“Statistically one of the hardest elements of a nutritionally balanced lunchbox for parents to achieve is the vegetable portion. According to the latest statistics[i]<\/a> on this subject just 1\/10 lunchboxes has a vegetable portion in it.<\/p>\n Here, Jenny Tschiesche, also known as the Lunchbox Doctor (www.lunchboxdoctor.com) will share her ideas for making the vegetable portion of the lunchbox a little more interesting than some soggy, tasteless carrot batons. They may not all be to your child\u2019s liking but some may be and by finding ideas that inspire them you are forging great habits for your children as they reach teenage and adulthood.<\/p>\n Here is a recipe to try at home:<\/p>\n Cheesy Flapjack<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n This is a great alternative to sandwiches in a school lunchbox. The kids love it because it tastes so cheesy. It\u2019s full of goodness from the wholegrain oats, to the vegetables and the protein from the eggs. It is designed to help your children concentrate on the afternoon\u2019s work ahead.<\/p>\n Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n 200g (7 oz) courgettes, grated Method:<\/strong> <\/p>\n You can find more great ideas on the Lunchbox Doctor website<\/a>!<\/p>\n Why not enter our new Twitter competition? Jenny has given us 2 copies of her book, “Not just Sandwiches: 5 Ways To Improve Your Child’s Lunchbox” to give away!\u00a0Pop over to our\u00a0Twitter<\/a>\u00a0to find out on how to enter!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [i]<\/a> Evans CEL, Greenwood DC, Thomas JD, Cade JE. A cross-sectional survey of children\u2019s packed lunches in the UK: food- and nutrient-based results.\u00a0J Epidemiol Community Health<\/em>\u00a02009<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Summer is finally here!! We can finally take a break from the school run – getting the kids up, washing their uniform and of course making those all important school lunches. But of course, there’s still those Summer Family days out, and making your own lunches can save money on expensive lunches. Our friend Jenny … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,10,1,17,18],"tags":[7,151,8,42,9,30,86,11,12,13,152,153,36,46,19,154,119,92],"class_list":["post-211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-families","category-inspiring-families","category-uncategorized","category-saving-money-2","category-saving-time","tag-blogging","tag-cheesy-flapjacks","tag-children","tag-creative","tag-families-2","tag-food","tag-healthy","tag-inspiring-families-2","tag-kids","tag-littlebird","tag-lunchbox-doctor","tag-lunches","tag-recipe","tag-saving-families","tag-saving-time-2","tag-school-lunches","tag-summer","tag-vegetables"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5822,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211\/revisions\/5822"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Untitled-1.jpg\" "\\"Untitled-1\\"")
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\n<\/span>200g (7 oz) carrots, grated
\n<\/span>1 medium onion, cut finely
\n<\/span>2 large eggs, beaten
\n<\/span>Dried, mixed herbs
\n<\/span>200g (7 oz) cheese (Parmesan or Pecorino work well), grated
\n<\/span>200g (7 oz) oats<\/span><\/p>\n
\nPreheat the oven to 190\u00baC (375\u00b0F). Line a square shallow baking tin \u2013 about 20cm long.
\n<\/span>Mix all the ingredients together in a large bowl.
\n<\/span>Place the mixture into your lined baking tin and cook for 25 minutes until golden brown.
\n<\/span>Cut into pieces and leave to cool before trying to remove from the baking tin.<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Lunchbox-Doctor.jpg\" "\\"Lunchbox")
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