Our 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 Milagai podi Uthappam, Kadai tofu sabzi, Tomato Pulao, Crunchy Carrots In Hot Dogs Buns 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) |
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| Monday | Milagai Podi Uthappam Recipe, South Indian Coconut chutney Recipe, Chocolate Crinkle Cookies Recipe | Chotti Aloor Dum Recipe (Baby Potatoes In Tomato Gravy), tawa paratha with grated carrot and cabbage salad |
| Tuesday | Green Pea Pancake/ Matar cheela, Tomato garlic chutney recipe with fruits |
Kadai Tofu Sabji Recipe with roti wrap, Green Moong Sprout Salad With Capsicum and Carrots |
| Wednesday |
Crepes Stuffed with Nutella and Seasonal Fruits Recipe topped with almonds and nuts |
Crunchy Ginger Capsicum Rice Recipe, Thatta Payaru Sambar Recipe (Black Eyed Beans Sambar), Yogurt and Apple |
| Thursday |
Tomato Pulav Recipe, Yogurt, chips |
Fusilli Alla Caprese (Pasta With Cherry Tomatoes And Basil Leaves) Recipe, Fruits |
| Friday |
Crunchy Carrots In Hot Dogs Buns Recipe, No bake peanut butter Granola bars |
Beetroot Paratha Recipe flavored with Peanuts and Tadka Raita Recipe (Spiced Curd With Onions), Fresh seasonal fruits |
Tips for Planning
| Menu | Planning & Tips |
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Sunday |
It is always good to have Podis and Chutneys stocked for every week or 15 days as they make our life easy, Prepare Milagai podi and store it in airtight container. Make the Dosa batter, Coconut chutney and refrigerate. Make Chocolate crinkle cookies during the weekend and store in air tight container. |
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Monday |
Make the Green pea batter and keep ready for pancake, also make the Tomato garlic chutney and refrigerate. |
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Tuesday |
Make the crepe batter and also the fruits stuffing and refrigerate for Crepes stuffed with nutella and seasonal fruits. Stock with nutella spread. You can avoid ice cream and just top it with finely chopped almonds and nuts. |
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Wednesday |
Make the gravy for Tomato pulao with ground masala, tomatoes and mint leaves and keep it in fridge. Stock with yogurt and homemade Sweet Potato & Rosemary Crisps/ Chips , make them during weekend.Make the chunky tomato pasta sauce for Fusilli alla caprese. |
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Thursday |
For the Crunchy carrots in hot dog, make the yogurt spread and grated carrot and spring onion tossed in orange dressing prepared and refrigerated. Also have stock with Hot dog buns so that all you have to do in the morning is assemble everything and pack. Also Make No bake peanut butter Granola bars during the weekend and stock to use it for after school healthy snack or pack it to snack box. Prepare Beetroot and paneer stuffing and refrigerate. You can also make the dough and keep it in the fridge so that you can make parathas easily in the morning. Make the raita and keep also stock with fresh seasonal fruits during the weekend. |
