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500+ School Lunch Ideas
When it comes to packing school lunches, a little creativity is needed or your kids will get bored and may end up trading a bag of carrots for a handful of M&Ms. EEK! The list below will help you with school lunch ideas.
I love that I was able to find vegetarian, vegan, and even allergy-free lunch ideas! Feel free to add your own to the comments.
This post comes just in time with school getting ready to start back!
Tips for Healthy School Lunches
- Give your child healthy options to chose from (they are more likely to actually eat it if they get to pick it out!)
- Make lunches the night before so the mornings run smoother
- Keep extra ice packs around the house
- Invest in a nice thermos for hot foods
- Use these for making cute sandwich shapes
Check out Rubbermaid LunchBloxÂ
for the perfect School Lunch Solution!
Healthy School Lunch Ideas
These healthy lunch ideas are perfect for ANY age group and are super easy to make and take!
Healthy Lunch Ideas –This site has 1000s of ideas for lunches..it's one of my favs!
Vegan Lunch Box Ideas from PETA
10 Sandwiches to Spice Up Back 2 School Lunch
REAL Food for School Lunches (LOTS of ideas!)
Printable Food Tags + Lunch Ideas (pictured above)
An Entire Site Dedicated to Vegan Lunches
**The site above has not been updated in a while, but it still has vegan recipes
Cute and Healthy Lunch Box Recipes from Disney Family
Smart Lunch Solutions + Lunch Ideas (pictured above)
Vegetarian + Vegan Lunch Box Ideas
LOTS of Lunch Box Ideas (Homemade Lunchables + More!)
10 Snack Mix Recipes from Cooking Light
Cute Sandwich Shapes (pictured above)
Dozens of Healthy Lunch Box Additions
Many School Lunch Ideas (GREAT site!)
Allergy-Free Lunch Box Ideas (SUPER helpful!)
List of Lunch Box Ideas by Category (LOVE!)
10 Ways to Switch Up Your Kid's Lunch
MORE Vegetarian Lunch Ideas
I know there is something for everyone in this post! While this is primarily geared towards kid's lunches it doesn't mean that you can't take these too! If you are on the Weight Watchers Freestyle plan, be sure to check the points in your app! Don't forget to join the Facebook Group for Air Fryer, Instant Pot, and Weight Watcher Recipes below!
Come find me and JOIN my Weight Watchers Air Fryer & Instant Pot Facebook Recipe Group. We all know how hard it is to do it alone. We are a community of people who post recipes, share tips and ideas and inspire one another every day! We can't wait to meet you!!
Check the bottom of this page to Download my FREE WW Cookbook & Tips Guide. You will LOVE it!!
This is my ZERO Point food list. Book mark the page and refer back often. Loading your fridge and pantry with these ZERO point foods is tip #1 for weight loss success.
Meal plans help me stay on track. Here are some of my favorites!
Instant Pot Printable Meal Plan
Freestyle One Week Meal Plan
Free Printable Meal Plan
You simply MUST try my ZERO points Cheesecake Recipe
Have you made up a batch of my 2 Ingredients Dough yet? It's AMAZING stuff!! Use it to make low point bread bowls, pretzels, bread sticks, bagels, pizza crust, cinnamon rolls & more. Check out the Recipe Guide & Individual Recipes below:
To entice you, watch this Video for the 2 Ingredients Bagel Recipe – you will LOVE it – total YUM!!
2 Ingredient Dough Recipes
Ultimate 2 Ingredient Dough Guide
2 Ingredient Dough Pizza
2 Ingredient Dough Pot Pie
2 Ingredient Dough Pop Tarts
2 Ingredient Dough Cinnamon Rolls
2 Ingredient Dough Bread Bowls
2 Ingredient Dough Empanadas
Make sure you check out and grab our printable shopping lists below to make it easy when you are in store to grab the best WW FreeStyle friendly foods and snacks!
Weight Watchers Walmart Shopping List
Weight Watchers Target Shopping List
Weight Watchers Aldi Shopping List
Weight Watchers Trader Joe's Shopping List
Ever panic and wonder what to eat at your favorite restaurants? Well, I do too! That's why I created and LOVE my restaurant guides. Check them out here and be sure to email me and let me know any others you'd like to see:
Chipotle Weight Watchers
Olive Garden Weight Watchers
Red Robin Weight Watchers
Taco Bell Weight Watchers
P.F. Chang's
Texas Roadhouse
Melody says
I’m bookmarking this! With 2 kids in school with differing ideas on what constitutes as good food, this will come in VERY handy! Thanks, Sadie!
kelly says
Great list to go to when I am out of PB & J this fall. Thanks
Amanda Seibert says
I love all the different ideas! Kids love creative ideas and it’s a great way to keep them interested and wondering what you might pack next!
Brooke says
The carnivores thank you for sharing both sides :P
Heather Beyant says
Love these!
Summer Davis says
LOVE LOVE LOVE the Candace sandwich!
Amy (Super Healthy Kids) says
Thanks for sharing some of our ideas with your readers!! We’ll be checking out your other links for sure!
Kasandria Reasoner says
What a great list!
Kas
Jamie says
I love all of these!
Single dad cooking says
Thanks for sharing some of our ideas with your readers!!
Raye says
I’m going to use some of these ideas for my own lunches. I get tired of lacking the same old things each day.