5 Healthy Baon Ideas using US Potatoes
This school year, we have transferred my son to a bigger school. This is in preparation for the higher school levels so that he’ll get used to the system. One of my dilemmas in this new school is that I’m afraid that Ren will buy food in the cafeteria alone and buy those that are forbidden to him. His new teachers don’t know him and his history much and they might forget that he has G6PD (there are some food that he needs to avoid).
What I usually do is to always remind him not to eat the food on the forbidden list, and to wake up early to just prepare his baon to bring at school.
It’s hard to think of baon ideas especially if your kids are picky eaters. I remembered when my son was in preschool, I made healthy bento baon that my husband and I designed for him (you can check some of our creations here). Designing our kid’s baon is one of the things that we can do to encourage them to eat more. It’s a good thing that my son is not that picky in choosing what food to eat, so I stopped designing his baon and just made sure to give him healthy dishes.
Today, I’m going to share to you 5 Healthy Baon Ideas using US Potatoes. But before that, I would like you to know that there are actually a lot of benefits in using US Potatoes.
- Potatoes are more energy-packed than any other popular vegetable and have even more potassium than banana. Potatoes provide the Carbohydrate, Potassium & Energy you need.
- Potatoes are known for the large amounts of Vitamin C present in them.
- There are a wide variety of vitamins and minerals in potatoes that positively affect the function of the brain, including phosphorus, zinc, and the B complex vitamins.
- Potatoes provide 8% of the recommended daily value of fiber — important for growth, development and overall health of children.
- Minerals in potatoes such as phosphorous, iron, magnesium, calcium and zinc help with the maintenance of bone strength and structure.
- Potatoes are a naturally fat-free and sodium-free vegetable.
With that in mind, here are my 5 Healthy Baon Ideas using US Potatoes that you can do too.
1. Potato balls with cheddar cheese and apples
2. Potato Wedges with orange and apple cinnamon oat cookies
3. Twice baked potatoes with chicken and Parmesan cheese
4. Potato omelet with red bell pepper and melon
5. Potato pancake with cracker sandwiches on the side and dragon fruit slices
I’m so happy that my son loves everything here. This can be your one week menu plan for your kid’s baon. I will post the recipes and directions of these yummy baon on my next post or on my YouTube channel. Stay tuned for that.
For more information on US Potatoes, check out www.facebook.com/PotatoesUSAPhilippines/
For more baon ideas using US Potatoes, check out the recipes prepared by the #KumareBloggers
Ang daming recipes using potatoes. Na lots of vitamins and minerals. Wow. Ang sasarap mommy. Ung potato with cheese po tlaga Ang super pak for me. At favorite Ng kids ko. Thank you for sharing this baon tips to us Mommy Lev.
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yummy, me and sonove potatoes lalo na ung potatoes balls with cheese yaaaaay ang sarap 😋
Omg. Nakakagutom mams hehehe
Swak sa budget, baon ideas. Salamat sa idea ngayon ko lang nakita. Gawin ko yan baon ng anak ko para ganahan mag aral lalo. Thank you for sharing po.
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Wow gusto ko itry yung potato balls with cheddar cheese.. ang sarap nito for sure pati yung potato omelet with bell pepper pang breakfast ..
try ko pong gawin yung potato omelet with bell pepper, gusto kasi ng son ko yung bell pepper.
Love the idea. We love potatoes and can make this for my husband for now since our first born will be out pa on January😊 #spreadtheLev
When my daughter was still in early years of her schooling, I’d prepare potato wedges for her because she loved it so much and was fast to cook. Well, she still loves french fries and wedges until now. 🙂
I love all these ideas, Mare especially the Potato Balls!
We always buy potatoes during our grocery trips. Our whole family loves eating it in various ways too. I’ve yet to try cooking twice baked potato halves though. That’s what I usually order in Yellow Cab and I love it. Must try making them myself.
The only potato dish that Justin eats is French fries. Lol! I want to try the Baked Potatoes with Parmesan Cheese but we don’t have an oven at home. Sigh!
Potatoes are stapl e at my house. Hubby has Irish in him so he loves just about anything with potatoes.
surely little man will love to have these potatoes as baon
I love making healthy baon for my daughter specially on weekends when I can prepare ahead for the whole week’s baon.
These are some really awesome ideas you’ve shared, I didn’t know much about what foods people with G6p deficiency would need or avoid.
I think the easiest is the twice baked potatoes with chicken and parmessan cheese while the hardest one is the potato balls kasi.bibilog bilog kapa at ikokorteng balls. Now inggit ako at parang gusto kong magluto ng potatoes! 🙂
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We are big potato fans here and eat them often. Those potato balls with cheese look great and I know my son would love them.
Great lunch box ideas you shared in this post. Although I no longer have small kids, these potato based recipes would be great to have as a side dish or appetizer. The potato wedges look delicious, and so with the cheese stuffed potato balls.
i think the easiest dish for you is the potato balls with cheddar cheese and apples and the hardest one is the twice bake potato with chicken and parmesan cheese.
These all look great! My daughter is a vegetarian and these is some new dishes for me to make her, thanks!
I love everything you prepared there. The bento stuff makes the meals super cute and attractive.
Hi mommy levy, I think the easiest is the potato omelet with red bell pepper while the hardest is the twice baked potatoes with chicken and paremsan and cheese 🙂
I love potatoes so this speaks to my heart. My daughter is starting Kindergarten and she will be packing lunch this. I need to make sure she is eating the way I want her to eat.
I didn’t know that potatoes have more potassium than bananas which I find interesting These potato balls with cheddar cheese and apples are an awesome idea along with the twice baked potatoes with chicken and Parmesan cheese. Yummy!!! Thanks for sharing these baons.
Potatoes are so yummy! I love all of these different variations you have shared.
Hi Sis! I think the easiest is the potato wedges and the hardest is the twice baked potato with chicken and parmesan cheese. Tama? 😅
ang sarap 😍 thanks for the baon tips Mommy Levy 😊
maybe i think the easiest to cook is the Potatoe wedge 😊 and the hardiest is the Potato Balls with cheddar cheese😊😊
This reminds me of my childhood days, when I used to go to school. Everyday, my mom used to cook something different and delicious out of potatoes. Potato balls with cheddar cheese were my favorite.
Super yummy and healthy ng potato dishes mo mommy levy! I’m sure matutuwa din ang mga kids ko pag ganito ang prinepare ko sa kanila. Anyway, for me ang hardest is yung potato pancake with cracker sandwiches on the side & dragon fruit slices while yun easiest is potato wedges with orange & apple cinnamon oat cookie.
Ang sarap lahat 😀
I think ung mahirap gawin is yung potato ball and yung madali is yung omelet with redbell pepper 😀
I don’t know what baon is, but these bento boxes look yummy. I wish someone would pack me a lunch like those…so colorful and healthy.
I love potatoes! It’s great to know it has plenty of health benefits. Thanks for these baon ideas.
Hi Mommy Levy,
I am a certified potato fan and I will try to make this too not only for my daughter’s baon but for office baon as well.
For me the hardest dish to make is the Twice baked potatoes with chicken and Parmesan cheese and the easiest dish is Potato Wedges with orange and apple cinnamon oat cookies.
Thank you and God bless you always!
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That potato omelette looks really good. I bet your son has no problems finishing these yummy bacon!
Hi Mommy Levy,
Thank you for sharing these great baon ideas. I think the hardest dish to prepare is the Potato balls with cheddar cheese and apples and the easiest one to make is the Potato omelet with red bell pepper and melon.
More Power and God Bless!
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What great ideas! I LOVE potatoes, so I need to try these out. Those twice baked potatoes look fabulous.
the hardest is potato balls with cheddar cheese and the easiest is the potato omelette with red bell pepper
Consider me intrigued. (and I’ve never had dragon fruit!)
I’m obsessed with anything potatoes, and so is my son. Next year he starts kindergarten and I’d love to pack potatoes for his lunch. Also, this is making me hungry!
I will eat potatoes anyway you will give it to me. They are one of my favorite vegetables. I had no idea that it had more potassium than bananas. That is really cool to know.
Oh wow, what a delicious line-up of meals, I love the first one with the cheese balls, I would definitely love something like that for lunch myself.
I need to start packing lunch for my son this coming year. He needs to stay under a certain weight. He would love all of these choices.
I think the easiest dish for you is the Potato wedges and the hardest is the Potato pancake. 🙂
easiet Potato Wedges with orange and apple cinnamon oat cookies.
hardest is the potato pan cake
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These recipes are great and here are my guesses. 🙂
Potato Wedges with orange and apple cinnamon oat cookies is the easiest and the hardest is the Potato pancake with cracker sandwiches on the side
Hi Mommy Levy! Joined din po ako. 🙂
Favorite ng anak ko potatoes.
Para sakin yung hardest dish is the “Potato balls with cheddar cheese and apples”.
While the easiest dish is the “Twiced baked potatoes with chicken and Parmesan cheese”.
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i think the hardest is the Twice baked potatoes with chicken and parmesan cheese
and the easiest Potato pancake with cracker sandwiches on the side and dragon fruit slices.. #CONTESTALERT
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i think the hardest is the Twice baked potatoes with chicken and parmesan cheese
and the easist Potato pancake with cracker sandwiches on the side and dragon fruit slices..
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Baked potato ung pinkamahirap.. ung pinkamadali ung potato omelet.. this is a must try… fav ng mag anak ko potatoes..
Hardest is : Potato pancake with cracker sandwiches on the side and dragon fruit slices
Easiest is: Potato Wedges with orange and apple cinnamon oat cookies
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Hardest is Potato balls with cheddar cheese and apples while the easiest is Twice baked potatoes with chicken and Parmesan cheese . ✌
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I think the easiest dish is Potato Wedges with orange and apple cinnamon oat cookies while the hardest dish is potato pancake.. Nahihirapan din kasi gawin yan, di ko mabuo ng maayos, nasusunog 😂 hope my guess is right! 😊
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Kulang po yung type ko – ito po yung name ng hardest dish to prepare -Potato pancake with cracker sandwiches on the side and dragon fruit slices
I think the hardest is the Potato pancake.
The easiest is the Potato wedges with orange and apple cinnamon oat cookies.
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Yummy and healthy baon naman ng kids mo Mommy Levy!i think the hardest dish na ginawa mo is yung Twice baked potatoes with chicken and Parmesan cheese at yung dish na easiest lang para sayo is yung Potato omelet with red bell pepper!
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The hardest dish is Twice baked potatoes with chicken and Parmesan cheese. The easiest dish is Potato Wedges with orange and apple cinnamon oat cookies.
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i think the hardest is the potato pan cake
and the easiest for you is the Twice baked potatoes with chicken and parmesan cheese.❤❤
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you’ve got one correct 🙂
I- try ko mommy yung potato ball with cheeze naman, mahilig din mga anak ko sa potato eh, yung omelet potato lagi ko ng ginagawa,maiba naman..yung iba next time naman itry ko..lalo n yung baked potato, wala pa kasi ako oven..para sa healthy baon..😍
The potatoes and biscuits my son’s favorite because it is delicious and perfect to eat.
Looks delicious po lahat Mommy Levy.
I think the hardest dish is the Potato balls with cheddar cheese and apples while the easiest is the Potato Wedges with orange and apple cinnamon oat cookies.
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you’ve got one correct 🙂
I think the hardest for you will be TWICE BAKED POTATOES WITH CHICKEN AND PARMESAN CHEESE and the easiest will be POTATO BALLS. 😍
I’ll try this for my son’s baon 😊
I think the easiest dish is the Potato Wedges with orange and apple cinnamon oat cookies. And the hardest dish is the Twice baked potatoes with chicken and Parmesan cheese..?😄
looks delicious, i suddenly craves for potatoes.
edit: i suddenly crave for potatoes now. 😀
Ang sarap nung potato balls with cheese. Favorite ni Gwen ang cheese, penge!