Kid's packed lunch ideas! Help!

How about this to start you off

Breadsticks and dips
crackers
cubes of cheese
sticks of cucumber/carrots etc
tortilla spread with a filling, rolled up and cut into pinwheels (my kids both liked that as it was bite sized)
some favourite cereal (without milk obviously)
leftover pasta meals (if she will eat it cold or put in Thermos)

Thats where I got the idea of tortilla pinwheels from, simple idea but it works. My 9 year old son has gone off sandwiches again, so something bit sized and snackish works best for us.

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Hi

I find that lots of small things work well because as you say they don't want to be the only one munching on an apple as their friends are playing plus if they have a little bit of everything its a much more balanced meal.

So, depending of course on what she likes:

Wraps, sandwiches cut small
small sausages
cucumber, carrot or celery sticks
a few crisps or savoury rice cakes
home baked cake or muffin
small bits of fruit such as grapes or strawberries
diced cheese
breadsticks
mini quiches or pizzas (made in a bun tray)
brownies
fruit juice
little pot of hoummus (I've bought those little pots and reuse them from a bigger pot)
raisins or other dried fruit


I keep the bottom drawer of my freezer full of homemade cakes, brownies etc, reduced sausages or scotch eggs, bread rolls etc so that when I'm making the packed lunch in the evening I can just pull out a few things put in the lunch box and its defrosted by next morning. Perfect for things like frubes when on buy 1 get 1 free - it really does keep the cost down too as well as adding variety.

RL