Healthy Recipes for Kids: Lunch Box Snacks & More!

Eating right is essential for productive growth. It is important for parents to inspire their children into eating healthy foods which is the key to living healthier lives. Choosing delicious and nutritiously rich foods may initially come as a challenge especially if a parent has a picky eater but worry no more.

Below are some healthy breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack meals your kids won't be able to resist:

Jeff's Roasted Chicken Salad Wrap
When your children are on the go, they need snacks that'll keep their energies up. The Food Network revealed that Jeff's roasted chicken salad wrap satisfies the sweet cravings for handy lunch-box sized snacks.

Use the roasted chicken you've left over from dinner the night before to make this tasty snack for your kids. Throw in Jeff's chicken salad, sweet cranberries, and crispy celery together with the roasted chicken in tortilla wraps. And voila! You've got the time-saving snack on the go for your kids' recess.
Cheese Sandwich and Tomato Soup

Preparing a tomato soup takes as little as 10 minutes! All you need to do is to puree tomatoes, celery, broth, and then season it with lemon juice, and maple syrup. Then, stir and heat and that's it! For the more detailed recipe for this, click here. Sandwich cheese slices in two wheat bread slices, and you get to prepare instant snacks your kids do love.

Beefy Sammie and a Fruit Stick

Cooking Light says that the Beefy Sammie sandwich and fruit stick make good sodium food sources. This delectable sandwich is ready to eat after an hour's preparation. Just throw in roast beef, lettuce, two tomato slices and white cheddar in one bowl, and spread two light mayo teaspoons on a whole-grain bread slice. Afterwards, put all of the contents in the bowl in between the bread sandwich. The snack goes good with pineapple and strawberry fruit kebabs and unsalted nuts.

Old-Fashioned Spaghetti and Meatballs

This pasta meal is a healthy kid-friendly version of its traditional counterpart. This old fashioned spaghetti is composed of high-fiber bulgur and whole-wheat bread crumbed meatballs. These meatballs are baked, and not fried, as reported by Eating Well.

Loaded Twice Baked Potatoes

Baked potatoes comfort the stomach by making it feel full after meals. The tastiest baked potatoes are those topped with lean ground beef, broccoli florets and less fat sour cream and cheddar cheese. Dinners are complete for your kiddos after having eaten healthy tossed salads and loaded twice baked potatoes.