Some great ideas for healthy lunches and snacks
The following fillings can be used between good quality bread, preferably organic and sourdough, pita bread or tortilla for those yummy wraps!Remember to include a frozen fruit box to keep them chilled.
- Hummus with finely chopped vegetables such as celery, lettuce, cucumbers and grated carrot. Ready made falafel can also be added.
- Peanut butter and sauerkraut or peanut butter and finely sliced dill pickles. You can also try almond butter.
- Peanut butter and jelly. Make sure both are natural and additive and sugar free.
- Veggie burger with sugar free ketchup, lettuce and mustard.
- Fried seitan sandwich with mustard and sauerkraut.
- Fried tofu sandwich with mustard, tahini and grated carrot.
- Fried tempeh with mustard and dill pickles.
- Tuna mashed with tahini, olive oil, celery, grated carrot, onion, shoyu, lemon.
- Sardines mashed with tahini, olive oil, mustard, grated carrot, celery, shoyu, lemon.
- Fresh sweet corn, peas or other cooked vegetables can be added to wraps or pita.
- Scrambled tofu can be added to pita with shredded lettuce and cucumber.
- Tuna mixed with Mayonaise (soy based spread).
- Pasta, cous cous, noodle or brown rice salads with different vegetables,
- fried tempeh or tofu, toasted sesame seeds and a light dressing.
- Corn or rice cakes
- Home made sugar free muffins such as corn, blueberry or apple.
- Carrot, celery and cucumber sticks with peanut butter or brown rice
- vinegar packed in a separate container.
- Dill pickles
- Olives
- Raw Salad with a dressing packed in a separate container.
- Dressings such as tofu dip, balsamic, peanut butter and umeboshi vinegar, lemon,
- salt and olive oil or brown rice vinegar, shoyu, orange juice and sesame oil.
- Fresh Fruit salad from grapes, strawberries, orange, apple, raspberries, blueberries, melon.
- Watermelon cut into pieces.
- Orange slices.
- Tangerines.Apple, whole or sliced (preserved in lemon juice and wrapped in a unbleached paper towel to prevent discoloration).
- Applesauce in small containers.
- Organic sugar free tinned peaches or other fruit.
- Small boxes of raisins.
- Organic Fruit leather - these can cause teeth problems if eaten often but makefor a great treat.
- Home made or sugar free cookies.
- Home made Rice Crispy treats.
- Roasted sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds or nuts - Avoid giving whole nuts to small children.
- Organic Popcorn.
- Cereals such as fruit juice flavored cornflakes.
- Organic kettle chips are probably the best quality chips.
- Boxed juices.
- Spring Water.
- Fruit kanten poured into small containers and chilled.
- Smoothies made from amasake, fruit juice and fresh fruit blended together.
- Mini Boxed rice milk can be used too.
(published with permission in writing from:http://www.macrobiotics.co.uk/)
