Our Weekly Meal plans and Weekly Kids lunch box ideas are a handy guide to plan your meals and dishes for the week to make your life easy in the kitchen, make the most of them. We are back again this week with our super delicious, no repeat lunchbox and snack box ideas, as filling the lunch box with nutrition and also with new flavours every day is a task. From Grilled sandwich, Rava rotti to Chickpea crepe with salad and chutney and much more. Plan your groceries and stock them to use these ideas and recipes to pack it into your kids lunch boxes. When you plan ahead and keep things ready it becomes easy for the packed routine mornings.
Lunch Box Recipes
| Menu | Snack Box (4yrs & above) | Lunch Box (6yrs & above) |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | Karuveppilai Podi Idli (Spicy Lentil & Curry Leaves Powder Tossed Idli), Medu Vada With Onion (Savoury Donuts), South Indian Coconut chutney and Seasonal fruits | Rava Rotti Recipe (Karnataka Style Semolina Flat Bread), coconut chutney and The Paruppu Podi Recipe and fruits |
| Tuesday | Onion Rava Bhakri (Goan Kanyachi Bhakri),tomato chutney, Eggless Date And Cashew Cake |
Chickpea Flour Crepes Recipe With Salad And Chutney Spread, Sprouts Salad Recipe and Eggless Checker Board Cookies |
| Wednesday | Grilled Cheese Sandwich With Paneer & Potato, fruits and walnuts |
Vaangi Bhaat Recipe (Maharashtrian Style Brinjal Rice), south Indian coconut chutney and lauki raita. |
| Thursday | Quick Pulao With Onions And Tomatoes Recipe, yogurt , Heart Shaped Cake Pops Recipe | Mixed Veg Spaghetti Pasta Recipe, Eggless Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe, Walnuts and almonds |
| Friday |
Eggless Herbed Focaccia Bread, Roasted Vegetable Pasta Primavera Recipe |
Grated Beetroot Chilli Paratha Recipe, pickle and yogurt |
Tips for Planning
| Menu | Planning & Tips |
|---|---|
| Sunday | Prepare the Idli batter and keep ready to make Karuveppilai Podi Idli, also prepare the south Indian chutney. Make the Medu vada batter and spice it up with green chillis, coriander and ginger to quickly fry the vada in the morning. Make the Rava rotti batter and refrigerate this will help you manage time in the morning. Prepare Podi every 15 days to serve it quickly with Idli, rice whenever required. |
| Monday |
Make the batter for Onion rava bhakri and refrigerate. Also make tomato chutney, you can quickly pack it to kid's lunch box in the morning. Also keep Sweet Treats Eggless Date And Cashew Cake and Eggless Checker Board Cookies, store them in airtight to pack it into snack box for kids or you can also give them as after school snacks to Kids. Make the crepe batter, chop all the veggies and make the salad stuffing also grind the chutney spread and refrigerate for chickpea flour crepes with salad and chutney. For the sprouts salad make sure you soak the moth ans chop all the veggies, in the morning all you have to do is combine and make the salad. |
| Tuesday |
Make the potato and paneer stuffing and keep it in the fridge, make sure you stoch bread for Grilled cheese sandwich with potatoes and paneer. Stock with seasonal fruits like apples and deseed pomegranate. Vaangi bhaat is quick to make so make the ground paste masala and stock with brinjal. Also make lauki raita and coconut chutney keep it in the fridge. |
| Wednesday |
Make rice and keep so that you can quickly stir in onion and tomato masala in the morning to make Quick pulao. Stock with yogurt and snacks like Heart Shaped Cake Pops Recipe, Eggless Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe during weekends to pack it in the week. Cook pasta and chop veggies and keep the other ingredients like seasoning and chilli sauce, tomato sauce and chilli flakes ready for Mixed Veg Spaghetti Pasta Recipe. |
| Thursday |
Make the dough and topping for the focaccia bread or you can also bake the bread and keep it ready to serve it. Cook pasta, chop veggies and keep ready to make Roasted Vegetable Pasta Primavera Recipe. Stock fridge with Yogurt and make the grated beetroot stuffing for paratha. |
