Tell me what easy lunches you make for your kids
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Anonymous
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My kids are in ES. I'm Indian and I was thinking I could do some variety rice, but my kids hate biryani or vegetable rice. I mostly stick to hummus sandwich and a fruit, or rotis/gravy and a fruit. Sometimes dosa/gravy. Lately they are complaining that all this is boring. They want the processed foods like lunchables, oscar mayer chicken slices. I do that sometimes. What else could I send?
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Anonymous
| My kid gets the same thing almost every day - a sandwich on wheat bread (ham and cheese or pbj), yogurt, fruit, a vegetable, and a small dessert like a cookie or piece of chocolate. |
Anonymous
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Almond butter and jelly sandwich
Pepperoni, cheese, and crackers Bagel and cream cheese Chips and salsa Fig preserves, goat cheese, and crackers Add fruit, vegetables, hard boiled egg or yogurt, water and a treat. They sometimes take a thermos with leftovers. |
Anonymous
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I’m Indian too. Here’s what I make
Veggie and bean quesadilla - mostly peppers onion kale tomato with black bean and cheese between 2 rotis Turkey pesto cheese sandwich Ravioli - diff kinds with Rao’s marinara Toasted burrito with Spanish rice Pasta with veggies Chickpea sandwich from wicked kitchen |
Anonymous
| OP here. What kind of vegetables do you send? Boiled carrots, peas ? Or roasted veggies? |
Anonymous
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fried rice
mini mandu I buy frozen and fry in pan little sausages cut up to look like octopus leftover pizza "asian style" noodles quesadilla pasta with sauce and peas Today I sent brown rice fried with chicken sausage, spinach, and some vegetables. Side of fruit, piece of Halloween candy. |
Anonymous
peas in butter steamed broccoli with sesame oil and seeds edamame is good raw carrot sticks cucumber spears |
Anonymous
| If they want processed foods, you could diy lunchables to make it healthier. |
Anonymous
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Homemade polenta that I air-fry and cut into rounds
Soups/stews in thermos Veggie hand-pies/mini tarts Pastas Baked potatoes, usually with baked beans/cheese or broccoli Risotto Air-fried chickpeas + rice with some vegetable/fried egg Tapas box (olives, pickles, smoked fish, cheese) |
Anonymous
| My kids gets a mini bagel with creamcbeese in a separate container. Sliced apple and carrot sticks. |
Anonymous
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-air-fried Just Bare chicken nuggets from Costco, side of steamed veggies (broccoli or veggie mix) made the day before
-pan-fried mini vegetable dumplings from Costco, veggies -folded kimbap with any ingredients you like, wrap in saran wrap, cut in half (you can look up folded kimbap for easy instructions) -DIY lunchables - I ask the deli to cut the ham or turkey into slightly thicker slices, change up the kind of meat (sometimes I do pepperoni), crackers, and cheese -cold pasta with any chopped fresh veggies and cheese, lightly dressed -fried rice -chicken salad + croissants from Costco -turkey swiss pinwheels from Costco |
Anonymous
For kimbap do you add anything (like sugar or salt) to the rice? And does the rice go hard or the gim go soggy? |
Anonymous
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Deviled eggs
cream cheese on cinnamon bread Nachos: tortilla chips, beans, cheese and sour cream mini peppers stuffed with cheese and beans loaded baked potato cold pasta salad |
Anonymous
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My kids, every single day, take either a PB&J or turkey sandwich, on whole wheat.
Plus a fruit, vegetable, pretzels. They never say it is boring. You have high maintenance kids OP. Tell them pack their own lunch. |