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Healthy Homemade Lunchables

If your kids are fans of the pre-packaged lunches from the grocery store, why not make your own healthy lunchables at home? 

These homemade lunchable ideas, like the Turkey & Cheese Box, are filled with more delicious and nutrient-dense foods and they’re just as fun to assemble.

a lunch container filled with rolled deli turkey, sliced cheese, crackers, blueberries, and strawberries.

How to Make Healthy Lunchables 

It’s not hard to recreate lunchables that your kids will be excited to eat. You can build one using a combination of fresh ingredients like the ones below or choose a popular lunchable recipe, like the pizza and tacos options I recreated. 

  • Rolled deli meat
  • Hard-boiled eggs
  • Sliced pepperoni
  • Cheese cubes or slices
  • Sliced apples
  • Grapes
  • Berries
  • Whole-grain crackers
  • Pita wedges
  • Pretzels
  • Tortilla chips
  • Baby carrots
  • Celery sticks
  • Hummus
  • Ranch
  • Guacamole

I recommend using a compartmentalized lunch container like these to keep any wet and dry items separate. Lidded sauce containers also make a perfect vessel for dips and sauces. 

If you find lunch ideas like this one helpful, you’ll find much more in the 101 Packed Lunch Ideas eBook. It’s filled with kid-approved recipes and tips to help you pack awesome lunches every week.

101 Packed Lunches eBook

All my best kid-friendly lunches from over a decade of creating meal plans. Add some variety to your child’s lunchbox with these epic lunches, plus receive my Pack Meals Like a Pro ebook, free with purchase!

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Healthy Lunchable Ideas

These homemade lunchable ideas are inspired by the same options you can find at the grocery store but made with better ingredients. More color, variety, and goodness- what’s not to love?

Want something a smidge more mature? Try one of these adult lunchables!

Pizza Lunchable

a lunch container filled with a sliced pizza, cucumber, carrots, and strawberries.
  • pita rounds
  • marinara sauce
  • cheese
  • toppings
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Taco Lunchable

a lunch container filled with taco cups, strawberries, and celery sticks
  • tortillas or baked wonton wrappers
  • cooked taco meat or black beans
  • shredded cheese
  • salsa
  • sour cream
  • guacamole
Details Here

Chicken Nuggets Lunchable

a lunch container filled with baked nuggets, carrot sticks, celery sticks, and strawberries
  • chicken nuggets
  • carrot & celery sticks
  • strawberries
  • dipping sauce
Details Here

Turkey & Cheese Bento Box

a lunch container filled with rolled deli turkey, crackers, silced cheese, and berries
  • rolled deli turkey
  • sliced cheese
  • crackers
  • fruit

Tex Mex Bento Box

a lunch container filled with tortilla chips, guacamole, grape tomatoes, sliced bell pepper, cheese cubes, and black olives.
  • chips
  • guacamole
  • grape tomatoes
  • pepper jack cheese
  • pitted black olives
  • bell pepper strips
Details Here

Pizza Bento Box

a lunch container filled with pita chips, sliced pepperoni, hummus, cheese cubes, and roasted red bell pepper.
  • pita chips
  • hummus
  • sliced pepperoni
  • cubed cheese
  • roasted red bell pepper
Details Here

Bell Pepper Nachos

a lunch container filled with bell pepper nachos and topped with cheese, sour cream, guacamole, and black olives.
  • bell peppers
  • taco meat
  • shredded cheese
  • sour cream
  • guacamole
  • black olives
Details Here

So many delicious options to choose from, which lunchable will you create first?

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Healthy Homemade Lunchables | Turkey & Cheese Lunchable

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A healthy lunchable you can make at home with fresh, better-for-you ingredients. 

  • Author: MOMables-Laura
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Total Time: 5 minutes
  • Yield: 1 lunchable 1x
  • Category: Lunch
  • Cuisine: American
  • Diet: Low Calorie

Ingredients

Scale
  • 4–6 slices deli turkey, rolled
  • 1-ounce cheese, sliced
  • 1 cup berries, your choice
  • Whole-grain crackers

 

Instructions

  1. Evenly dived the ingredients into a compartmentalized lunch container. Pack the crackers in a separate compartment or container to prevent them from getting soggy. 

Equipment

101 Packed Lunches

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Kids Lunch Box

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Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 lunch
  • Calories: 368
  • Sugar: 11g
  • Sodium: 1187mg
  • Fat: 13.6g
  • Saturated Fat: 5.5g
  • Carbohydrates: 35g
  • Fiber: 5.3g
  • Protein: 28g
  • Cholesterol: 66mg

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Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Leah

    August 03, 2021 at 5:48 am

    Love your channel :) from Canada

    Reply
    • MOMables-Laura

      August 05, 2021 at 3:52 pm

      Thank you, Leah!!

      Reply
  2. Sarah James

    June 28, 2021 at 1:39 pm

    I would have never thought about the pizza and the taco homemade lunchable ideas. I really appreciate these because I can see now that it is better to make my own -not to mention the store bought ones are not enough food!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • MOMables-Laura

      June 28, 2021 at 5:03 pm

      Thank you, Sarah! I’m so glad these ideas are helpful, and yes, you are correct, these include a lot more food.

      Reply
  3. Julie

    September 16, 2013 at 1:08 pm

    What type of container are you showing?

    Thanks,
    Julie

    Reply
    • MOMables

      September 16, 2013 at 1:16 pm

      Julie, that’s a lunchbots trio. You can find it here.

      Reply
  4. Jamie

    July 08, 2013 at 12:42 pm

    This site is so fabulous!! I have two grown boys that I dreaded making lunches for, so this past year I allowed them to buy school lunch. Big mistake!! My oldest sarted jr. high and ate nachos almost everday. Even though they are 13 and 10 and will need more than what you have here, I can really use your ideas and beef it up a bit for them. I also have a two year old daughter so this is fantastic!
    I have a health coaching business that works to create haelthier families. I will be recommending your site all the time. Keep up the great work!!
    Thank you :)

    Reply
    • April

      August 13, 2013 at 9:57 am

      I agree – I have two teenagers and a five year old…these ideas work great for the two youngest (girls) but my 16 year old son balks at the meals with no meat and small portions. It would be super if you could add an idea to each lunch on how to tweak it for teenage boys aka bottomless pits…

      Reply
      • MOMables

        August 13, 2013 at 5:33 pm

        April, our meal plans are loaded with ideas. Bigger kids = bigger portions and additional fruits and veggies as well.

        Reply
        • Jade

          March 22, 2021 at 4:06 pm

          I made this for my lunch and thank you it is so quick to make

          Love Jade

          Reply
      • Janie

        January 24, 2016 at 11:18 am

        Which really makes me wonder why any 16 year old boy is still bringing packed lunches made by mom to school. High school age kids should be packing their own lunches or going without! Cut the umbilical cord.

        Reply
        • MOMables

          January 25, 2016 at 12:25 pm

          My kids are already helping me pack their lunches now, and I plan to keep it that way through their teens with them helping more and more.

          Reply

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