Simple and Cheap Brown Bag Lunch Ideas

It's often hard to get kids to eat healthy foods, and it's even harder to find health foods that taste good but don't break the bank. So here are some brown bag lunch ideas that make healthy food fun for kids while saving you money.

Jazz Up Their Yoghurt

Yogurt is an inexpensive and healthy food for kids. Trouble is they find it boring. You can make it fun for kids by buying plain vanilla yoghurt and giving them a zip-log bag full of things they can add themselves. Some goodies include banana, mango, blueberries and granola. Occasionally you can also add a few choc chips as a reward for their other healthy eating habits.

Make Pasta Like McDonalds

We all know kids love going to McDonalds and strangely can't get enough of their pasta. So instead of the boring peanut and jelly sandwich, why not buy the curliest, funniest looking pasta you can find and prepare it. Toss in some things like spinach and ricotta, or carrot, corn and cheese? Kids will love it, and it makes a great alternative to bread.

Turn Veggies Into Dipping Sticks

If you just throw carrots, capsicum or celery into a child's lunchbox it'll still be there when they come home in the afternoon. But if you make them into fun-size dipping sticks and have a really nice dipping sauce kids will eat them all up! Try using plain yoghurt and mix in some cucumber, dill, salt and pepper. This works well with most veggies and children really like the taste.

A New Spin on The Humble Sandwich

You can make a great tasting sandwich for your child. It doesn't have to be boring to be healthy. Instead of using bread, use two toasted waffles. Put some almond spread on them and place fruit like banana or peaches in between. Cut in half, and yummo - kids are eating healthy and they'll love it.

Each of these brown bag lunch ideas will have your kids eating healthy, without costing a fortune. And get this; you can save even more money on the kids' lunches by using grocery coupons that you can find on the site! You can also find other great ideas from kids crafts, scrapbooking, to making your very own soap. by Troi Johns