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Pick’n’Mix Poster

Grab our free printable poster to guide you in making every lunchbox a nutrition-packed masterpiece.

Pick and mix one tasty option from each of the five core food groups to create a nutritious lunchbox every day!

The Department of Health Pick & Mix 1-6 poster provides a range of ideas and practical tips to inspire families to create healthy school lunchboxes.

Pick and mix one tasty option from each of the five core food groups to create a lunchbox every day:

  1. Fruit (e.g. fresh, frozen, pureed and canned in natural juice)
  2. Vegetables, legumes and beans
  3. Milk, yoghurt, cheese and alternatives
  4. Lean meats and poultry, fish, eggs, tofu, nuts and seeds, and legumes/beans
  5. Grain (cereal) foods
  6. Plain water
Download the Pick’n’Mix poster here (1 MB)

recipe

Fruit kebabs (Serves 6)

Ingredients:
  • Oranges – 1
  • Strawberries – 6
  • Kiwifruit – 2
  • Melons – 1/4
  • Wooden paddle pop sticks
Method:
  1. Peel oranges and cut into cubes. Rinse strawberries, remove stalks and cut in half. Peel kiwifruits and cut into quarters. Remove skin from melon and cut into cubes.
  2. Arrange fruit on a platter and thread pieces onto wooden paddle pop sticks.
Recipe tip

Kids can help by threading pieces of fruit onto the paddle pop sticks.

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