OS packed lunch and 7 y old dd..

gingin_2

My son is the same. I have to give him "fast food" or it doesn't get eaten. Today it is 2 slices of hm pizza (with hidden veggies) , a yoghurt and a carton of apple juice, any more and it just festers in the bottom of his lunch box. If I put fruit in for lunch it doesn't get eaten but he has a piece for a snack in the morning and the school prvide him with a piece at home time which gets munched on in the car.

What about savoury muffins, quiche, carrot and dips?

pudding06

i was just wondering could she eat some at break- when my very slow eater couldnt finish his dinner I suggesteedd that he ate some at morning break, eg a piece of sandwich or a banana etc. That worked out really well as he could eat it with talking or playing with his friends, stilll had lunch but didnt have as much to get through in one sitting

pudds

Penny-Pincher!!

I posted about this same exact problem last year:rolleyes: DD used to be quite fussy but then with some trial and errors:eek: :eek: ...she started having things like:

Rice/Pasta & Chicken
HM Sausage Rolls
Pitta Breads with various fillings
Chicken pieces
Cheese cubes and crackers
Rolls with ham/cheese or marmite
Fruit (apples, bananas, raisins, grapes etc)
Yogurts
Crisps every other day:rolleyes:
Water

DD is now at secondary and has a free school dinner...thanks goodness and they have a healthy eating programme:D

PP
xx

ellas9602

My DD went through a phase where she was embarrased about her OS lunch box and said she didn't like getting her lunch out in front of other kids.:( She wanted to have "normal" food like them which was crisps, choc, squidgy yoguhurt, lunchables, etc...."no-one else has to eat carrots or raisins":rotfl: :rotfl:

I also found I was sometimes giving her too much to eat. If she was at home for lunch she wouldn't have a sandwich & fruit & yoghurt & crisps & raisin & carrots but I was putting all that in there! So now it tends to be sandwich yoghurt and fruit.

She's grown out of her embarrasment too! And is now quite proud to be different, she refuses to eat crisps too and hasn't had a packet for months and months since those adverts with the girl glugging own the oil! (have you seen it?)

Karnam

my little one is one today but she too likes the crackle or crisp packs.

so i just give her those rice cakes you can get in crisp packs, so she can be all grown up and help herself and at least in her head, she feels like shes eating the same as her dad.

Crazychik

Its not a phase, my DD is exactly the same, she's a slow eater, and leaves half of her lunch box to go and play with her friends.

Doesn't matter how much ive tried to explain - eating is important at lunch etc, or the variety of small portions Ive put in for her. It doesn't make a difference.

She eats really well at breakfast, she has an adult size bowl of "alpen" yes thats right Alpen, so I wander whether if this is filling her up.

She doesn't have a mid-morning snack, I cut this out to compensate for her being hungry by lunchtime. What she doesn't eat at lunch, she will eat at hometime on the way home. Again, this cuts out the pestering for "sweets" from the shop.

I ask my DS & DD every so often for ideas what they would like to see in their lunch boxes, they are pretty sensible when it comes to healthy eating, and give me different ideas to vary the foods. They no better to ask for the usual "plastic" food.

CLARABEL

THANKS CRAZY!

actually, my dd has a huge adult brekkie too..

either a big bowl of porrige/grape nuts/other cereal plus wm toast every morning. she has a muesli bar at break and they are all given a fruit or veg by he school ...


...so now i think, like you said perhaps i am worrying too much and it's just her.


anyway, some great sugg's. thanks all

clara.x:T :T :T :T :T :T :T :T :T :T :T

Smiley_Mum

Here is a recipe for Ham and Cheese Muffins, they are made with wholemeal flour so will keep your kids going for longer. My two love them and they don't last long once they're out of the oven.

http://www.recipezaar.com/188555

Just make sure your food processor is sturdy, my little Kenwood struggles to make them but gets there in the end.

misty

I have had a similar thing recently with my son. All his friends have healthy lunch boxes though and they were all leaving stuff so they could go and play. I (we) took out the treats until they finished the sandwiches and fruit. However I also thought about how much he was getting. He eats porridge or similar for breakfast with fruit and toast. he also gets fruit at school at break. He has a healthy hot meal at tea time and so I thought it wasn't necessary to pack a lot for lunch and so have reduced the amount he has and now he finishes it.

rhubarbs

Hi,

Annabel Karmel has a recipe for finger lickin' chicken balls. They're great cold and the recipe is really easy to vary, for example I quite often add peas and different spices. Here's a link:-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/fingerpickingchicken_13936.shtml

Tana Ramsay has a recipe for 'Danish Pastry pizza' in her Family Kitchen recipe book. Basically, pizza dough stretched into a rectangle. Pizza topping as usual but spread thinly with 'bits' chopped small, then rolled up like a swiss roll; cut into rounds and cook in oven. Makes a great packed lunch treat. Nice cookery book too!