Lunchbox menu plan

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This is what my 3 kids took in their lunch boxes this week

Lunch box Menu Sept 25th-29th

Monday
Hm oatmeal roll with ham/tomato/hummus
Fruit salad
Piece of cheese
Few twiglets ,banana chips and a chocolate-coconut cluster

Tuesday
Mini oatcakes, cheese slices, ham – hm lunchables
Strawberries
Hm scone
Carrot sticks/tomatoes

Wednesday
Hm oatmeal roll with egg+cheese/hummus
Carrot sticks, tomatoes,cucumber
Hm scone
Strawberries/dates

Thursday
Mini pittas
Egg and cheese/hummus
Carrot sticks/tomatoes/cucumber
Hm Scone
Grapes

Friday
Hm oatmeal roll with prawn mayonnaise/cheese
Carrot sticks and cherry tomatoes
Pretzels,plums or grapes
Hm scone

Hope that helps someone

Strepsy

Thanks for that. I've been trying to keep the ideas coming since the start of term as mine used to have a school dinner a couple of times a week but now they won't so it is hard to keep it interesting for them.

I must make some scones.

Today mine have:
Cheese and salad in a wholemeal pitta
Homegrown carrot (sticks)
HM cookie
Rice pudding (from an Ambrosia tin - 33p in Somerfield's this week)
Mandarin orange


I'd bust a blood vessel trying to remember the week but will keep note for next week. Maybe it would be good to share them regularly.

Becles

Today mine have:

HM brown bread and bierwurst sandwiches (german sausage meat selection BOGOF in Sainsburys)
a Muller light yoghurt (6 for a £1 in Asda)
handful of grapes

and an apple for morning break

thriftmonster

If this helps - bear in mind my kids only get 10 mins to eat - so I don't give too much:

Mon: Rice salad with chicken and cucumber
Cold spare ribs
Prawn crackers
Apple
(leftovers from Chinese on Sun)

Tues: Tuna and sweetcorn sandwich on wholemeal
Yoghurt with strawberry/ honey
Tangerine

Weds:Cheese salad sandwich on rye
Sunflower seeds
Tangerine

Thurs: Pasta salad - Pasta, Marie rose sauce, cucumber, grated cheese, pine nuts on bed of lettuce
HM gingerbread man
Apple

Fri: Jacket potato with grated cheese (in flask)
HM gingerbread man
Tangerine

I used the oven timer set last night so the potatoes were ready at 8am.
I usually work on one main thing, one side and some fruit/veg. They drink either weak squash or milk - sometimes hot chocolate in a flask.

PS we're eating up the gingerbread men leftover from Beavers and Squirrels this week

Strepsy

thriftmonster wrote:

Fri: Jacket potato with grated cheese (in flask)
HM gingerbread man
Tangerine

I used the oven timer set last night so the potatoes were ready at 8am.
I usually work on one main thing, one side and some fruit/veg. They drink either weak squash or milk - sometimes hot chocolate in a flask.

PS we're eating up the gingerbread men leftover from Beavers and Squirrels this week

Wow, a jacket potato, what a great idea, mine love those.

Can I ask what sort of flasks you have? I've had a hard time finding a good flask that's compact enough for them to take to school. I tried the cheap ones and their soup was cold by lunchtime. False economy I know

thriftmonster

Yes, I bought some cheap ones as well which were useless. In the end I bought Thermos brand stainless steel wide necked ones from Argos at £9.99 each - expensive outlay but they do keep stuff really hot. I preheat them with boiling water as well inside. TBH the jacket potatoes are a first attempt today - will report back - but the flasks keep pasta and sauce, chilli, beans etc hot so they should work.

trigger2

I got my daughter a smallish Thermos flask from Woolworths, it was £5 i think. Its not small enough to go in her lunchbox but it's one of the smallest I could find. I also looked at camping shops which had them. hth

thriftmonster

I also have small thin stainless steel ones from Tesco (£4) which are fine for soup and fit better, but the wide necked ones are better for pasta or potatoes - but they are a pain to fit in

Strepsy

Thanks for that. I'm going to have to invest a few quid for the quality. Will look out for the Thermos make and will check out Woolies and Tesco when I go in. They didn't seem to have your flasks in the online Argos, unless they have gone up to £12.99.

tiff

Thanks for this thread, I'm always after new ideas for when we get stuck in a rut.

Pooky

This week my DD's have had

Monday

Wholemeal tortilla wraps with ham and cucumber
Apple
Carrot and cucumber sticks
Raisins
Handfull of cheese savoury biscuits
Tub of roasted peanuts in shells.

Tuesday

Jam/marmite sarnie on HM half and half bread
banana/pear/apple
Celery and carrot sticks
Mixed nuts and raisins
Home popped pop corn with salt

Wednesday

Crackers with marg, cheese, marmite
pear/apple
Tomato and cucumber chunks
Cheese savoury biscuits
chocolate biscuit

Thursday

Left over toad in the hole, cold
cold veg - beans and broccoli (they love it cold)
Roasted peanuts in shells
Pot of jelly

Friday (today)
Ham salad wholemeal tortilla wrap
Crisps (cos it's friday)
salami and cucumber in a pot
Pot of Jelly
Apple/banana

They both get a bit of fruit each day at break time and normally eat their bit from their lunch on the way home from school.

They both love cold pizza and quiche as a change to sandwhiches and keep asking if it's time to get the food flasks out yet for soups and stews.