Packed lunch ideas

ailuro2

DD was told not to bring in milk for her playpiece, even though it was a special little carton, not a bottle with a lid on...:rolleyes:

likabu_2

galvanizersbaby wrote: »

I thought all schools got free milk till they are 5 and free fruit - I know all the schools in my area provide this and it certainly wouldn't be classed as a deprived area.

In my boys school they get free milk, fruitwise we have to pay £7 a halfterm for the Early phase (nursery and reception) to have a piece every day. The Later phase (Years 1 and 2) have to take their own healthy snack in for breaktime.

Lisa

Gingham_Ribbon

It's all pretty new to us, but so far the following things are going down well:

varying between h/m bread, pittas, wraps and breadsticks

quorn slices, mushroom pate, cheddar, hummous and full fat soft cheese

I use a couple of pots - a cheap one and a lock n lock for 'wet' stuff:

h/m yoghurt with a blob of jam in
roasted seeds
sprouted beans
slices of cucumber
dried apricots/dates/raisins
h/m popcorn

Having breadsticks to dip into a tub of philadelphia seems to be my lad's favourite, with the tub for the sprouts always coming home empty too.

So far, h/m quiche isn't appreciated because it's cold and the flapjack isn't being eaten.

(for the sprouts, I put a thin layer of puy lentils, mung beans and aduki beans in a jam jar and fill with water, then I drain it and rinse them twice a day, covering them with a moist cloth with the lid off. They're ready in about 3 or 4 days with the adzuki ones taking the longest. They're really sweet.)

BigMummaF

Sorry about this, but I've said in lots of other places how I am new to 'foreign' foods I've read lots about sprouting beans...do you eat the seed & the sprouty bit? Cook them first? Could you mix them with--eg--couscous to make a salad-type dish? I really do not have a clue but fancy trying them...

crispeater

beans sprouts? i think you eat the lot, are they the ones usually found in chinese food? if it is then you can eat them raw or cooked although raw they are crunchy and you can mix them with whatever you like, providing you like them lol

my daughter started yr1 this term and prefers to have wraps than sandwich's ham is her fav followed by cheese & mayo and in sandwich's she likes marmite. i also give her natural yoghurt with grapes & strawberries and if i'm feeling particulary nice i will add 1/2 tsp of passion fruit curd to make the yoghurt sweeter. she will also have some sesame snaps (i love these too!) and an apple. very rarely does she get the chance to eat it all but i think thats coz she talks too much lol

Gingham_Ribbon

Here's what they look like:

And here's some more info. The special sprouting jars aren't necessary and you can pick up seeds and beans to sprout much cheaper than on that site, but the info is useful. EDIT just noticed they're all organic so the price isn't bad. (I get mine wholesale in kilo amounts as I cook with them too.)

You eat the whole thing. I don't give my lad chickpea sprouts yet because they're quite big and firmer than when cooked, so a potential choking hazard for little ones. The ones in the pic look like mung, aduki, lentil and chickpea. (Don't use split peas or split red lentils as they have to be whole to be able to sprout.)

No. Don't cook them. Just follow the instructions on my above post and you'll be fine.

Gingham_Ribbon

Yes, you can mix them with couscous - that would be lovely. (Wish I'd thought of that last night when I was making a couscous salad!)

BigMummaF

Thanks so much for the info! My lot won't know what's hit them

Ooohhh...I l-l-lurv experimenting :T

missstropy

My son loves cold pasta or rice with mayo tuna and sweetcorn. Make it up the night before and whatever is left I munch on during the day. He also loves a little bag of grapes, a wedge of cheese and a pickled onion. Sometimes I split and orange, apple, grapes and a slice of melon between two of mine and make them a mini fruit salad. Mine tend to get bored of sandwiches so Im constantly trying different things. For drinks I t end to save any small juice bottles and fill them up with juice from home. Loads cheaper than buying fruit shoots constantly.

michellen34

Now this is a totally stupid question, but with regards to pitta breads do you toast them first?,my older 2 have just started taking packed lunches ( was costing a small fortune to feed them at high school) and been reading this thread and seen pitta bread mentioned a lot, i always lightly toast them but have never used them in a packed lunch before