Back to school: Lunchbox recipes

Back to school: Lunchbox recipes

It's that time of year again, when lunchboxes need filling and tummies start grumbling. Here's some inspiration to get you started.

Un-sandwiches by Dani Valent.

Two-ingredient bikkies.

EASY

Banana muesli biscuits

< 30 mins

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Buddy's flapjack biscuits.

EASY

Jamie Oliver recipe: Buddy’s flapjack biscuits

< 30 mins

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Brown sugar, apricot and almond slice.

EASY

Brown sugar, apricot and almond slice

30 mins - 1 hour

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Spring vegetables with tuna and turmeric dip.

MEDIUM

Spring vegetables with tuna and turmeric dip

30 mins - 1 hour

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Chocolate for breakfast: Breakfast brownies.

EASY

Breakfast brownies

30 mins - 1 hour

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Choc-banana muffins.

EASY

Banana and chocolate muffins

< 30 mins

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Butter and marmalade muffins.

EASY

Butter and marmalade muffins

30 mins - 1 hour

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If you have a sweet tooth, these salted honey and tahini shortbreads will help you limit your after dinner snacking.

EASY

Salted honey and tahini shortbread

< 30 mins

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These ham, mustard and cheese pastries are tastier (and easier) than croissants.

EASY

Ham and cheese crescents

1-2 hours

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Split and butter these savoury muffins straight from the oven.

EASY

Cheesy cornbread muffins

30 mins - 1 hour

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Greenwich, Sydney. Food prepared by Lynne Mullins..... Beetroot Brownies. Photo: Quentin Jones. July 19, 2011

MEDIUM

Chocolate and beetroot brownies

1-2 hours

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Mix it up: a healthy lunchbox will include a mix of low-GI carbs, protein and healthy fats.

EASY

Not quite LCM bars

< 30 mins

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What should and shouldn't be in your child's school lunch box?

A recipe for packing a healthy, balanced school lunch box

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Make your own muffins as lunchbox snacks.

Dodging the lunchbox snack trap

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T&T Bakery in Morley have been publicly named and shamed by the Health Department.

17 healthy spins on lunchbox snacks

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Eat the alphabet: Un-sandwiches.

EASY

Un-sandwiches

1-2 hours

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Sushi

EASY

Sushi shapes

< 30 mins

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Jar Smoothies.

EASY

Jar smoothies

< 30 mins

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Healthy school lunches by Wholefood Simply.

EASY

Four-ingredient quiche

< 30 mins

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Healthy school lunches by Wholefood Simply.

EASY

Crunchy chicken nuggets

< 30 mins

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