Healthy lunchbox muffin recipes

9 healthy lunchbox muffin recipes for kids of all ages.

Nutritious, delicious & some allergy friendly (plus they all freeze!).

Healthy lunchbox muffin recipes

I'm going to admit, this first year of packing lunchboxes has been a big of a challenge for me.

I love my lunchboxes to be healthy, low in packaging waste (I had to change that from waste because I can't actually control what the kids will eat from what I pack) and easy to prepare.

My big boy is not exactly the most diverse eater so I have gotten a little bit stuck in that once I find a thing that he likes, I stick at it a little too long.

One thing that has been a continuous success in his lunchbox is muffins.

Why I love muffins in lunchboxes

I love muffins for school lunchboxes for a few reasons but number one is probably that you can make them in advance and in bulk and freeze them.

A friend gave me the tip of always baking double batches so one lot can go straight in the freezer and I've been doing that all year for my hungry little eaters.

Muffins are also zero-waste if you don't use wrappers. I cook mine in silicone baking tins then freeze them in containers and pop them straight into our YumBox lunchboxes to thaw by afternoon tea time.

What I also love about muffins is that you can hide some serious goodness in them. I have managed to sneak in carrot, apple, banana, spinach (yes spinach!) and sweet potato into muffins for my fussy one and not once has he balked at them.

The spinach muffins are actually the most requested on rotation so I'll need to get that healthy muffin recipe up here asap.

Here are 9 of my healthy lunchbox muffin recipes (we often have them for breakfast and afternoon tea too):