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Back to school: Lunchbox recipes

It's that time of year again, when lunchboxes need filling and tummies start grumbling. Here's some inspiration to get you started.

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Food. Stephanie Alexander's beetroot and chocolate muffins. Styling by Bhavani Konings. Food preparation by Andrew De Sousa. SHD SUNDAY LIFE Picture by VANESSA LEVIS SLIFE120325
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Beetroot and chocolate muffins

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Stephanie Alexander
Two-ingredient bikkies.
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Banana muesli biscuits

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Buddy's flapjack biscuits.
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Jamie Oliver recipe: Buddy’s flapjack biscuits

  • < 30 mins
  • Jamie Oliver
Split and butter these savoury muffins straight from the oven.
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Cheesy cornbread muffins

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Helen Goh
Brown sugar, apricot and almond slice.
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Brown sugar, apricot and almond slice

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Energy bars: On-the-go goodness.
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Cranberry, oat and almond energy bars

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
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Chocolate for breakfast: Breakfast brownies.
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Breakfast brownies

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
Falafels and vegies with hummus.
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Falafel and vegies with hummus

  • < 30 mins
  • Stefanie Neal
Choc-banana muffins.
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Banana and chocolate muffins

  • < 30 mins
  • Luke Mangan
Butter and marmalade muffins.
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Butter and marmalade muffins

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Seed and honey slice.
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Lunchbox recipes: MYOesli seed bars

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Alice Zaslavsky
Mini carrot cakes.
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Lunchbox recipes: Carrot and pepita loaves

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Alice Zaslavsky
Quinoa tots.
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Lunchbox recipes: Quinoa tots

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Alice Zaslavsky
Stewed fruit crisps.
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Lunchbox recipes: Fruit crisps

  • 2 hrs +
  • Alice Zaslavsky
If you have a sweet tooth, these salted honey and tahini shortbreads will help you limit your after dinner snacking.
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Salted honey and tahini shortbread

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
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Helen Goh's ham and pecorino crescents.
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Ham and cheese crescents

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Mix it up: a healthy lunchbox will include a mix of low-GI carbs, protein and healthy fats.
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Not quite LCM bars

  • < 30 mins
  • Bianca Slade
Fresh and colourful Texy-Mexy lunchbox salad.
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Mexican lunchbox salad

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
Eat the alphabet: Un-sandwiches.
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Un-sandwiches

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Dani Valent
Healthy school lunches by Wholefood Simply.
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Four-ingredient quiche

  • < 30 mins
  • Bianca Slade
Nori ‘sandwich’ with tuna, avocado and tamari seeds.

Nori ‘sandwich’ with tuna, avocado and tamari seeds

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Super school salad.
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Super school salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Caroline Velik
Chicken and tomato fried rice.
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Chicken and tomato fried rice

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
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Cheese and vegetable creatures

  • < 30 mins
  • Lunchboxes with Love
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Family-friendly carbonara sandwiches.
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Carbonara sandwiches

  • Adam Liaw
Sushi sandwiches from Adam Liaw's new cookbook The Zen Kitchen.

Adam Liaw: how to make sushi sandwiches

  • Adam Liaw
Scones meet strawberry shortcakes - the creme fraiche makes for a deliciously tender dough.

Strawberry, lime and creme fraiche scrolls

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Chicken lettuce cups
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Chicken lettuce cups

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Dani Valent
Omelet
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Rolled omelette wraps

  • < 30 mins
  • Dani Valent
Spring vegetables with tuna and turmeric dip.

Spring vegetables with tuna and turmeric dip

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Greenwich, Sydney. Food prepared by Lynne Mullins..... Beetroot Brownies. Photo: Quentin Jones. July 19, 2011

Chocolate and beetroot brownies

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Lynne Mullins
Junior sushi roll

Junior sushi rolls

  • < 30 mins
  • Jeremy and Jane Strode
Easy muesli slice

Easy muesli slice

  • < 30 mins
  • Lynne Mullins
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Healthy breakfast muffins

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Bianca Slade
Speedy salmon pitas with hummus.
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Salmon pitas with hummus

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Eat the alphabet: Un-sandwiches.
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Granola bars

  • < 30 mins
  • Dani Valent

Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/goodfood/recipes/school-lunches-20160601-gp92ve.html