Fruit and Vegetable Crunch Box

The morning fruit-and-veg break, cut up once for the whole week.

Serves 4 10 minKid-friendly
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Plan it this week

Ingredients

  • Apples400 g
  • Grapes300 g
  • Strawberries250 g
  • Carrots200 g
  • Cucumber200 g
  • Lemons1 ea

Method

  1. Cut the apple into thin wedges and toss them in a little lemon juice so they do not brown by mid-morning.
  2. Cut the carrot and cucumber into short sticks or thick coins, whichever your child actually eats.
  3. Pull the grapes off the stems and halve them lengthways for younger children.
  4. Hull the strawberries and leave them whole.
  5. Pack a small handful of two or three of these into a container each morning, and send it with a water bottle.

What it costs, and where to buy it

Shops to compare

Each item at whichever of your shops sells it cheapest.

  • AldiBest choice$14.57 for all 6 items

$3.64a serve

$3.64 a serve, cheapest at Aldi

About $14.57 of ingredients used for 4 serves.

$26.43 across 2 shops · all 6 items priced · $9.26 more for bigger packs, 56% spare for later

AldiBest choice

$14.57

6 of 6 ingredients

you'll pay $19.25 · $4.68 of it spare

Woolworths

$15.00

6 of 6 ingredients · $0.43 more

you'll pay $22.18 · $7.18 of it spare

Coles

$15.40

6 of 6 ingredients · $0.83 more

you'll pay $29.39 · $13.99 of it spare

Buy at Aldi$5.07

Buy at Coles$21.36