What did you pack in your child's lunch box today?

sarahd

Tue, Sep 29 2009, 11:43 am

Commercial mayonnaise is made of pasteurized eggs, AFAIK, and can handle being out for four hours, especially not during the summer.

Tova

Tue, Sep 29 2009, 11:49 am

-cream cheese sandwich
-string cheese
-pretzels
-juice box
-box of raisins
-apple sauce container
-cupcake (this was just because I made for after the fast; not a usual treat)

He's only 2 so a good amount comes back, and he eats the rest of his lunch/snacks after his nap (usually outside on the porch).

elmos

Tue, Sep 29 2009, 1:09 pm

I am not upto sending my ds lunch as playgroup provides but tricks I use for myself going to work is to freeze the drink so it works as an ice pack and stays cold. I will freeze a yogurt for a few hours to help it keep better. I create the oddest combos for salad using tuna eggs or left over chicken or at times even deli as the protien and whatever vegis are around and noodles rice or croutons as a carb. crackers with avacado, tuna or chumus are also great. my neighbor sends wraps with all sorts of fillings as its more fun than bread.

mandksima

Tue, Sep 29 2009, 2:14 pm

My kids also enjoy whole wheat banana or carrot muffins, veggies and dip (usually russian dressing,) apple quarters (I always was told the brown part is pectin and it is very healthy!,) cottage cheese and whole grain crackers/pretzels. Sometimes cereal in a bag as a morning extra (waiting for bus.) This is for their 10 AM meal, as they get hot lunches from the school/afternoon program.

BlumaG

Tue, Sep 29 2009, 2:20 pm

I put DD's cut up apple in a baggie inside a plastic container - she sometimes complains, sometimes she doesn't

in general I send
apple/melon/orange cut up for morning snack with
sliced pepper/ cucumbers

lunch:
melted cheese/ cream cheese sandwich/bagel
cookie/ piece of cake
2 slices of cheese (if I make melted cheese I skip that)
some veggies or some other fruit

afternoon snack:
pretzels/corn chips/bissli/wafer

nicole81

Tue, Sep 29 2009, 10:01 pm

chummus and tomato sandwich on whole grain bread

yogurt with granola

apple

Rubber Ducky

Wed, Sep 30 2009, 7:01 am

Today: cream cheese on bagel, grapes, string cheese, corn chips, ketchup potato chips, a bottle of water.

The general menu:
American cheese on whole wheat or cream cheese on bagel
cucumber or grapes or bell pepper slices or an apple
2 packs potato chips, corn chips, bissli or similar
water bottle
sometimes string cheese

The school is nut free so we can't send nuts or peanut butter sandwiches. The chummus sandwich idea is interesting... dear foster son likes chummus, I wonder if he'd eat it in a sandwich.

Rivkyel

Wed, Sep 30 2009, 7:29 am

I sometimes use whole wheat mini pitas instead of bread for variety. It is also easy for little kids to hold and keeps the sandwich together.

Shimmysmom

Wed, Sep 30 2009, 7:35 am

ive been using soy nut butter lately for ds who is in a nut free school. I haven't tasted it but it looks just like peanut butter.

Mommy F.

Wed, Sep 30 2009, 12:06 pm

- pareve deli on a bagel with lettuce
- water bottle
- chocolate cake
- cut up orange and yellow peppers
- apple/blueberry sauce

Flowerchild

Wed, Oct 07 2009, 4:42 pm

Some of you are lucky that you can send meat lunches, my school only allowes dairy or parve, and im running out of ideas.

I usually send:

Falafel, pitta and couscouse with a banana and cookies

Pasta and cheese with grapes and cookies

Cream cheese sandw. with apple and crackers

Fish sticks with fries and oranges and cereal bar

Rice and salad, and some fruit.

But I think eventually my son will just get bored with it all, and I am not so inventive as to come up with these interesting meals. Any other ideas for dairy or parve lunches???

Mommy F.

Wed, Oct 07 2009, 4:52 pm

today was:
- bread with cheese and fake turkey slices
- raisins
- chips
- baby carrots
- fruit cup

Trivia Monster

Wed, Oct 28 2009, 12:12 pm

I have lunch bags for my kids. They are insulated like a picnic box. I give them a real meal(whatever is left of supper) in a box, even though there is no microwave and they'll eat it cold. Under the box I put in a freezella ( freezer pack), so the food stays cold even if it's +35 degrees outside. they get anything - rice, pasta, buckwheat, couscous, and with it either burgers, of fried fish, or shnitzels. Good luck! Very Happy

notme

Tue, Jul 14 2015, 5:36 pm

cream cheese sandwich w/ whole wheat bread or soy butter sandwich

apple sauce or yogurt

vegetable or fruit like cucumbers, pear, tomato etc

cheese and crackers

water bottle

That's in general today, cream cheese sandwich, mango and yogurt

If you put it in an isolated lunch bag with an ice pack the food with keep fine