Keeping packed lunches delicious and nutritious for kids!

With two children who are both now in school and pre-school packed lunches have become a daily thing for me.

We tried the hot school dinners but James much prefers a packed lunch and at Evelyn's preschool packed lunch is the only option and so each evening I am faced with filling two lunch boxes for the following morning. Now I wouldn't say James and Evelyn were overly fussy but they certainly have a hefty list of food they don't like (mostly filled with the "healthy options!" so I am always worried about giving them a balanced lunch that they will eat!

(Evelyn with her lunch box on her very first day of preschool!)

I recently started thinking about ways to keep their packed lunches interesting, fun and delicious but still balanced and healthy which is no easy feat when you have to do this for at least 5 days a week. So as well as some of my own idea's I asked some on my favourite bloggers for their top lunch box tips so here they are -