Healthy Lunch Ideas for Kids

Little ones need a healthy, nutritious and balanced diet. Healthy meal ideas for children must include recipes with a lot of flavor and texture. At the same time a healthy lunch must provide the vitamins and nutrients that a child needs to grow and develop.

Planning a healthy lunch for a child is a delicate balancing act. Using the new USDA Mypyramid as a guide, nutritionists want to insure the foods we make for children are within the government recommended guidelines for child health.

Unfortunately, a steady diet of McDonalds’s will wreck our health and the health of our children. Mealtime can be fun at home. In addition meals prepared by the loving hand of Mom will provide the nutrients that children need to grow.

Pasta Salad

Ingredients:

*1 package Wacky Mac
*Veggie shapes with four delicious and different shapes of pasta in every package
*2 (8 oz) package crabmeat
*6 green onions, sliced thinly on an angle
*1/2 cup salad dressing or mayonnaise
*1/2 cup Thousand Island dressing
*Salt and pepper to taste
*1 cup shredded lettuce

Instructions:

1. Prepare Wacky Mac according to package directions
2. Rinse with cool water
3. Combine Salad dressing and Thousand Island dressing
4. Set aside
5. In large bowl toss together the following:
Wacky Mac
Green pepper
Green onions
ressing mixture
Salt & pepper
6. If desired gently fold in shredded lettuce and crabmeat

Yield 4-6 servings

WACKY MAC Salmon Salad

Ingredients:

*1 package (12 oz.) WACKY MAC
*8 oz. flaked salmon, cooked
*1-cup plain yogurt
*2 tablespoons lemon juice
*Fresh or dried dill
*Cracked black pepper
Instructions:

1. Cook WACKY MAC according to package directions
2. Drain
3. Cool
4. Combine WACKY MAC, salmon and yogurt
5. Season with lemon juice, cracked black pepper and dill to taste.

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Angela Tyler is a mom who would rather play than cook. If that sounds like you, you won't want to miss www.FreeQuickRecipes.com. And, if frugal cooking is your thing, then check out the Frugal Cooking Recipes on this site.

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