Menu Planning: A Month's Worth of Healthy Lunch Ideas , inspired by Rujuta Diwekar

In January month, Rujuta Diwekar uploaded some videos on youtube regarding kid's health. Here is the link of the videos: 

She also wrote on the same topic, "Notes for Healthy Kid", it's a very good book. There are many good takeaways from the book like menu options, parent-kid relationship, the importance of free play etc. She gave valuable knowledge about our Indian food.

The guidelines which she mentioned in her videos are very easy to follow. So here are my one-month healthy lunchbox ideas, which I created using Rujuta Diwekar tips and ideas. I have tried not to include bread as well as factory-made products.

Week 1:

Breakfast	Lunch (Paratha/ RIce)	Bus Tiffin
Idli	Gajar Aloo Matar	Cucumber
Sheera	Sookhi Arbi ( Colocasia root)	Raisins
Utappam	Guarfali (Cluster Beans)	Methi Mathari
Thepala	Tomato Aloo	Ladoo
Poha	Paneer Bhurji	Banana

Week 2:

Breakfast	Lunch (Paratha/ Rice)	Bus Tiffin
Puri with Aloo	Veg. Rice	Paneer
Cheese Paratha	Matar Paneer	Orange
Appe	Dosa with Tomato Chutney	Peanuts Jaggery
Besan Chilla	Cucumber Raita	Banana
Fried Idli	Methi Aloo	Cashew Nuts

Week 3:

Breakfast	Lunch (Paratha/ Rice)	Bus Tiffin
Pizza Paratha	Aloo Gobhi (Potato Cauliflower)	Ladoo
Upma	Bhindi (Ladyfinger)	Makhana
Sprout Salad	Nutrella Rice	Sookhi Bhel
Sabudana Khichdi	Cabbage with Green Peas	Banana
Pasta	Aloo Paratha	Khakra

Week 4:

Breakfast	Lunch (Paratha/ Rice)	Bus Tiffin
Macaroni Salad	Palak Paneer Rice	Mathari
Aloo Vada	Soybean Sabzi	Makhana
Paneer Paratha	Beans	Banana
Vermicelli Pulao	Lauki Kofte	Papaya
Moong Dal Chilla	Sprout Rice	Popcorn

Buy Book  "Notes for Healthy Kid."

 

Menu Planning

After 2 months of fun filled summer vacations, now we are back to our normal routine. Also with this, I am stuck on what to cook for my daughter's school lunch? I really get upset when she brings back her box full of leftovers.

Finding good and interesting menu which also has good nutritional value is really an enormous task. And on the top of it, my daughter is fussy and slow eater. She loves color and varieties in her tiffin box.

I often feel stuck when it comes to my daughter's school lunch. To make this task easier, I plan a whole month menu which is quick to prepare and healthy to eat.

Below is the sample of the menu which I am following this month.

	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 5	Day 6
Week 1	Mixed Veg Cutlet	Aloo Paratha	Veg. Pulao	Rava Halwa	Poha
Week 2	Noodles	Paneer Sandwich	Sweet Corn Pulao	Idli	Methi Thepla
Week 3	Poori Dahi	Pasta	Potato Sandwich	Moong Dal Cheela	Cheese Paratha
Week 4	Tawa Bread Pizza	Gobhi Paratha	Sprouts Chaat	Upma	Uttapam

Hope this will help you too.
Please share more tiffin ideas which I can also include in my next month menu plan.