What do non-Americans pack their kids for lunch?
![[Post New]](/jforum/templates/default/images/icon_minipost_new.gif){kind=icon}
Anonymous
| Leftovers from our regular dinners. Same thing the adults eat. |
Anonymous
| We are of Southeast asian decent. I pack my kids all sorts of foods - pasta, meatballs, fried riced, sushi, ham sandwich, turkey sandwich, dumplings, tuna sandwich, tacos. |
Anonymous
|
Rice pilaf, beef stroganoff, buckwheat w/mushrooms, or whatever leftovers we had from dinner. I use thermos to keep it warm until lunch.
As for embarrassment - my kids embrace their heritage, not embarrassed by it. So, even though some kids @ school think Russian version of potato salad stink, my kids beg me to make it just so they can have it for lunch. |
Anonymous
My DC has taken Korean seaweed soup for lunch. DC loves it, and no one has ever said anything negative about it that I know of. Even if they did, I don't think my DC would care either. The soup, however, doesn't smell. I think many non Koreans are just grossed out by it. But it's quite healthy. |
Anonymous
| I'm South Asian, DH is white American. I pack a combination of whatever is left from the dinner before plus veggies/fruit/some form of hummus and chips. DD loves daal so I send a lot of daal and rice with her. I usually put in some veggie in the daal - peas or broccoli, which also helps. It is meant to be eaten warm but fine at room temperature. |
Anonymous
How old are your kids? How are the not mortified to be opening Tupperware of daal and aloo ghobi? You know eating one American meal a day like PBJ won't take away from their Indian-ness; you realize that right?? |
Anonymous
|
Anonymous
GET OUT! The thread is asking for other non-American lunch ideas and you jump on one poster in particular- The Indian. Typical DCUM. |
Anonymous
Canadian here. (You asked for other countries..  )
The main difference I see, is we don't pack anything with nuts. It's very common here to have nut bans. The past two years at ds's school it has been a necessity. There are kids in a few classrooms with a severe (epi pen required) allergy. I see a lot of cold pizza, leftovers in thermoses, sandwiches or wraps with various fillings. Fruits and veg. Macaroni and cheese homemade or not. Along with the lunchables, lunch bought from the gas station on the way to school, sometimes only a couple of granola bars. The school has also become quite culturally diverse. One girl brings sushi, and quite often rice with whatever meat in it. Sometimes I'm not sure what kids have. Some smells good, some doesn't. |
Anonymous
What a bizarre thing to say. If the OP's kids are happy with what they eat how is it any of your concern? Stop projecting your issues and insecurities on others. |
Anonymous
|
I'm Asian and DS is half-Asian. He brings leftovers, warmed up, in a thermos. Rice and teriyaki salmon is his favorite. If other kids make fun of it, he has yet to say anything or request I not pack it. Other times it is miso soup. He considers himself lucky as he has mentioned that lots of kids say they love miso soup too. I also pack rice and dumplings, or rice and bulgogi, or rice and beans.
That said, sometimes it is a turkey sandwich, or spaghetti or cold pizza. Pack what your kid will eat!! |
Anonymous
^^ this. Asian here. Kids eat the same as adults, once they have teeth. Packed lunches are leftovers or extras of food made that day. i.e. cook would make lunch in the morning, and kids would eat that at school that day. We would never dream of packing a peanut butter sandwich, potato chips, or even juice. That's junk. |
Anonymous
|
I'm Indian, and our kids have taken ada rolls (ada is a lentil + rice pancake rolled up with grated cheese), besan chilla rolls (chickpea flour + semolina flour pancakes), chapati rolls (I spread cream cheese on the chapatis and often put chicken nuggets or chicken kababs in them--the kids love them!). Our kids have refused to take rice, so it's typically easy to eat foods that I pack.
The kids also take the usual mac and cheese, pasta, grilled cheese sandwiches etc... |
Anonymous
Really? A good source of fats and protein combined with whole grains you're going to call junk compared to say, the carbohydrate bomb someone else listed earlier of dumplings and white rice? 
|
Anonymous
|
I am Indian and my kids craft the menu. It is a mix of Indian, Mexican, American and Italian food.
1) Spiced Rava Idli with coconut flakes and veggis. 2) Veggi upma and bread upma' 3) Stuffed sandwich in sandwich maker with veggies (spiced sauted veggies, cheese and potatoes. 4) Stuffed sandwich with cooked spiced minced chicken or lamb with mint chutney 5) Mac and Cheese in a thermos 6) Hot dogs 7) Quesadilla 8) Pizza 9) Spaghetti and meatballs 10) Paneer and veggi burritos 11) Chicken Biryani 12) Rolled stuffed parantha. 13) Egg salad sandwich 14) Ham sandwich 15) Grilled cheese sandwich 16) French toast 17) Chicken nuggets Also as sides - fruits, raw veggis with dips, cheese sticks, yogurt and rice pudding etc. I have also packed breakfast sandwiches from McDonalds at times because my kid loves it |