School lunch ideas!
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What have you been putting in your children’s lunches?
I usually try to do something I know they will eat like a croissant, waffle, bagel, muffin, or crackers;
something I hope they will eat but don't, like celery or cucumber:
And snacks ( apple slices, cookies, granola bars, grapes, berries, etc).
What are some lunches you make?
Inspired by this post: https://vger.to/lemmy.ca/post/53785551
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What have you been putting in your children’s lunches?
I usually try to do something I know they will eat like a croissant, waffle, bagel, muffin, or crackers;
something I hope they will eat but don't, like celery or cucumber:
And snacks ( apple slices, cookies, granola bars, grapes, berries, etc).
What are some lunches you make?
Inspired by this post: https://vger.to/lemmy.ca/post/53785551
The things you know they'll eat... that might be something I can't really understand. That's an unhealthy sweet tooth from the looks of things, and I wouldn't go for that.
The celery or cukes (cucumbers)? Well, I'd do "ants on a log" by putting a nut butter (I use an almond butter of sorts) in the celery channel, and then adding raisins on it (I hadn't had raisins in a long time, though). For the cukes, I have no idea how that could work.
Granola bars and cookies, unless they're free of gluten, cow's milk, refined sugars, soy or seed oils (seed oils are hard to find missing from something), I'd stay the heck away from (there is a good chocolate raspberry granola from Seven Sundays I like, though I just treat that like a cereal).
Instead, I'd do the above mentioned things (minus the things they'll eat). For my school lunches back in the day, I had some sort of meat item, seaweed, a drink (usually a refined sugar-free juice box)
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What have you been putting in your children’s lunches?
I usually try to do something I know they will eat like a croissant, waffle, bagel, muffin, or crackers;
something I hope they will eat but don't, like celery or cucumber:
And snacks ( apple slices, cookies, granola bars, grapes, berries, etc).
What are some lunches you make?
Inspired by this post: https://vger.to/lemmy.ca/post/53785551
Kiddo is going through the PBJ phase so I make him one every day on whole wheat. Then a rotation of fruit like a banana, apple pieces, blueberries, raspberries, pre-peeled orange/mandarin or strawberries. I sometimes throw in a container of roasted unsalted cashews or pre-shelled pistachios. He also likes carrots with hummus, and cucumber slices with ranch dressing. I will usually put a very small container of either of those in separate with the veggies. If I get around to it sometimes I chop up a block of cheddar to make a bunch of cheddar cubes, and put some of those in with crackers.
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Kiddo is going through the PBJ phase so I make him one every day on whole wheat. Then a rotation of fruit like a banana, apple pieces, blueberries, raspberries, pre-peeled orange/mandarin or strawberries. I sometimes throw in a container of roasted unsalted cashews or pre-shelled pistachios. He also likes carrots with hummus, and cucumber slices with ranch dressing. I will usually put a very small container of either of those in separate with the veggies. If I get around to it sometimes I chop up a block of cheddar to make a bunch of cheddar cubes, and put some of those in with crackers.
I love PBJ!
I'm surprised by the comments saying peanuts and other tree nuts. Due to allergies, we cannot have anything with nuts in it school.
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I love PBJ!
I'm surprised by the comments saying peanuts and other tree nuts. Due to allergies, we cannot have anything with nuts in it school.
The place my kiddo goes allows peanut butter and I was SO relieved because it's literally all he wants to eat these days, haha.
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What have you been putting in your children’s lunches?
I usually try to do something I know they will eat like a croissant, waffle, bagel, muffin, or crackers;
something I hope they will eat but don't, like celery or cucumber:
And snacks ( apple slices, cookies, granola bars, grapes, berries, etc).
What are some lunches you make?
Inspired by this post: https://vger.to/lemmy.ca/post/53785551
My kid loves the fruit and veggies. The problem is by the time everyone gets seated they hardly have any time to eat. I’ll slice the orange or the apple to help speed things up. TBH it’s hard to get the balance right on foods that are fast to prep and will be eaten in the time alotted. But my kid always gets a fruit and usually a vegetable too.
We used to pack yogurt but it kept coming back. Idk whether it was a phase thing or it took too long to eat. Or the kid had the “wrong” brand and got teased. I don’t really get much info when I ask why yogurt fell out of favor. But I did get the inside info that school served trix flavored yogurt and it’s too sweet and it is gross. So I guess it’s good the kid didn’t get my sweet tooth.
Other than that the kid always wants plain deli meat on bread. Maybe with a slice of cheese. I’m not a big fan of the deli meat tbh. But it’s fast to prep l, the kid likes it, and it can be eaten in the alotted time so till we come up with a better agree, that’s the menu.
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My kid loves the fruit and veggies. The problem is by the time everyone gets seated they hardly have any time to eat. I’ll slice the orange or the apple to help speed things up. TBH it’s hard to get the balance right on foods that are fast to prep and will be eaten in the time alotted. But my kid always gets a fruit and usually a vegetable too.
We used to pack yogurt but it kept coming back. Idk whether it was a phase thing or it took too long to eat. Or the kid had the “wrong” brand and got teased. I don’t really get much info when I ask why yogurt fell out of favor. But I did get the inside info that school served trix flavored yogurt and it’s too sweet and it is gross. So I guess it’s good the kid didn’t get my sweet tooth.
Other than that the kid always wants plain deli meat on bread. Maybe with a slice of cheese. I’m not a big fan of the deli meat tbh. But it’s fast to prep l, the kid likes it, and it can be eaten in the alotted time so till we come up with a better agree, that’s the menu.
wrote last edited by [email protected]I did kielbasa and cheese as a snack today. It's better than sweets but I doubt they will eat it.
My kid also says they don't have enough time to eat their food. I have a feeling my kid spends lunch and snack breaks talking and playing instead of eating though.
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I did kielbasa and cheese as a snack today. It's better than sweets but I doubt they will eat it.
My kid also says they don't have enough time to eat their food. I have a feeling my kid spends lunch and snack breaks talking and playing instead of eating though.
Kielbasa and cheese sounds filling if they’ll eat it. It’s so difficult to get a good balance of fast/healthy/will get eaten/affordable.
At my kid’s school they do a “share table” so if other kids don’t eat an item from lunch, they can put it in the share table. There’s always apples, oranges, sometimes crackers. It’s relieving to know there’s something available for a snack if whatever I sent struck out.
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Kielbasa and cheese sounds filling if they’ll eat it. It’s so difficult to get a good balance of fast/healthy/will get eaten/affordable.
At my kid’s school they do a “share table” so if other kids don’t eat an item from lunch, they can put it in the share table. There’s always apples, oranges, sometimes crackers. It’s relieving to know there’s something available for a snack if whatever I sent struck out.
I love that idea!
My child's class has a snack box but it's full of treats.
