts.

• Combine their favourite items to make a healthy lunch or snack.
• Include them in the meal preparation to ensure they have a choice over what they like and dislike.
• Swap refined flour for whole wheat flour or almond flour.
• Rather than keeping too many ingredients in their lunchbox, assemble them into burgers, sandwiches, or wraps.
• If your kid is fussy about eating vegetables, you can add them to cutlets, burgers, pasta, and rolls to make them eat healthily.
• Make food fun by making their favourite cartoon character.
• If they do not like eating fruits, make fruit popsicles, fruit jellies, or fruit yoghurt.
• Chocolate makes everything perfect, dip the fruits and veggies into molten chocolate.
• Make crisps out of kale, carrots, spinach, beetroots, or sweet potatoes.
• Make biscuits and muffins using oatmeal or whole wheat flour rather than refined flour.

Ingredients

• Wheat flour/Atta – 1.5 cups
• Palak – 1.5 cup
• Ginger – ½ inch
• Garlic – 2 cloves
• Garam masala – a pinch
• Green chilli – 1
• Cumin powder – ¼ tsp
• Water – 2 tbsp
• Salt – as required

For Paneer Stuffing

• Paneer – 1.5 cups
• Oil – 1.5 tbsp
• Cumin – ½ tsp
• Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp
• Tomato – 1
• Coriander powder – ½ tsp
• Salt – as required
• Onion and carrots – optional

How to Make

• Step – 1: Wash and rinse the palak in water and allow it to dry.
• Step – 2: Puree the spinach with ginger, garlic, salt, cumin, green chili, and garam masala.
• Step – 3: Transfer it into a bowl and add wheat flour and knead it into a dough.
• Step – 4: In a pan, add oil and sauté cumin, ginger garlic paste along with tomato puree.
• Step – 5: Add the spice powders along with salt and saute until the raw smell goes off.
• Step – 6: Add crumbled paneer and well along with the tomato puree.
• Step – 7: Roll out the dough and make them into chappathis on a hot girdle.
• Step – 8: Place the cooked mixture on the chappatthi and place vegetables of your choice such as onion or sliced carrots.
• Step – 9: Roll up the chappathi along with the paneer mixture and secure it with a toothpick.

Ingredients

• Potatoes – 2
• Carrots – 1 cup
• Beans – ½ cup
• Peas – ½ cup
• Ginger – 1 inch
• Green chilies – 3
• Coriander leaves – ¼ bunch
• Seasoning – as required
• Bread crumbs – ½ cup
• Salt – as required
• Bread crumbs for coating – 1 ¼ cup
• Corn flour – ½ cup
• Burger buns – 6
• Lettuce – ½ cup
• Tomatoes – 2
• Onion – 1
• Mayo – ¼ cup
• Olive oil – 1 tbsp
• Lemon juice – 1.5 tsp
• Mustard powder – ¾ tsp
• Garlic – 1 tsp
• Chilli flakes – ½ tsp

How to Make

• Step – 1: Make a sauce for the burger by mixing mayo, olive oil, garlic, chili flakes, lemon juice, salt, and pepper in a bowl.
• Step – 2: Steam the potatoes, peas, carrots, and beans in a steamer or pressure cooker until done.
• Step – 3: Once the vegetables are cooled, mash them well.
• Step – 4: Add slice ginger, garlic, salt, seasoning, coriander leaves, gram flour, and bread crumbs.
• Step – 5: Divide the mixture into balls and make them into a thick patty and dip it into a batter made of cornflour.
• Step – 6: Coat the dipped patties with bread crumbs on both sides and allow them to rest for 10 minutes or you can place them into the refrigerator.
• Step – 7: Shallow or pan fry the patties on a hot girdle on both sides.
• Step – 8: Place the patties on a burger bun and smear the sauce mixture on top of the patty.
• Step – 9: Place the lettuce and onions on it and place another bun on top of it.

Ingredients

• Chickpeas – 2 cups
• Olive oil – 2 tbsp
• Salt – as required
• Fresh herbs – as per your choice
• Spice powders – as per your choice

How to Make

• Step – 1: Boil the chickpeas in a pressure cooker until they are done.
• Step – 2: Remove them from the water and allow the chickpeas to cool.
• Step – 3: Add olive and salt to the chickpeas and coat them evenly with the mixture.
• Step – 4: Add spice powders and herb seasonings of your choice.
• Step – 5: Preheat your oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Step – 6: Place the chickpeas on a baking tray and bake them for 20 to 30 minutes.
• Step – 7: Sprinkles your favorite seasoning on the chickpeas.

Ingredients

• Sweet potatoes – 2
• Olive oil – 1 tbsp
• Salt – as required

How to Make

• Step – 1: Preheat your oven to 200 degrees Celsius.
• Step – 2: Thinly slice the sweet potatoes into roundels as thin as possible.
• Step – 3: Toss the roundels with a mixture of olive oil and salt. Coat the roundels evenly.
• Step – 4: Place them on a baking tray and roast them for 20 to 30 minutes.
• Step – 5: Sprinkle your favorite seasoning and enjoy them hot.

Ingredients

• Pecans/Almonds – 100 grams
• Raisins – 75 grams
• Ground flaxseed – 1 tbsp
• Cocoa powder – 2 tbsp
• Agave syrup/honey – 1 tbsp
• Desiccated coconut – 50 grams
• Peanut butter – 2 tbsp

How to Make

• Step – 1: Blitz the almonds or pecans in a mixer to obtain a coarse mixture.
• Step – 2: Add raisins, ground flaxseed, cocoa powder, honey, and peanut butter to the nut mixture.
• Step – 3: Blitz it until all the ingredients are well combined.
• Step – 4: Divide the mixture into small bite-sized balls.
• Step – 5: Gently coat the balls with desiccated coconut and place them in the freezer until they are firm.

Ingredients

• Milk – 1 ¼ cup
• Rolled oats – 2.5 cups
• Dark chocolate chips – ¼ cup
• Self-rising flour – 1cup
• Brown sugar -1/3 cup
• Butter – 150 grams
• Vanilla extract – 2 tsp

How to Make

• Step – 1: Preheat your oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
• Step – 2: Cream butter and sugar until they are well combined.
• Step – 3: Add vanilla extract and eggs to the mixture and combine all the ingredients.
• Step – 4: In another bowl, mix the rolled oats flour and chocolate chips.
• Step – 5: Add the wet mixture to the dry mixture and combine the ingredients.
• Step – 6: Divide the mixture into small portions and flatten the mixture.
• Step – 7: Place them on a baking tray and bake for 20 minutes or until they are golden.
• Step – 8: Allow the biscuits to cool and serve them with milk.

Ingredients

• Apples – 1 cup
• Pears – 1 cup
• Bananas – 1 cup
• Melons – 1 cup
• Pineapple – 1 cup
• Grapes – 1 cup
• Berries – 1 cup

How to Make

• Step – 1: Using cookie cutters, cut the fruits into shapes and keep the, aside.
• Step – 2: Take a wooden skewer and arrange the fruits in a skewer.
• Step – 3: Place the skewer on a plate and add honey or whipped cream on the fruit kebabs.
• Step – 4: You can also add fruits to the yogurt.

Ingredients

• Raisins – ¼ cup
• Apples – 2 cups
• Cinnamon – 2 tsp
• Coconut oil – 2 tsp
• Wheat flour – 60 grams
• All-purpose flour – 60 grams
• Baking powder – 2 tsp
• Milk – ¾ cup
• Egg – 1

How to Make

• Step – 1: Soak the raisins in a bowl with hot water.
• Step – 2: In a pan, heat coconut oil.
• Step – 3: Add apples and cinnamon powder and saute the apples well until they are soft.
• Step – 4: In a large mixing bowl, combine flour and baking powder.
• Step – 5: In another bowl, add eggs and milk. Combine the mixture well.
• Step – 6: Add the wet ingredient to the dry ingredients and fold the mixture well.
• Step – 7: Add the drained raisins to the mixture along with sautéed apples.
• Step – 8: Brush the skillet with oil and pour the mixture and spread it well.
• Step – 9: Once the side is cooked, flip the pancake and allow it to cook.

Ingredients

• Bread – 6 slices
• Pizza sauce – 1 cup
• Shredded mozzarella – 2 cups
• Mini pepperoni – ½ cup
• Parsley – 1 tbsp
• Chili flakes – 1 tbsp

How to Make

• Step – 1: Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Celsius.
• Step – 2: On the bread slice, smear pizza sauce on one side.
• Step – 3: Place the mini pepperonis on the pizza sauce.
• Step – 4: Add shredded mozzarella on the bread.
• Step – 5: Place the assembled bread on a baking tray and bake until the cheese melts.
• Step – 6: Garnish the toast with parsley and chili flakes.

Ingredients

• Apple – 1
• Peanut butter – ½ cup
• Jelly – ½ cup

How to Make

• Step – 1: Remove the core from the apples with a core remover.
• Step – 2: Slice the apple into thick roundels.
• Step – 3: Smear peanut butter on the top side of the roundel.
• Step – 4: Add fruit jelly on the peanut butter
• Step – 5: The peanut butter and jelly apples are ready to be served.