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My daughter is starting public school this fall and will not be able to have her lunch in a fridge (cold packs will be OK) or heated up. I have been spoiled for several years by her preschool and am accustomed to giving her hot lunches. Can someone recommend books or websites that can give me ideas for cold lunches, so I can spend this summer getting my daughter adjusted? She can't live on turkey and pb&j sandwiches every day (.... or can she?). Thanks, Eden eve8garden @ gmail.com |
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If you want to include hot/warm foods, you can send them in a thermos. We do that for soups, pasta, dumplings, leftovers, etc.
A few ideas - salads with chicken, tuna, other proteins, beans, pasta, etc.; wraps with hummus and carrots, cream cheese and smoked salmon or cream cheese and jam, tuna lettuce and carrots; send crackers/mini pitas and the deli meat/cheese or some tuna or chicken salad or whatever separately and let her build her own lunch for something different. |
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The little girl I nanny for started preschool this past fall. She is super picky so it has taken a lot of trial and error. She would not touch a sandwich at all. I sometimes put one in there just hoping she will eat it.
Some of the things I have tried: Individual Hummus Cups with Pita bread-this is a hit. I also put some carrots and a fresh piece of fruit. Individual packets of Wholly Guacamole with tortillas, a yogurt and fruit. Cheddar, Ham, carrots, grapes and whole grain crackers. I make a cold teriyaki noodle salad with rotisserie chicken.Put in with an ice pack and you are good to go. I usually add fresh pineapple as the fruit. Whole wheat bagel thin with individual cream cheese/peanut butter. Black Bean/Corn salad with tortillas or multigrain chips. |
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She can! |
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Yes, she absolutely can. My 5th-grader is living proof! 
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| I wish mine would eat pb&j so I could not buy organic, effing soy free, uber expensive chicken nuggets to send for lunch every day. I could save probably $50 per month off the grocery bill. I would cheerfully send her with pb&j every day. |
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| Cold pasta salad? |
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Isn't most schools nuts free? Would PB be okay? |
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| Cold salads. Quinoa or pasta salad with an oil and vinegar or pest type dressing. Or noodles with a sesame, teriyaki, or soy/miso dressing. Add random veggies and chunks of protein. You can make a batch at the beginning of the week and package in small containers. |
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| in response to the nut-free question- in my exeperience, most public schools are not nut free- most just have special tables that are peanut or allergy free. Things that work for my kids- yogurt and granola, turkey/cheese/crackers, pb&j, cream cheese and jelly sandwiches. I also use the thermos a lot and send mac and cheese/chicken etc. |