The Healthy Lunchbox

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Realistic and inspiring - Rated
I have found this book really helpful for ideas for my 5yr old and I can see the potential for even more as she gets older and her tastes change. The Headteacher has even commented on her lunch box being so healthy and interesting looking!

Not rocket science but useful - Rated
I bought this because my daughter's due to start school in September and I wanted ideas to make her lunches less boring. This did give some useful recipes and some good ideas but it wasn't as good as I had been hoping to be honest. She divides the book up into "types" of lunch and some I found a bit silly - eg the "green" lunchbox she advised using a Fairtrade banana or cereal bar - like we wouldn't have thought of that! Her style is a lot less patronising than Annabel Karmel though and she doesn't expect you to cook all hours to create the lunchbox; I do think it is the sort of book that can be useful for all ages of child. I think maybe I expected too much and maybe lunches can never be that exciting.....!

If you have kids - get this! - Rated
I have 2 young children and, like most parents, I want what's best for them, especially as far as their diet's concerned. With all the recent media interest in school dinners this couldn't have come at a more apt time.

I can't recommend this book enough. The design is perfect for both parents and children alike; big, bright and full of scrummy pictures. If, like my children, yours suffer from certain allergies - fear not - this book caters for literally every child, no matter how fussy they are. This book really sets the trend! Recommended.