Fruit and Vegetable Crunch Box
The morning fruit-and-veg break, cut up once for the whole week.
Ingredients
- Apples400 g
- Grapes300 g
- Strawberries250 g
- Carrots200 g
- Cucumber200 g
- Lemons1 ea
Method
- Cut the apple into thin wedges and toss them in a little lemon juice so they do not brown by mid-morning.
- Cut the carrot and cucumber into short sticks or thick coins, whichever your child actually eats.
- Pull the grapes off the stems and halve them lengthways for younger children.
- Hull the strawberries and leave them whole.
- 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
List price at each shop
Pak'nSaveBest choiceno items missing · $22.15 of food
$32.65
32% spare
New Worldno items missing · $23.00 of food · $0.85 more
$30.64
25% spare
Woolworths NZno items missing · $23.93 of food · $1.78 more
$33.17
28% spare
$5.54a serve
$5.54 a serve, cheapest at Pak'nSave
About $22.15 of ingredients used for 4 serves.
$28.35 across 3 shops · all 6 items priced
Pak'nSaveBest choice$22.15
no items missing
you'll pay $32.65 · 32% of it spare
New World$23.00
no items missing · $0.85 more
you'll pay $30.64 · 25% of it spare
Woolworths NZ$23.93
no items missing · $1.78 more
you'll pay $33.17 · 28% of it spare
Buy at Pak'nSave$13.97
Strawberries
$27.96/kg
need 250 gImported Strawberries 250 g$6.99real special
Pak'nSave$27.96/kg$6.99·New World$31.96/kg$7.99·Woolworths NZ$8.50
Carrots
$1.99/kg
need 200 gCarrots 1 kg$1.99
Pak'nSave$1.99/kg$1.99·New World$2.19/kg$2.19·Woolworths NZ$3.50
Lemons
$4.99/kg
need 1 itemLemons 1kg$4.99 1 pack assumed, quantity unknown (sold by weight)
Pak'nSave$4.99/kg$4.99·New World$5.49/kg$5.49·Woolworths NZ$5.98
Buy at Woolworths NZ$11.89
Apples
$3.99
need 400 gFresh Fruit apple dazzle 1 kgclosest match
Woolworths NZ$3.99·New World$4.49/kg$4.49·Pak'nSave$4.69/kg$4.69
Grapes
$7.90
need 300 gWoolworths fresh fruit grapes green 500 gclosest matchreal special
Woolworths NZ$7.90·New World$15.98/kg$7.99·Pak'nSave$17.98/kg$8.99
