Lunchbox Heroes

Lunchbox Heroes

Healthy lunches for your little heroes!

We're thrilled to be partnering with the Health Improvement Commission to make it easier for parents on Island to create healthy lunch options for their children. We want to help make it easier for parents to ensure their children are eating well and staying healthy. 

Our aim is to support children’s health and help them thrive. By eating healthy foods, children have the fuel they need to focus and learn throughout the school day.

Providing a nutritious lunch doesn't have to be challenging or costly to make, we've teamed up and put together a list of ingredients, recipes and top tips that will help give your children everything they need so that they're ready to learn in school and can grow to their full potential.

 

As part of our lunchbox heroes partnership, the Health Improvement Commission are recommending a fantastic list of products that can be turned into tasty packed lunches. Ideally, for a nutritionally balanced lunch the goal is for each lunch to include one fruit, one veg, one dairy, one protein and one carbohydrate item. Please see the list of recommendations below:

 

Fruit 

Veg 

Carbohydrate 

Dairy/alternatives 

Protein 

Apple 

Carrot batons 

Sandwich thins  

Low fat yoghurt (Coop) 

Tuna (in Spring water)  

Banana 

Cherry tomatoes 

Wholemeal bread 

Philadelphia (lightest) 

Tinned salmon  

Satsuma 

Peppers 

Wholemeal wraps 

Cottage cheese (Coop) 

Roast chicken  

Frozen berries  

Cucumber  

Wholemeal pasta (Coop) 

Fage (0% fat)  

Mixed beans 

Natures finest 

Frozen veg  

Cous cous

Plant based milk

 Eggs

Tinned pineapple

 Sugar Snap Peas

Wholemeal Pitta

Low fat cheddar cheese

 

 

Coop  Salsa

Wholemeal  Bagels

1% Guernsey milk

 

 

 

 Breadsticks

Non-dairy low-fat yoghurt

 

 

 

 Plain Rice Cakes

Ambrosia Light Rice Pudding

 

 

 

Kallo Slightly Salted Corn Cakes

 

 

 

 

Ryvita

 

 

 

Save your copy of the Lunchbox Heroes shopping list here.

Look out for our lunchbox heroes identifiers in all food stores!

We're on a mission to help make healthy packed lunches easy for you to make for your little ones.


Module - Tuna Pasta Salad
Tuna Pasta Salad

A tasty tuna combo packed with protein, perfect for little learners.

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Module - Vegetable Medley Sandwich
Vegetable Medley Sandwich

A fun alternative to a traditional sandwich!

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Module - Soft cheese and cucumber sandwiches
Colourful Couscous with Chicken

Add a splash of colour to their packed lunch box, with this colourful couscous!

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