Packed Lunches for School

thriftmonster

Day1: HM soup, crackers
Day2: Pasta salad
Day3: Quiche / pastry based item + salad
Day4: Jacket potato with filling
Day5: Sandwich/wrap/pita bread

Other items: sunflower seeds, popcorn, fruit, veg sticks with dip, HM biscuit, HM scone, flapjack

Juice, HM milkshake, milk, hot chocolate

HTH

PS have also taken leftover Chinese takeout - eg ribs, wontons, cold fried rice etc

stefejb

dd likes cold pizza, crudites and dip, hm popcorn, veggie fingers, cubes of cheese

what she doesn't like is sandwiches with HM bread - she calls it "poor bread" because people will think we're so poor that I have to make my own bread! she has wraps, pittas or bagels instead

looby-loo_2

Once my DS1 filled his whole lunch box with fresh strawberries he picked before school.
He survived

icandream

One day a week they'll have a pasta salad - one with cheese, the other likes tuna.
Another day I send them in with a small flask of soup and a roll.
Then the other days, they're happy with sandwiches or wraps (they love the wraps, which we started only recently).
Plus apple or grapes and a biscuit.

squeaky

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- Packed lunch - Advice On Daughter Please!
- Ploughman's
- Problem with pack-up

AND...

kids lunch threads here on MoneySaving Old Style

And perhaps a few ideas to be gleaned from here...

lunch threads here on MoneySaving Old Style

and

packed threads here on MoneySaving Old Style

and, since the thread below is much the same as yours, I'll add your post onto it.

back to school packed lunch os ideas?

blue-kat

I do packed lunch jelly portions in the smaller easiyo 'lunch takers' tubs for my 12 y o.
jelly is made with value AJ or OJ, or fruit juice drained from tinned fruit, the jelly goes cloudy, rather than clear.
a dash of pure lemon oil (Lakeland) gives it a lovely tang.

lynneee

As a change from bread, why not try malt loaf with a little butter on it? or some rice cakes. My husband sometimes has this in his lunch box!:D

the_cat

Mine like pitta breads or naan for a change - espec garlic ones!
I add cubes of cheese or hm ham (roasted bacon joint), hm tandoori chicken pieces, hm suasage meatloaf, pot of salad, grapes etc.

Their favourite though is 'cold burgers'. We often have these for dinner in various flavours, so I make extra. They are lovely cold with salad and mayo/relish in a burger bun. Added bonus is that my kids see it as a 'treat'

thriftlady_2

For more lunchbox inspiration look here and here.

These were my kids' lunches this week;

Tuesday - Cheese and sweetcorn muffins (leftover from Monday lunch), popcorn, grapes, cherry toms, rolled up ham slices

Wednesday - Cheese roll, popcorn, apple/banana, carrot sticks + cherry toms

Thursday -Meatballs(leftover from Wed tea), plain roll, cherry toms, oat-raisin muffin, apple

Today - Ham roll, lemon drizzle cake, carrot sticks, grapes

touch*my*food*feel*myfork

many thanks for all your comments much appreciated - i did search for packed lunches before opening a new thread, but obviously was already lots of info on here.
Will have a long read later.