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5 kids' lunches for £15: Week 1

From chicken Caesar wraps to fish finger tacos; try five easy kids' lunches all for less than £15*. We've done the hard work for you and prepared a shopping list at the bottom of the page. You can either shop online, choose Click+Collect or screenshot the list before you head in-store

  1. Monday: Ham and mozzarella omelette wrap

    Monday: Ham and mozzarella omelette wrap

    3 eggs, lightly beaten
    1 tbsp tomato purée
    2 spring onions, thinly sliced
    1 tbsp vegetable oil
    2 plain tortilla wraps
    2 sliced British cooked ham, torn
    ½ mozzarella ball, torn
    ½ romaine lettuce, roughly chopped
    1 tomato, cut into wedges

    1. Whisk the eggs, tomato purée and spring onions together until well combined.

    2. Heat ½ tbsp oil in a medium-sized nonstick frying pan over a medium heat, add half the egg mix and cook for 1-2 mins until the egg has just set. Place a tortilla on top of the egg, push down and cook briefly for 30 seconds so that the egg cooks to the tortilla.

    3. Flip onto a plate egg-side up, top with the ham and mozzarella, then fold the tortilla over to sandwich. Repeat step 2 with the remaining ingredients to make a second tortilla omelette. Serve with the lettuce and tomato.

  2. Tuesday: Chicken Caesar wrap

    Tuesday: Chicken Caesar wrap

    1 chicken breast, flattened with a rolling pin
    ½ tbsp vegetable oil
    2 tbsp light mayonnaise
    1 tbsp grated pecorino
    ½ lemon, zested and juiced
    1 garlic clove, crushed
    2 plain tortilla wraps
    ½ romaine lettuce, finely sliced
    2 carrots, peeled and cut into batons

    1. Place the chicken breast between two pieces of baking paper and use a rolling pin to flatten the chicken to an even 2cm thickness.

    2. Heat a frying pan over a medium heat and add the oil. Add the chicken to the pan and fry for 5-10 mins until golden and fully cooked through. Cut into thin slices. For the Caesar dressing, mix the mayonnaise, pecorino, lemon juice and zest and garlic together.

    3. Warm the tortilla wraps for 30 secs in the microwave, then fill with the chicken, Caesar dressing, and romaine 3. lettuce. Fold the wraps and serve immediately with carrot batons.

  3. Wednesday: Chicken and sweetcorn soup with pitta croutons

    Wednesday: Chicken and sweetcorn soup with pitta croutons

    1 wholemeal pitta bread, cut into cubes
    1 tbsp vegetable oil
    1 chicken breast, cut into cubes
    3 spring onions, thinly sliced
    150g frozen sweetcorn
    1 chicken stock cube, made up to 600ml
    ½ lemon, juiced

    1. Preheat the oven to gas 6, 200°C, fan 180°C.

    2. Toss the pitta bread in ½ tbsp vegetable oil and bake for 10 mins until crisp and golden.

    3. Heat the remaining oil in a large saucepan, add the chicken and spring onion and fry for 5 mins until the chicken is golden. Add the sweetcorn and stock, stir to combine, then bring to the boil and simmer for 5 mins until the chicken is cooked through. Stir through the lemon juice.

    4. Divide the soup between bowls and top with the pitta croutons.

  4. Thursday: Ham and sweetcorn pitta pizzas

    Thursday: Ham and sweetcorn pitta pizzas

    2 wholemeal pitta breads
    2 tbsp tomato purée
    2 tbsp frozen sweetcorn, defrosted
    2 slices cooked ham, torn
    ½ mozzarella ball, torn
    1 tbsp grated pecorino
    ½ romaine lettuce, roughly chopped
    8 cherry tomatoes

    1. Preheat the grill to high. 

    2. Spread 1 tbsp tomato purée over each pitta bread and top with the sweetcorn, ham, mozzarella and a sprinkle of pecorino. Transfer to a baking tray and place under the grill for 2-3 mins until golden and bubbling. Cut into strips.

    3. Serve hot with the romaine lettuce and cherry tomatoes on the side.

  5. Friday: Fish finger tacos

    Friday: Fish finger tacos

    6 Hearty Food Co. fish fingers
    2 plain tortilla wraps
    2 tbsp light mayonnaise
    ½ romaine lettuce, finely shredded
    1 spring onion, finely sliced
    8 cherry tomatoes, quartered

    1. Preheat the oven to gas 7, 220°C, fan 200°C. Line a baking tray with baking paper and bake the fish fingers for 11-12 mins until golden and crisp.

    2. Place the wraps in the oven for 30 secs to warm slightly, then fill with the lettuce, fish fingers, mayonnaise, spring onion and tomato.

    3. Fold the wraps and serve immediately.

  6. Shopping list

    1 Tesco lemon
    1 Tesco tomato
    1 Tesco garlic bulb
    1 Tesco twin pack romaine lettuce hearts 
    250g Nightingale Farms cherry tomatoes
    300g pack Tesco British chicken breast fillets
    125g pack Eastmans wafer-thin cooked ham
    50g pack Tesco grated pecorino cheese
    240g pack Tesco reduced fat mozzarella
    6 Tesco eggs
    1 pack Tesco wholemeal tortilla wraps 
    1 pack Tesco wholemeal pitta breads
    250g pack Hearty Food Co fish fingers

    907g Grower’s Harvest frozen sweetcorn
    500ml jar Tesco light mayonnaise
    200g tube Tesco tomato purée

    +From your storecupboard:
    Vegetable oil, low-salt chicken stock cube


    *Based on two children. Total cost is based on online prices at the time of publishing and is subject to change. Dependent on product availability, total basket price online may change due to substitutions.