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It's back to school, and for many of you that means back to packed lunches - so what do you hope is in yours?

Packed lunches can be a way to avoid school dinners but that also be a great way to get a combination of the things you love to eat along with some healthy food to help you grow and also concentrate in class.

But what do you think - sandwiches, salads or sugary snacks, what's your favourite thing to have in your packed lunch?

Take part in our vote and leave us a comment below telling what you love to see when you open the lunch bag.

Experts who know loads about nutrition have told BBC Bitesize that say a school packed lunch should have lots of different types of food in them.

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  • So..! I have a range of school lunches and packed lunches, since i go to secondary school :)! On somedays i have a packed lunch that includes
    - Water/apple juice (hydration)
    -crackers and butter (carbohydrates i think )
    -cheese (dairy product)
    - Apple (fruit good for you)
    And on other days i have school lunches,
    'pasta with sauce and cheese, pizza, fish burgers and chips, chicken wrap BBQ, etc..'
    They sell fruit too,
    - Apple
    - Pears
    - Oranges
    DRINKS
    - Apple juice
    - orange juice
    - water
    - another type of water
    so i have many many choices! Do you think this is good enough?

  • I like a mix of both because you don't feel good after eating lots of treats. My ideal lunch would include some crunchy carrots followed by a tasty homemade chocolate brownie!

  • Mixed for me some fruit but some treats! Very balanced! What bout you?
    Pinky pastel pearl x

  • food.

    • snowtiger55 replied:
      🤣

  • I have pasta,cheese string, malt loaf, carrot and sometimes a cookie 🍪😋

  • I have usually a ham and olive sandwich, pretzels, jelly, cucumber slices, tomatoes and a cereal bar

    • pinkcandles2 replied:
      Green or black olives

  • A mix of both! 🙃

  • I normally have:

    A cheese sandwich
    Crisps
    Apple
    Red pepper
    Something sweet (like a chocolate biscuit)

    • StrictlyFan13 replied:
      Nice!

  • i have packed lunch alll the time at school

  • Gees, all of u r way 2 sensible

    • snowtiger55 replied:
      😂

  • We don’t have packed lunches at my school

  • I nearly never have packed lunches because school lunches are cheaper

  • TREATS!

    • U18685637 replied:
      not very healthy but quite delicious!!

  • I have:
    A sandwich
    A yogurt
    A Grapes
    A orange

    What do you have?

    • Pink Gorilla replied:
      Chicken sandwich with chese
      Pineapple
      Strawberry’s
      Crisps
      A small chocolate bar

  • My perfect packed lunch would include a cornation chicken sandwhich and a cupcake and a bottle of blackcurrent juice

  • I never have packed lunch anyway 😂
    xx

  • I love:
    Jam sandwich
    Cheese and onion crisps
    A yoghurt
    A chocolate bar

    Or:
    A flask full of pasta
    Crisps
    Yoghurt

  • At my school we eat lunch at 11 am which is really early so I have quite a lot (but not as much as my last comment!)
    🦔🌱TurquoiseHedgehog🌱🦔

    • chocolatesprinkeddoughnut replied:
      We have ours at 1:20

  • Mine is:

    Ham and watercress sandwich 🥪
    Margarita pizza 🍕
    Mango 🥭
    Smoothie 🍹
    Mr kipling cakes 🧁
    Cheese and onion crisps 🍟 (ik they’re chips but there’s no crisp emoji lol)
    Fruit salad 🍉 🍊 🍍

    🦔🌱TurquoiseHedgehog🌱🦔

    • xAnonymousx replied:
      Yum I love Mr Kipling cakea

  • My dream lunch would be

    my mum's amazing chocolate brownies
    a dominoes cookie
    salt and vinegar crisps
    spaghetti with either meat balls or chicken and cheese
    grapes
    carrot sticks
    fruit
    juice
    and chocolate obvs as i cannot survive without chocolate

    Personally i think we should have free school meals and also i don't normally have a packed lunch

    • StrictlyFan13 replied:
      Wow! That’s a lot but sounds very yummy!

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