Savoury ideas :

^        Frittata (potato, carrot, spinach, capsicum, garlic, eggs)

^        Rice Slice (rice pressed into base, 6 eggs for topping with spinach/salmon or whatever you're using, + celtic salt), cooked and cut into squares

^        Felafels

^        Leftover sliced chicken and finely chopped coleslaw

^        Lentil & potato rissoles

^        Leftover casserole with mash (potato/sweet potato/pumpkin) sent in thermos

^        For tuckshop day : send along home-made or suitable pie/sausage rolls to keep in the tuckshop freezer which can be heated up for lunchtime. Great for those days when you are tearing your hair out and cannot think of a single thing to pack in the lunchbox!! Gluten Free Bakery have a wonderful range of pies and sausage rolls that are gluten/dariy/soy/corn free (www.glutenfreebakery.net)

^        Nori rolls with avocado, carrot, lettuce, salmon

^        Babaganoush with carrot and cucumber sticks

^        Mild dahl + rice (sent in thermos)

^        Fried rice (veges, ham, egg)

^        Pappadams

^        Home made soup with gluten free spiral pasta (sent in thermos)

^        Eskel crackers with nuttelex and Vege spread (contains soy)

^        Home made pizza leftovers

^        Leftover roast meat and salad

^        Container of salad - let your imagination run wild - quinoa tabouli, gluten free pasta, salmon, veges, rice, lentils, currants, lettuce, chicken, hard boiled eggs, snow peas, celery, cherry tomatoes, broccoli, capsicum, cucumber

^        Rice crackers

^        Quinoa tabouli

^        Tuna pasta salad (rice, amaranth or quinoa pasta)

^        Rice paper rolls with lettuce, carrot, cucumber and rice

^        Chicken drumsticks

^        Cold sausages

^        Left over home made chicken nuggets or fish fingers

^        Ham/zuccini/tomato/spinach muffins made with eggs and almond meal

^        Vege kebabs (capsicum, cherry tomato, mushroom, cucumber, carrots)

^        Bean salad

^        Rice bread with cashew nut butter

^        Rice salad - rice, chickpeas, kidney beans, peas, sweetcorn

^        Leftover spaghetti bolognaise (in thermos)

^        Egg wraps (2 egg omelette cooked very thin, add filling and roll like a wrap. For filling try savoury mince, ham, roast meats, tuna, salad)

^        Home made rissoles

^        Fish fingers and hummos

^        Fritters - pumpkin, zuccini, broccoli, leftover roast meats, eggs + rice flour

^        Lunch cake - like a frittata - lots of veges/spag bol sauce or meat. eggs

^        Baked beans

^        Hard boiled eggs

^        Chicken or sausage kebabs

Sweet things and treats

^        Home made biscuits and muffins that suit your child's diet are a great morning tea/afternoon tea snack

^        Trail mix. Experiment with what nuts/fruit/seeds suit you, make a big container and keep in the fridge and scoop into smaller containers to put into lunchbox. Try : Enjoy Life choc chips, pumpkin seeds, walnuts, hazelnuts, sultanas, dates, figs, sluphur free dried fruit (cut into small bits), dried cranberries. Sometimes I also chop up some gluten/dairy free marshmallows in it as well.

^        Pineapple/coconut cups (can crushed pineapple, can of coconut milk with tablespoon honey thickened with tapioca starch). When cooled put pineapple on bottom and coconut on top

^        Home made pikelets (try banana + honey or apple + cinnamon)

^        Date and pumpkin scones

^        Fresh fruit salad

^        Fruit juice jelly

^        Popcorn

^        Plain potato chips

^        Vege chips

^        Preservative free dried fruit

^        Fruit kebabs

^        'Annie's' fruit bars

^        Orgran little animal biscuits

^        Leda fruit bars

^        Pieces of fresh fruit

^        Raw veges + dip of tahini or peanut butter

^        Coconut bread + honey

^        Rice crackers or carrot sticks + humos

^        Chicknuts (roasted chickpeas)