Healthy Lunchbox Challenge

Circle the foods you would like to have in your school lunch box B r e a d s Spinach Baguette O t h e r g r ai n s Zucchini Crackers Pasta F r u i t s Focaccia Rice Apples Pita bread Couscous Apricots Pizza bread Quinoa Rice cakes Pears Rolls P r o t ei n Bananas Sandwich bread Egg Blueberries Tortillas/wraps Chicken Cherries Tuna Cranberries S p r e a d s Tofu Dates Hommus Ham Figs Honey Beef Mango Jam Pawpaw V e g e t a bl e s Vegemite Pears Asparagus Sauce Prunes Carrots Mayonnaise Raisins Lettuce Pesto Grapefruit Avocado Grapes Cucumber Kiwifruit S n a c k s Tomato (fruit) Melon Dried fruit Sprouts Nectarines Popcorn Capsicum Oranges Yoghurt Broccoli Mandarins Rice crackers Celery Peaches Soya crisps Eggplant Pineapple Dip and crackers Green beans Plums Mushrooms Raspberries Snow peas Strawberry

Wipe Out Waste- – 2013’ Favourite foods’ Lunchbox challenge Write in the table the foods that you would like in your lunchbox, whether you could make or do this part yourself, and how it could be brought to school with the least amount of packaging

Food Type How could I help How to take it to school EG. Salad wrap – cheese, lettuce, EG. Get ingredients out EG. In a reused takeaway carrots, cucumber, sprouts, Grate the carrots container avocado

Compare these three lunchbox snacks, then add your own favourites. (we’ve filled in some of the blanks for the first 3 examples- you can fill in the gaps!)

Type of Time taken to Type of packaging Materials leftover What you can do food prepare with leftovers APPLE core compost YOHGUR T CHIPS plastic bag

Develop a ranking system to decide which foods are healthiest for you and the environment, and share this with your class and parents through newsletters or assembly presentations.