Packed lunch ideas

Penny-Pincher!!

Hi

DD now back on packed lunches as we are having problems with her free school meals and her not getting much food left as her year go in last:mad:

Anyway, the school now allows fruit or veg at breaktime in the morning, so DD normally takes a banana, apple or raisins.

In her lunchbox daily she normally has a sarnie/roll with either cheese, ham, chicken, marmite or jam (no more than once a week) and once a week she has chicken and rice or pasta. She also has another 1-2 pieces of fruit, yogurt, crisps, watery squash and a biccie or HM flapjack. She eats all this normally but sometimes if she has taken 3 pieces of fruit, 1 of these will come back and given the next day.

OH walks her to school/or home from school which is about a mile 4 times a week-so she is walking at least 4 miles a week without anything else:p (OH 8 miles a week-there and back LOL).

She seems to be doing well with her eating and has a good hearty breakie and dinner without snacks between, or if she is hungry-normally have sugar free jelly or another piece of fruit.

PP
xx

beccatt

Thought this memory of mine might help you make sandwiches and healthy stuff a bit more exciting for reluctant eaters...

I remember when I was about six my mum gave me a christmas lunchbox on the last day of term with a mince pie etc in it. The thing I remember most was that she used cookie cutters to cut sandwiches into star and christmas tree shapes! I can remember my teacher spotting this and taking my lunchbox around all the other classrooms to show the other teachers how clever my mum had been. I was so proud!

thriftlady_2

I did this for my dd's lunchbox when her brothers had the school Christmas lunch (she couldn't,because she has food allergies).She loved her Christmas tree turkey sandwiches.

misfire

Read many of the messages but not all so sorry if i repeat stuff!

My DS is SOOOOOOOOOOOOO fussy but some of the things he likes are:-

1. Cold pizza & Garlic bread (left over from his tea previous evening!) no left over pizza in our house ever goes to waste!

2. Popcorn - home made (got the machine for a £5 in the superdrug sale - kernals are 60p for a bag which makes loads so in long run very cheap!) i send him with it plain instead of crisps. (Also use the machine to make popcorn before we go to the cinema!)

3. Rasins - I buy a big bag and put a portion size in a pot - much cheaper than the individual boxes and ds doesnt care!

4. Own jelly - make jelly at home put in saved yougart pots - much cheaper and nicer than the rowntrees ready made one.

5. Angel delight as above but put in small pots with lids (30p from asda and so far i have only had to replace one lost one! they have lasted well).

Thats about all i can think of that hasnt been covered!

HTH

Spendless

medical wrote:

Dear All
which drinks are the better ones to buy for childrens packed lunch?
which crisp is better nutrition wise as well
ta
medical

The best drink is water, Some schools do not allow anything else. Either fill a drinks bottle, or buy the bottled variety once to get the bottles then fill from the tap. Until recently I was working in a school dinner hall and water was available to any children who had forgotten their drink.
Not sure about crisps.

BigMummaF

More bumpety-bump please, cuz I think folk would really appreciate the help.

galvanizersbaby

Sarahsaver wrote: »

They get free milk, and fruit because we live in a 'deprived' area.

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.

My son started school last year and eats anything and my daughter started last week and is a picky eater.
I tend to give roll or pitta bread and at the moment I am putting sliced chicken and cucumber in them - my two both seem to like the sliced meats but I tend to get the buy one get one free rather than the value version as it seems a bit nicer.
I put loads in my son's lunchbox and anything he doesn't eat he has at after school club as a snack but I do know they are a bit rushed at lunchtimes so I always tell him it doesn't matter if he doesn't eat it all as long as he eats the pitta bread first!

BTW - I peel pears for myself as I hate the skin but my son eats the lot including the core:eek: (yuck!)

webitha

now i know your all saying try wraps and pitta but what are these and what do you put in these i got 2 DK on lunches now (1st time) DS will eat absolutely anything typical boyDD will eat most things but not mayo/saladceam, ideas for these wraps/pitta please

cookiedough38

My dd's lunch consists of

Sandwich on wholemeal bread - usually something like tuna or egg mayo
A savoury snack - cold sausage/ boiled egg peeled
2 pieces of fruit - varies, banana, grapes, strawberries, orange, apple
1 sweet item - pot of jelly/home made cake or biscuit

webitha - anything can go into wraps. My dd likes ham chopped up with grated cheese. I have even put in cold chicken curry before. Cheese and tomato, chicken salad without the mayo.

ailuro2

Sarahsaver wrote: »

Im just going to make a batch of sarnies or rolls up each weekend and freeze them. My daughter would eat cheese every day. I'd rather that than try to feed her fancy stuff which gets picked over half eaten. I used to buy 'value' ham but stopped getting it over 6 months ago because its so rubbish really.

Remember not to freeze cold meat sarnies, it doesn't freeze well, has been known to cause severely upset stomachs.

Because DD likes ham on her sandwiches I just make them up the night before, usually while tea is cooking.

for people with kids who eat anything, cook a bit of extra pasta at teatime, save it, cool it and add a bit of tuna and some tomatoes for a nice change to sandwiches.

I always though spag bol would make a nice filling for pitta bread, but I don't eat it, so maybe I'm way off the mark there!