Hello everyone! Here’s another installment of a week’s worth of school baon ideas! If you are new to this series and would like to check out our past posts, you may do so here. As usual, I try my best to make it as wholesome and nutritious as possible, but there are times convenience knocks at the door (hahaha)!

I try my best to add fruit for each day but there really are times when I could not get as much in my weekly grocery shopping. This week, I tried a corn dog recipe because I did not want to buy those frozen corn dogs in the grocery. I did not want to buy them because they are a bit expensive and I thought it would be more economical if I could just try doing it myself, so since it came out as a success (according to my kids and the classmates they shared their baon with) I will be sharing the recipe soon.

Anyway, without further ado, here are some school lunch box ideas for your grade schoolers:

Baon ideas for your kids

1. Monday: Avocado and Ham sandwich, boiled egg and orange wedges

2. Tuesday: Egg omelette sandwich, chicken popcorn, and mangosteen fruit

3. Wednesday: Chorilog: Chorizo slices, scrambled eggs, and steamed rice, plus boiled saba banana for dessert

4. Thursday: Homemade mini cheese corn dog waffle and Yan-yan chocolate treat

5. Friday: Chicken Franks, rice balls, and sweet potatoes fried mojo-style

So that’s it, starting today, I will endeavor to post these baon ideas by end of the week, so that you can at least include the ingredients of the suggested items in your weekend grocery list.

Food for the soul

At this point, I hope you could allow me to share with you one of my favorite bible passages, this time from the Book of Acts of the Apostles:

"From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands. God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us." ACTS 17:26-27

Thank you for stopping by and till next post!

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Baon for kids: week 11

Hi everyone, risen from the brunt of chores! Here’s Achie’s baon recap last week — in the hopes of helping newbie school mommies plan their little’s baon for the whole week.

Again, please be mindful of the portions for possible choking hazards, allergies, and school baon guidelines. For those with little one’s enrolled in schools with stricter school baon policies, hope you can check out our Pasado sa Dep Ed Baon Album over at our Facebook Page.

Baon for kids

Without further ado, here’s a recap of Achie’s baon last week:

MONDAY: Gigantic pichipichi with shredded coconut (storebought), half a fuji apple, and gigantic plain saba banana chips.

First time to see gigantic banana chips in the weekend market. Just got the plain ones, but they have flavored ones too like sour cream, cheese and barbecue.

TUESDAY: Peanut Butter and Grape Jelly Sandwiches, Nori Cracker Rolls and Milk Chocolate Drink.

PB and J addicts all three of my kids so this is an easy baon decision for us. Haha.

WEDNESDAY: Plain rice cake with latik topping, ripe mango cubes, and buco juice.

Glad that Achie loves rice cake based meryendas. Mabubuhay ang batang ito sa countryside.

THURSDAY: Potato empanada, wheat crackers, corn kernels on half of a fresh avocado.

I bought several empanadas but Achie’s fave turned out to be the potato-raisin empanadas. Okay lang, mas mura pa nga!

FRIDAY: (extended school day) Korean chicken barbecue, rice, diced hopia, mango chips, and cashew nuts.

Fave nya talaga ang Korean chicken barbecue that is why I always have a marinade ready in the freezer para sa madaliang requests.

For more baon ideas hope you can check out our baon ideas section here in the website happypinaymommy.com, or browse our Facebook preschool baon, lunch baon and pasado sa dep ed baon ideas albums, or follow our Pinterest board. Hope you can also follow our weekly baonserye recaps through our Instagram account.

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Striving hard to come up with healthy baon ideas. Could really be difficult sometimes because it requires advanced planning.

Time flies by sooo fast, next thing we know it will be sembreak already. Recapping Achie’s baon this week to help newbie school mamas plan out their little one’s healthy baon ideas this school week.

Healthy School Baon Ideas

At the risk of sounding like a broken record please mind the portions/slices of the snack items and make it suitable/safe for super young kids. Apart from possible choking hazards, please keep in mind as well possible allergens your child may have as well as the baon guidelines implemented in your child’s school.

Week #10 of school baon ideas for kids

Without further ado, here’s a recap of Achie’s school baon last week:

MONDAY — Eggy bread, matcha green tea bread sticks, and fresh milk.

Just glad that achie shares my love for sunny side up eggs and green tea / matcha flavored stuff!

TUESDAY — Cassava cake, fruity buco juice, and filled biscuits.

This store-bought cassava cake is so yummmy! It is not too sweet, it is soft but it is not soggy.

WEDNESDAY — Mini tuna and cheese sandwiches, Greek yogurt, and sung song peanuts.

Achie tells me that her Tuna sandwich tastes better when ever it has cheese, so yes my little prinsesita, i will always remember to put cheese on your tuna sandwich.

THURSDAY — Sweet corn on the cob and Fresh milk.

Two words: By Request. My kids love sweet corn and so it is a no-brainer to pack it for her in school. I decided to use reusable chopsticks as her handle instead of the usual barbecue stick.

FRIDAY: No baon day because classes have been suspended.

Simple baked marble potatoes for the three kulits’ snack that rainy afternoon.

So there you have it, hope I am able to help you plan out your child’s school baon this week. Healthy school baon ideas may require extra time and planning but it is definitely worth it. Hope you can check out more baon suggestions from the baon section of our website, check out our Instagram account, follow our Pinterest board, or check our Facebook baon ideas album with close to 200 school baon ideas for your little one. See you there!

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Healthy baon ideas that adhere to dep ed nutrition guidelines

I have been sharing photos of my eldest’s baon for about two years already and some of the comments I get from our FB Page is that some schools implement stricter guidelines on what baon or snacks students can bring. Healthy baon ideas are what they need. Not that what we are posting are unhealthy, but it is not nutritious enough to meet the Dep Ed guidelines according to the moms.

Healthy baon ideas

According to these moms, most of the rules reflect the Department of Education’s memorandum no. 13 series of 2017 issued March last year. While the department order generally refers to food made available in school canteens, some schools chose to adopt the food guidelines as their “baon” guidelines as well.

So what can the students pack for snack and what snacks are prohibited? The list is long but it generally disallows children from bringing processed food (hotdog, nuggets, bacon, pancit canton), heavily salted food, sweets (including pastries, donuts, pies, cakes, chocolates and sweets), deep-fried food like french fries, fish balls etc., and any type of sugary beverage including chocolate milk, sweet milk, yogurt drink, and juices except real fresh buco juice and those that have a very low level of sugar content.

And while this is good news for us parents, it also means that we have to take more time to plan and prepare our little one’s baons.

Healthy school baon guide

So to help newbie mommies map out their school kid’s baon I took this challenge and prepared school snacks that adhere to the Dep-ed guidelines. Yes it is hard, but it is doable. It is for our children’s good anyway.

Hope you can check out the album in our FB Page @happypinaymommy.com or check out this album link:
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1035757419919835&id=415333231962260

Here by the way are some baon samples from that album:

Healthy baon idea: boiled egg, suman muron, and cashew nuts

Colorful homemade palitaw on a bed of niyog, and extra binangkal bread

Cheesy marble potatoes and toasted wheat bread

Chicken sandwich, boiled egg and mini tikoy.

Bihon guisado, quail eggs and toasted bread.

Boiled sweet kamote, plain pandesal, and quail eggs

Also if you have long been following our weekly baonserye, you may notice that some of the baon boxes i shared are already in the baon ideas album. I did not mean to be redundant, i just want our Pasado sa Dep Ed Baon Series to be more organised for moms who would only need these specific baon ideas.

Thanks and happy baon prepping!

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Achie’s baon ideas recap — Week #8.

Hello everyone! I know classes have been suspended today, but still some mommies would have to plan out their little one’s school baons for the whole week. So as usual ill be sharing with you weekly baon ideas through a recap of the school snacks I packed for my school girl last week.

Weekly baon ideas for kids

If you are new to this #baonserye I share on a weekly basis photos of Achie’s baon boxes throughout the past week to help newbie school mamas map out their child’s baon for the current week. (Click here for our past weekly baon series)

As I always say, please be mindful of the portion sizes vis-a-vis your child’s age as some food items or portions shown in the photo can be a choking hazard to pre-schoolers. Special attention on the rambutan mommies – please replace with another fruit if your child is less than seven years old and is not yet familiar as to how safely eat this fruit.

Caution as well with the allergies your child may have and the school guidelines on what your child may or may not bring for #schoolbaon. So without further ado here’s —

This Week’s baon ideas for your school kid:

MONDAY — Good mood pancit bihon (good mood kasi wala halos toyo ), mini slices of toasted bread, and some quail eggs.

I intentionally used less soy sauce on the pancit so that it will not be salty for my child. Kaya i named it “good mood” pancit — ala halos toyo eh. pancit is actually a great baon idea, just do not pack it while it is still hot so that it would not spoil.

TUESDAY — Cheese Pandesal and then some peeled fresh rambutan — please replace with another fruit if child is younger than 7years old and is not yet familiar about the proper way of eating this fruit. you may choose other fruits for your weekly baon ideas too.

My daughter loves rambutan and so when it is in season, I really have to buy so there, it has been included as some of the fruits in my weekly baon ideas.

WEDNESDAY — Tortang giniling wedges, otap, and organic juice box.

Forgot to pack some banana ketchup with this. Haha. Buti di nagreklamo ang chikiting.

THURSDAY — Choco-hazelnut bear sandwiches, moon panaderia cookie, and coated green peas (ewan ko naman bakit red ang coating ng green peas na ito ).

Choco hazelnut bear sandwiches na parang may goiter dahil bulging ang mata, plus green peas na red ang coating, and then moon cookie.

FRIDAY (extended school day) — Tuna croissant, choco wafer cubes, chocnut treat, and baked cheese biscuits. had this baon idea because my eldest mentioned that it may be fun to not eat rice sometimes for school lunch during Fridays.

Because my eldest helped me with my tupiin, and was extra helpful the whole week — chocnut it is!

So there you have it, hope I was able to help you plan your little one’s baon for the week. Hope you can check out our Pinterest Baon Ideas board, or the baon ideas section in the website, or the close to 200 school baon ideas we have in our Facebook Album. We also share this baon series via our Instagram account. Hope to touch base with you in our social media channels. Till next week!

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School snack baon ideas week #7

This week went by so fast, I almost failed to realize that it is the weekend already. Sharing with you school snack baon ideas for the coming week as i recall what I have packed for my daughter this past week.

If you are new to this baonserye, hope you heed our reminder to mind the portions of the snacks for possible choking hazards. Also keep in mind possible allergies your child may have, and the baon policies enforced in your child’s school. My eldest always has a water bottle with her that I don’t get to include in the photo.

So without further ado here’s our —

School snack baon ideas for week seven:

MONDAY: Cheesy baked potatoes and mini peanut butter sandwiches.

Cheesy baked potatoes are easy to make. Boil marble potatoes for 10 minutes. Slice into quarters and arrange on baking cups. Top with grated cheese and bake for about five minutes.

My daughter said she loved this baon combo because it was easy to eat

TUESDAY – banana-peanut butter roll-ups, boiled marble potatoes in olive oil sprinkled with a bit of salt and pepper, and ripe mango cubes.

The banana roll ups was a hit to my eldest who loves to smother peanut butter on lakatan.

WEDNESDAY:Boiled sweet potatoes and brown sugar dip, peanuts, and soymilk.

My eldest prefers the orange sweet potato and loves it a snack.

THURSDAY – boiled saba banana chunks and boiled egg plus fresh milk.

Chose to pack an easy baon because i woke up late for this day. Glad my daughter still appreciated what I had prepared.

FRIDAY — Quail eggs, plain pandesal by request, and boiled sweet potato. Lunch is her favorite tortang talong and plain rice.

My daughter requested that I pack her quail eggs with its shell, as she likes cracking them open.

So there you have it, hope ill be able to help you plan your little one’s baon this coming school week. For more baon ideas, hope you can check out the baon section of our website, follow our Pinterest Baon Ideas board, or follow us on instagram where we regularly post weekly baon ideas recap. Hope you can also check out our Facebook album of over 150 baon ideas.

Thanks and till next post!

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Hope this week’s baon ideas will help you map out your child’s school snack for the week.

Gorgeous Monday everyone! Sharing with you Achiebelle’s snackboxes the past week as part of our weekly baon series: this week’s baon.

Hopefully, this could help out newbie school mamas map out the baon of their little ones this new school week. Again, as i usually say, please mind the portions for choking hazards, allergies, and snack regulations in your child’s school.

So without further ado, here’s week number four of our weekly baon serye —

This Week’s Baon Ideas:

MONDAY — Failed maruya kaya let’s just call it saba banana pancakes, baked cheese biscuits and yakult.

My daughter told me after school last monday, that Ithe banana oancakes would have been a bigger hit if it has nutella on top. Okay noted!

TUESDAY — Small apple (she insists on taking a whole fruit instead of sliced or cubed ones), raisins, and experimental turon — turon with camote instead of banana and langka.

I did not expect the lumpiang turon to turn out really yummy, even my toddlers liked it!

WEDNESDAY — Fried saba banana sticks, fresh ripe mango cubes, and cheddar cheese sticks.

My kids can eat fried plantain for breakfast, for snack or even with their ulam. It is a staple for us really.

THURSDAY –– Penoy, garlic peanuts, and herbed marble potatoes. The potatoes were easy to cook, i boiled them the night before — about 12 minutes. The next morning i just sliced it in half, and heated it up in a pan with olive oil with butter, a pinch of salt, pepper, paprika, and dried basil.

So I introduced my kids to penoy and balut several moons ago and they liked penoy a lot. So when we ran an evening errand achie asked if we could stop buy the store that sells balut penoy so she could being some to school. When we got home they ate some and I refrigerated the others. The refrigerated ones were still good the next morning and so I packed it for her.

FRIDAY (extended school day) — Papaya chunks, chocolate wafer cubes, dried mangoes, gelatin and tocino with scrambled egg and rice.

Achie does not eat tocino before, and so when I learned to prep homemade tocino, i prepped it in such a way that will suit her taste buds. Glad she likes it now.

So there you have it, another week’s worth of baon ideas! For more baon recipes and suggestions hope you can check out the baon ideas section of our website. We also regularly update our Facebook album of baon and school lunch ideas, and we also post these in our Instagram feed and Pinterest board. Hope to see you there as well. Till next week!

A happy homemaker is a Happy Pinay Mommy!

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