Packed Lunches for School

Penelope_Penguin

moon1970 wrote: »

Thanks for all these tips I am going to try them

As this has fallen from the front page of OS, I'll add it to the existing threda to give you more ideas

Penny. x

pinknfluffy0

They normally have a box drink a yoghurt one or 2 pieces of fruit and some sort of snack.

What do your children have? as i really need ideas

Mini_Bear

sandwhich, wrap, sausage roll, raisins, flapjack (or other homemade treat).
depends how strict your kids school is on their lunches, i have heard on here that penguins and other 'biscuits' have been confiscated!!

lilmisskitkat

DD is 8 and she has:

'Main' part - chicken/dairylea/salad sandwich either on bread/wrap/roll or a tub of cous cous/pasta salad or a hm sausage roll/hm cold pasty/hm cold pizza

Fruit - apple, banana or grapes

Yoghurt or small tub of custard

Extra - tub of mini sausages or small tub of crisps (fri only) or tub of carrot sticks or HM cake or biscuit

Refillable bottle with squash

Hth

Kate xxx

verytired

Well, I've been taking a pcked lunch to work recently to try to save a bit of cash on expensive london lunches, so maybe I can offer some ideas.

A small pot filled with dried fruit/nuts - the nuts can be salted or not depending on how healthy you're trying to be
a small container of humous and something to dip in it - pitta, chopped up veg, something like that
A small salad, and a seperate container of some kind of dressing
leftovers from dinner the night before?

I'm sure theres more.

guccigoo

my dd who is nearly 5 has a sandwich ( ham, jam or choc spread ) banana or grapes, yogurt and fruit flakes or one of them go ahead bars and drink.

fiscalfreckles

Mine went off sandwiches all the time, so I started doing wraps & pitta pockets (usually ham or chicken leftovers with salad). They also like a little tub of salad; pasta salad is a favourite (just cooked pasta with a bit of dolmio & sometimes chopped peppers & ham added), rice salad (rice with a bit of curried mayo, raisins, sweetcorn & peppers), potato salad, as well as traditional salad (sometimes I add grated cheese). Great way to use up stuff! Sausage rolls or mini sausages. They have a cereal bar & fruit with it or a choccie biscuit or cake now & again. And a drink.

When they were younger they loved taking jelly in little pots, but thats no good in hot weather as it melts!

Pink.

Hi pinknfluffy,

This thread has lots of ideas that should give you some inspiration:

back to school packed lunch os ideas?

I'll add your thread to it later to keep the suggestions together.

Pink

nuttybabe

Hi

My son came home with a healthy eating sticker that he said was for always having the best packed lunch. That day he had a ham roll (home made roll), handful of cherry toms, frube, apple, crisps (he rarely eats them) and a small slice of homemade chocolate cake and squash. He isnt allowed chocolate or sweets in his lunchbox but home made stuff is ok.

Lindy_-_Loo

my five year old has taken a tub of pasta. an apple flavoured drink, grapes, mini cheese stick and a choc crispie cake we made. His school isnt too strict but my friends school only allows water or milk as a drink (not flavoured water), no cake or biscuit or crisps or cereal bars which contain chocolate! My friends daughter had her choc chip chewy cereal bar removed from her lunchbox - so unfair!

good luck with your lunch bags x