Need some lunch inspiration for your paleo kids? Here is an example of the kid-friendly paleo lunches that I pack for my 3 and 4 year olds.
These are the lunchboxes we use and love. We’ve had them for several years and try as they might neither the kids nor the dogs seem to be able to destroy them. Worth every penny. If you’re looking for something more affordable but still want to stick with stainless steel, these look like a great option as well!
Expect on rare occasions, we don’t give our kids juice to drink (you can ready about why juice is bad for kids here). Instead, they always have water to drink. We like to use these water bottles which are BPA free and easy for them to flip open on their own.
Paleo Kids Lunch Ideas
Preschool Paleo Lunch # 1 – Leftover pan fried salmon, sliced cherry tomatoes and grapes and raspberries!
Preschool Paleo Lunch #2 – Leftover porkchops, sliced plums from our CSA box and cherry tomatoes!
Preschool Paleo Lunch #3 – Leftover salmon, roasted sweet potatoes, baby broccoli salad, and honeydew melon!
Preschool Paleo Lunch #4 – Scrambled eggs, watermelon and coconut chips.
Preschool Paleo Lunch #5 – Leftover quiche (recipe coming soon), tuna salad and strawberries and plums!
Preschool Paleo Lunch #6 – Liverwurst, beets, peaches, tomatoes, coconut chips and homemade mayo.
(Sorry this image is so bad. It is from before I learned how to take better pictures 🙂
Preschool Paleo Lunch #7 – Tuna salad, grapefruit, coconut chips and pistachios.
Preschool Paleo Lunch #8 – Nitrate free salami, pear slices, tomato slices and coconut chips!
Need more kid friendly paleo meal ideas for dinners and whatnot? Here is an entire roundup of recipes for you!
Want even more fabulous lunchbox ideas for your paleo kids? Check out the eBook Joshua’s Prime Lunchbox. It has over 50 gluten-free, healthy, real-food lunch box ideas and recipes, kid’s snack ideas, and loads of information on how to feed your family healthily. Get a sneak preview here.
If you tend to get stuck in a rut I highly recommend these meal plans I subscribe to to get the planning off your plate so you can rest assured your family is getting well balanced grain free meals every night with minimal effort on your part.
I’d love to hear from you! What are your favorite lunch ideas?
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Really love the combinations, I always need inspiration for my meal prep. 🙂 Great choices to choose from! 🙂
I love the idea of all of these lunches, and I would happily eat them myself. My problem that my kids are so fussy with their eating that I struggle feeding them even with non-paleo type foods (ie, with grains – but everything is ‘whole foods’). I understand that if you start children early with a variety of these foods they won’t know any different. My problem is that my kids are all in school already, and not only are they used to what I consider fairly bland food, but they are also very aware of what their friends are having.
Do you have any suggestions for this situation? For example, one son would never eat fish of any kind. Non of my kids like capsicum or sweet potato, or pumpkin. It’s killing me! 😛
I would suggest introducing foods slowly, one at a time. Including some of their favorites at lunch time is the best way to go. This book has some great lunch packing and overall kid friendly ideas: http://amzn.to/1bhDIAV
Hey, could you tell me about your liverwurst? Did you make it? I’m about to pick up our first grass-fed cow, and while I did ask for the organs like the heart and liver (and cheek which is absolute BEST part of a cow in my opinion), I’m unsure how to prepare them. I can’t quite stomach sauteing them up and eating straight, but liverwurst looks promising. I googled it and it appears that there are many recipes for different regions. I would love to try a recipe that’s recommended and not just pulled from a random internet recipe.