Healthy lunchboxes

Nutritious lunchboxes fuel young people with the right energy so they can concentrate, learn, play and feel good throughout the day.

This page is part of the Fresh Tastes program.

Download resources

The following resources are designed to help make packing healthy, waste-free lunchboxes easier.

• My Healthy Waste-Free Lunchbox [PDF 3.6 MB]
• Grab and Go School Lunchbox Shopping List [PDF 2.2 MB]

Healthy lunchbox promotion material for schools

Download the Healthy Lunchbox PowerPoint presentation [PPTX 2.6 MB].

Healthy lunchbox newsletter articles

• 5 ways to include dairy in your child's day [JPG 2.2 MB]
• Beef broccoli stir fry – quick dinner recipe [JPG 2.0 MB]
• Burritos – quick dinner recipe [JPG 2.1 MB]
• Creating a healthy food environment [JPG 2.2 MB]
• Healthy lunchbox swaps [JPG 2.1 MB]
• How to create a healthy snack [JPG 2.1 MB]
• How to create a healthy snack – part 2 [JPG 1.8 MB]
• Lunchbox food safety [JPG 4.2 MB]
• Lunchbox planning tips [JPG 2.2 MB]
• Lunchbox snack options [JPG 2.1 MB]
• Promoting water [JPG 2.1 MB]
• Reducing stress at family mealtimes [JPG 4.6 MB]
• Tips – eating more vegetables [JPG 1.9 MB]
• Tips for kids to pack their own lunchbox [JPG 2.3 MB]
• Tips to get kids helping in the kitchen [JPG 2.5 MB]
• Vegetarian pasta – quick dinner recipe [JPG 2.4 MB]
• What to do when your kids won't eat dinner [JPG 4.1 MB]

Lunchbox ideas for families

Go to the following websites for lunchbox ideas:

• Nutrition Australia Healthy Lunchbox Week
• Canberra Health Services Tucker Talk: Pack a Lunch with Some Punch
• Healthy Kids Association packing a healthy lunchbox
• Fresh for kids lunchbox recipes
• Cancer Council healthy lunchbox builder.

Translated lunchbox resources

My Healthy Lunchbox Flyer

• My Healthy Lunchbox Flyer in Arabic [PDF 1.8 MB]
• My Healthy Lunchbox Flyer in Bengali [PDF 1.1 MB]
• My Healthy Lunchbox Flyer in Burmese [PDF 1.8 MB]
• My Healthy Lunchbox Flyer in Croatian [PDF 1.9 MB]
• My Healthy Lunchbox Flyer in Dari [PDF 1.7 MB]
• My Healthy Lunchbox Flyer in Farsi [PDF 2.4 MB]
• My Healthy Lunchbox Flyer in Filipino [PDF 1.6 MB]
• My Healthy Lunchbox Flyer in Greek [PDF 1.6 MB]
• My Healthy Lunchbox Flyer in Hindi [PDF 937 KB]
• My Healthy Lunchbox Flyer in Italian [PDF 1.6 MB]
• My Healthy Lunchbox Flyer in Karen [PDF 1.6 MB]
• My Healthy Lunchbox Flyer in Korean [PDF 1.7 MB]
• My Healthy Lunchbox Flyer in Macedonian [PDF 1.7 MB]
• My Healthy Lunchbox Flyer in Samoan [PDF 1.7 MB]
• My Healthy Lunchbox Flyer in Serbian [PDF 1.7 MB]
• Fresh Tastes Flyer Simplified Chinese [PDF 1.6 MB]
• My Healthy Lunchbox Flyer in Spanish [PDF 1.6 MB]
• My Healthy Lunchbox Flyer in Tamil [PDF 1.1 MB]
• My Healthy Lunchbox Flyer in Thai [PDF 1.6 MB]
• My Healthy Lunchbox Flyer in Tibetan [PDF 1.6 MB]
• My Healthy Lunchbox Flyer in Urdu [PDF 1.6 MB]
• My Healthy Lunchbox Flyer in Vietnamese [PDF 1.6 MB]

Grab 'n' Go Shopping List

• Grab ‘n Go Shopping List in Arabic [PDF 1.4 MB]
• Grab ‘n Go Shopping List in Bengali [PDF 1.0 MB]
• Grab ‘n Go Shopping List in Burmese [PDF 1.1 MB]
• Grab ‘n Go Shopping List in Croatian [PDF 1.3 MB]
• Grab ‘n Go Shopping List in Dari [PDF 1.3 MB]
• Grab ‘n Go Shopping List in Farsi [PDF 1.7 MB]
• Grab ‘n Go Shopping List in Filipino [PDF 1.3 MB]
• Grab ‘n Go Shopping List in Greek [PDF 1.4 MB]
• Grab ‘n Go Shopping List in Hindi [PDF 1.9 MB]
• Grab ‘n Go Shopping List in Italian [PDF 1.2 MB]
• Grab ‘n Go Shopping List in Karen [PDF 1.3 MB]
• Grab ‘n Go Shopping List in Korean [PDF 1.4 MB]
• Grab ‘n Go Shopping List in Macedonian [PDF 1.3 MB]
• Grab ‘n Go Shopping List in Samoan [PDF 1.7 MB]
• Grab ‘n Go Shopping List in Serbian [PDF 1.4 MB]
• Fresh Tastes Grab 'n Go Simplified Chinese [PDF 1.4 MB]
• Grab ‘n Go Shopping List in Spanish [PDF 1.2 MB]
• Grab ‘n Go Shopping List in Tamil [PDF 696 KB]
• Grab ‘n Go Shopping List in Thai [PDF 1.1 MB]
• Grab ‘n Go Shopping List in Tibetan [PDF 1.1 MB]
• Grab ‘n Go Shopping List in Urdu [PDF 1.3 MB]
• Grab ‘n Go Shopping List in Vietnamese [PDF 1.2 MB]