Every day this week I will share a new lunch box idea with yall.  Ill show you how I put everything in the box as well as my ingredient list for that day.  These are not super hard but they are child friendly and most importantly – healthy!

I really love the idea of bento boxes for the kids but they can get kinda pricey.  I found this sistema lunch box at World Market for less then $5.  It has the separated compartments that work perfect for putting all the kids food in one container.  Which I love.

For today’s healthy pb&j lunch I used:

• Organic Peanut Butter
• Organic Apricot Preserves
• Bread
• Organic Raisens
• Cheese Sticks
• Organic Blue Corn Chips

I used a star cookie cutter to make a fun shaped sandwich for the kids and to cut the crusts off.  They are always excited about lunch when its in a fun shape.  Again, they have bento shapes you can buy but I used one of the many cookie cutters I already own.

Everything else fits nicely in the container and the kids have a healthy lunch to take to school.  Did I mention its healthy?  I was sending the kids to school with lunchables for the longest time until I read the back of the box.  There is so much junk in those that I didn’t feel comfortable eating them three days a week.  We are trying to reduce the amount of processed food we eat and making the kids lunches was a big step.  Plus, it doesnt take long to throw together a nice lunch if you have the ingredients on hand.  Oh and its healthier.

What do your kids eat for lunch most days?

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