Send them back to school with healthy lunches they’ll love! Give your kids a head start this year with a nutritious lunch every day. Putting a fresh and tasty lunch in their backpack each day is simple. Just call into your local Harris Farm Markets store and stock up. We’ve got all you’ll need, from cheese and cold meats, to a wide range of breads. As well as bottled water and of course our fabulous fresh fruit and vegies.

A healthy lunch should include a low GI bread (wholemeal or grain), protein like lean meat or tinned fish, a little dairy like cheese, vegies like carrot and cucumber, cool water and a serve of fruit.

Plan lunches together so they don’t complain about having the same ‘boring’ sandwich each day. There are lots of options, from wraps and rolls, to salads, and vegie sticks and dips.

Finger food...just the thing for fussy eaters
Some kids just don’t like sandwiches, try tempting these fussy eaters with finger foods that they eat in just one or two bites. Go for variety in colour, shape and flavour. Give these combo’s a go.
• Cheese sticks, carrot and celery sticks.
• Lebanese cucumber rounds, cherry tomatoes and a hard-boiled egg.
• Blanched baby beans, snow peas and red capsicum sticks.
• Bigger kids might like a roasted chicken leg or beef or lamb strips with vegie sticks.
• Put some fruit in their lunch box every day

What’s in a serve?
We’re all encouraged to eat 2 serves of fruit a day, and using the school lunch box to deliver one of these serves is an easy way to achieve this goal.
Nutritionists say that 1 serve of fruit equals one of these portions.
• 1 medium sized piece of fruit (apple or mandarin)
• 2 small pieces of fruit (apricots or plums)
• 1 cup diced fresh fruit or fruit salad
• 1 cup canned fruit pieces, drained or
• ½ cup (125ml) fruit juice

Fruit for the littlies
Think small and easy to handle - pick little fruit like apricots (they’re in-season now). Try small bunches of seedless grapes, small apples, bananas or mandarins.
Or try a small handful of dried apricots or dried apple rings, or a little box of sultanas.

Surprise them with a treat once or twice a week
Treats can include a bag of plain popcorn, or a handful of marshmallows and strawberries (wrap them separately). Home-made quick-mix fruity muffins or biscuits are an excellent treat too. Avoid sweets, crisps, ‘muesli bars’ and ‘fruit bars’, sports drinks and too many fruit juices or poppers.

Keeping lunches fresh and cool
School mornings can be stressful, so it’s good to know you can safely prepare all, or part of their lunches the night before. Trimming vegies, cutting up fruit or slicing sandwich fillings takes the pressure off. Remember it’s best to make lunches using fresh ingredients (cold from the fridge) and to keep packed lunches in the fridge until leaving for school.

Keep their lunches cool at school by using ice bricks and insulated bags or lunch boxes. Try freezing small plastic bottles of water (loosen the cap before freezing so it doesn’t explode when it freezes).
Keep Harris Farm Markets in mind...it’s your one stop lunch-box-shop - our weekly specials and in-season produce make preparing school lunches fresh, flavoursome and very affordable.

Harris Farm Markets are located at Shop 33-37 on the Lower Level, Phone 9440 8717.

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Bakers Delight St Ives has a range of delicious and nutritious lunch solutions to help kick start your 2010.

Not only is all of our bread freshly baked everyday, but our range of Traditional, Cape and Continental breads contain no added sugar, no artificial colours and no preservatives. No wonder they taste so good!

Little Ballerina (pictured)
Take one unsliced Bakers Delight White Bread Loaf and cut the crusts off the entire loaf. Very carefully, slice into lengthways slices, being careful not to tear the long slice.

Spread each slice with cranberry sauce and top with a layer of sliced turkey and a thin layer shredded lettuce. Very gently, roll into something resembling a Swiss roll, then cover with cling film and store in the fridge for at least an hour. Take out of the fridge, unwrap and slice into 2cm thick ‘wheels’. Serve to a party full of Little Ballerinas!

Monday Muncher
Cut the crusts of four slices of Baker Delight Hi-Fibre Lo-GI into quarters. Take one square and stack with lettuce and cheese. Place a square of the other bread on top and stack that with ham and tomato. Close with another square of the first bread. Repeat so you have four mini sandwiches – perfect to munch on!

Savoury Schoolyard Sangers
Slice a Cheese and Tomato Savoury Roll in half for each person and fill with ham, coleslaw and sliced cucumber. Too easy!

Tasty Tuesday
Cut the crusts off three slices of Bakers Delight Wholemeal Loaf per person. Spread each slice with cream cheese a piece of lettuce and tuna.

Place a few pieces of julienned carrot, cucumber and thin pieces of chives close to the edge of the bread. Tuck under and continue to roll until all the bread is rolled up. Secure with a toothpick or tie with chives. Repeat on the other two pieces of bread and marvel at your artistic masterpiece.

So make sure you visit the friendly staff at Bakers Delight St Ives and let us provide you with freshness you won’t find down the aisle!

Bakers Delight is located at Shop 120, in the Market Room, Phone 9983 1711.

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