School Meals v Packed Lunch

Iona_Penny

bread sticks?, cheese straws? I used to cut the sandwiches into stars with a pastry cutter I had and put a slice of brown on top and white on the bottom; they looked good. Perhaps you could suggest to him they are not sandwiches but 'starbites' any good?
You can also buy giant pasta shells, perhaps you could fill 3 or 4 with his favourite filling. Beware of putting spready things on crackers as they go soft and yukky!

astonsmummy

Hi my ds is in nursery that doesnt provide meals, he doesnt eat sanwiches either, so i send him in with tuna pasta, tomato pasta which they reheat, spaghetti bologneise macaroni cheese (all leftovers from the night before) and sometimes ravioli from a tin.

plane_boy2000

You may think this is abit cruel, but we have just had the same problem at pre school with our eldest - he is sent with a packed lunch, and his school send back what hasnt been eaten so we can see. ANyway he stopped eating the sandwiches and just ate all the other stuff like yoghurt, fruit etc. Yesterday I sent him with just sandwiches and nothing else. Needless to say all the sadwiches were gone, and now we are starting to put the other stuff back in as long as he eats the sandwiches.

Does he just not eat them there, or does he really not like them and will not eat them at all?

How about a slice of quiche (think spelt wrong!) pizza slices, pot noodle.............

littlemissfrugal

think about what you would give him if out for a picnic or daytrip - my friends little one only has crisps on sandwiches, not ideal but she eats them.

patchwork_cat

rice salad,pasta salad, cold pizza. Home made lunchable. Dips with carrot sticks and bread sticks. Think buffet food. Let him take the bits of the sandwich - cheese, cold meat and potato salad or a roll- it doesn't matter if he doesn't like it as a sandwich if he will eat it deconstructed. rice and pasta salad can be made differnetly every day with a different meat, veg/fruit and dressing mixed in.

MortgageMamma

Oh thanks for all these fab suggestions! thanks! thanks! thanks! I'll definately try them all

I've just remember his likes "eggs in shells" (hard boiled eggs), so a tuna and egg salad will be ok. He also likes those mini low fat sausages a baby new potatos with cheese. I'm going to give him samosas and spring rolls too as he likes them - I'm also going to disguise sandwiches by cutting them out as suggested - if all else fails I will have to bring him home for lunch and take him back again !

Motherof1

My daughter also removes the filling.....and leaves the bread. In her old nursery they had a cooked lunch everyday but I have realised that she has become bored of sandwiches...I sometimes give her dairylea dippers, fruit bar and biscuit or sometimes tuna pasta.....she seems to enjoy that....good luck and if you find anything else that works for you please share....thanks.

Contains_Mild_Peril

If he eats pasta and rice salads then a tub of salad will do nicely as the main part of his meal. There are plenty of variations, e.g. you can use yoghurt instead of tomato-based sauce/ dressing. Give him plenty of fruit as well and you won't go far wrong. Quiche and carrot or celery sticks with dips as have been suggested are also good. Does he like oatcakes?
I have a big collection of tubs (originally containing things like pasta sauce and coleslaw) which I save for re-use. When my son took packed lunches, I sometimes put things like grapes (which would otherwise get squished) in plastic tubs so he could take them to school.

ella2002

Pizza
Quiche
Cold sausages
Pasta salad
Rice salad
Potato salad
cheese cubes
bread sticks
dips humous etc
dried fruit
yogurt
fruit

Would put an ice pak in his lunch box if his having cold meats etc

ella2002

vegetable bits pepper, cucumber, carrot with a cheesy dip