Nut-free lunchbox ideas

[PumpkinZulu]

Lol! My mum used to make that sort of stuff for my lunch and my brother's lunch...I'll see how I go in a few years

[Phteven]

Popcorn.
Yogurt squeezies (freeze them in summer)
home made museli bars
Cheese/baby bel
savory muffins

Try googling bento boxes - although you mightn't want to get as extreme as some of the japanese mums.

[sangie]

Give her the trail mix and muesli bars as an after school snack so she isn't missing them totally!

My DD loves avocado and cheese sandwiches. Other things I put in her lunchbox for kinder are cherry tomatoes, cucumber slices, cheese, homemade muffins/biscuits, fruit pieces or whole fruit, yoghurt, cruskits with vegemite, rice crackers.

[meow]

I find this stuff so frustrating too. My son loves nuts and doesn't eat any grains so I'm left with coconut flour to make him things for school.

Mini-muffins and then everything else you can cook in a mini-muffin pan- quiches and meatloaf are good.

Anything eggs- boiled eggs, pikelets, fish cakes (I basically make these pikelet things with a can of salmon & 2 eggs).

Homemade crackers with seeds. Salted roasted seeds. All seed things are a good way to go nut free too- sunflower seeds make a good "nut" butter.

[Nai]

You will find that pretty much every school in Melbourne is nut-free. We have 14 kids (including my DD1) who are anaphylactic to nuts so there is a very good reason why they are nut free. You can give nuts as an after-school snack.

For lunches we pack fruit - bananas, mandarines, apples; squeezy yoghurt, wraps with avocado cheese meat and salad, dried biscuits, home made mini-muffins, popcorn, crudites and dip, home made slices

There are so many things you can make and pack that are nut-free.

[RhiChiChi]

We do the following for kinder lunchbox:
- Fruit salad or just fruit
- Popcorn
- Rice wheels or rice cakes
- Salada or equivalent with a non-nut spread
- Hummus
- Kabana, cheese
- Cheese & crackers
- Homemade mini cupcakes/muffins
- Cut up capsicum, olives etc...
- Sandwich

[LoveKnowsNoBounds]

Hello,

Saw this and had to reply.

My DS has a nut allergy. I get annoyed with people's blaise attitude to it. My son isn't anaphylactic but we have regular testing and you never know... It is quite scary to watch a reaction. I'm sorry it is a pain for you not to bring nuts but I think every child deserves to be safe at school. We encounter this problem everywhere so it would be nice not to have to worry about it at the place he will be spending so much time in!