can we talk about school lunches - let's make a list!
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| My two take a peanut butter sandwich nearly every single day- with a fruit, vegetable, and another side (wheat crackers, sesame sticks, whatever I have on hand). You guys have some picky kids. |
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And it is junk food and feeding your kids this crap is partly why we have an obesity epidemic. Even if they are normal weight now, they grow up thinking this is the kind of food you should eat for lunch and continue to do so as an adult and end up overweight |
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My 12 y old who is extremely fruit averse but otherwise adventurous eater likes:
Cold sesame noodles (you can buy at Whole Foods) Pasta salad Hard boiled eggs with salt and pepper Minestrone soup Chili The prepared peppered salmon in a vacuum sealed thing that you can get at Whole Foods Turkey sandwiches on sourdough or baguette or roll, light on Mayo bc it gets soggy She is old enough to make her own lunches and enjoys cooking. We haven’t all gotten up in time to make that work, but maybe this year! |
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Ha, you are right! This is what I grew up on as an Indian American vegetarian. I still love obj and could easily eat it every day! I wish peanuts were safe for school, but I understand why they’re not. |
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Did it make you feel better to type out "fruit & veg and a snack" ten times? It sure didn't help anyone figure out new lunch ideas. |
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+1. Lunchables are gross. Cereal bars are candy. Might as well eat a Snickers bar. |
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My kid doesn't like sandwiches or leftovers so he gets a "homemade lunchable" in a bento-style box every day:
Deli meat roll-ups (turkey, ham, or salami) Cheese stick or cheese cubes A fruit or two (grapes, clementine, strawberries, apple slices, cherries) A veggie or two (sugar snap peas, snow peas, carrot sticks) Something pickled (olives or cornichon pickles) |
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I copy and pasted it when I wrote it several years ago. My kid is in high school now. Sorry you didn’t find it helpful. If I hadn’t mentioned that my kid was getting veggies in his lunch I would have been criticized by some other happy dcum mom for depriving my kid of nutritious food. Oh well. Good luck, lunch moms! |
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Totally this. |
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OPs child can take peanut butter to school (per the OP) and many schools are ok with peanut butter. It is like parents want extra work or to make things extra difficult. Packing lunch shouldn’t be hard. Sandwich, fruit, vegetable. Done. |
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Soy eggs (basically deviled eggs soaked overnight in sugar/soy sauce/spice)
Cold noodle salad with shredded carrots/scallions, easy to make big portion and then put into a small tupperware Ham-and-cheese roll-ups without bread, side of mustard Black bean/avocado/corn salad (again easy to make big batch and portion through week) |
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I like the compartmented bento boxes because it encourages me to pack different things in a single lunch. And d’or a picky kid it keeps items separate and not touching.
Little compartments I put: Fruit Babybel or chunks of cheddar Hummus in a little container Carrot sticks Mini peppers or bell pepper strips HB egg sprinkled with furikake Small dessert like a choc covered marshmallow or nut free trail mix. Today was a small slice of pie. Lightly steamed broccoli In the larger compartment I put a main: Cheese and pickle sandwich Fried rice Vegetable soba noodles Sun butter and jelly sandwich Fried mandu Pizza It’s also fun to use the bento boxes to put all appetizer foods in, like: Stuffed grape leaves Cheeses Crackers Cut up vegetables Fruit Dip |
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There’s places that banned peanuts. My kids are beyond elementary and I’m still angry about it. |