Kids are very active; therefore, they need foods that will provide them with high energy. Since you need your children to be healthy, you should feed them healthy foods. To help you out, here are some of the best lunch foods that you can give your kids:

Cold pasta

Pasta doesn’t have to be warm to taste good. The best way of going about it is packing pasta salad with extra vegetables to your children. If you are pressed for time, you should purchase pre-made pasta salad or pasta salad mix from your local grocery store. You should also buy a bag of frozen vegetables.

You should heat the vegetables, mix them with the pasta salad and put the mixture in a good container. If you have bell peppers, you should mix them with your pasta and they will be great for your kid.

Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches

When you serve these two on a toast they make an excellent meal for your child. The good side with the foods is that they need to be tweaked a little bit in order to make them more interesting. One of the ways of making the food more interesting is by using two whole-wheat or multigrain waffles instead of the traditional toast.

You should also use a fresh banana, strawberry slices or an apple instead of jelly which tends to contain a lot of sugar. Instead of using jam, you should use crushed pineapple.

Chicken fingers

You should make your own chicken fingers by slicing up a hormone-free, boneless, and skinless chicken breast. You should then dip each piece of meat in egg whites diluted with water and roll them in bread crumbs.

You should then sprinkle them with salt and pepper, and bake them in a shallow pan. For an extra zip, you should add fresh minced garlic to the bread crumbs. Finally, you should dip them in low-fat ranch or barbecue sauce.

Eggs

The good side with eggs is that they are cheap and versatile. For example, you can make an omelet by beating one egg and frying it in a pan with a slice of cream cheese. You can also make an egg salad by boiling the eggs and chopping them into small pieces and adding mayonnaise. You should serve the salad on bread or with fresh cut vegetables.

Conclusion

These are some of the best foods that you can give your child during lunch. Although, it’s good to give your child healthy foods, you should not spend a lot of your money on it.