can we talk about school lunches - let's make a list!
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What is your "French toast" (salty)? I'm intrigued and must know more. |
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Wow-impressive lunches for the children of this group.
My poor kids get a sandwich, fruit and a snack every day. No complaints by them and it takes 2 minutes. |
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| School lunch. |
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Not being judgy - but how do you find time to make the fancy lunches? I feel like I barely have time to do laundry and keep the house clean.
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| Forgot to add - we leave early in the AM for before care and I get home late due to long commute |
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Me too! Lol. Some of these menus sound delicious-- I want you all to pack my work lunch! |
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Beat the eggs, add salt to taste, and pour it on a plate. Dip both sides of a white bread in the beaten egg and then shallow fry. Using a plate does not completely soak the bread so it uses less oil to cook and does not get soggy in the lunch box. Cool. Pack when cooled. You can use any spice in the egg dip that your kid likes (my son loves the taste of Singapore noodles so I will add a dash of garam masala in the egg mixture occasionally) and if you want you can cut the toast in half and put a dab of tomato ketchup (if your kid likes it) and make a sandwich. You can also julienne some sun-dried tomatoes, pat away the oll, chop some basil leaves and make a "sandwich"...then it will become an Italian toast. 
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| My kids dislike sandwiches, so I bought each a small thermos and pack hot pasta, mac'n'cheese, Annie's ravioli, soup etc. I prepare while I'm making breakfast, then add side veggie, fruit, small dessert, drink. |
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Many of these fancy lunches sound like leftovers from dinner. Takes less than two minutes to scoop leftovers into a container and add some fruit. (We do this too.) |
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OP, if your kid isn't eating the Lunchables, why don't you get a bento box-style lunchbox and make your own? Has to be one of the fastest to compile. Put ham, a cheese she likes, some crackers, grapes and a treat.
We use the Planetbox ones. takes 2 minutes to fill it up. I love how much less plastic/Ziploc/etc we are using (none! but used to use a fair amount.) My kid likes sunbutter sandwiches and chicken noodle soup so we do that a lot, with whatever fruit, veggie and treat I have around. |
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I am the mom that wrote the long list of lunches. I am glad that you think that these are fancy lunches but trust me that most do not take that long. 15 minutes tops for most of them. Most of these are leftovers. The trick for hot foods is really to heat them up very well (use the reheat button on your microwave to get them at a boiling point) and prepare the thermos well too (heated water in the thermos for 10 minutes to warm the thermos first). You have to keep the food either sufficiently hot or cold so that it is safe to eat. Here is what I always have in my fridge - boiled eggs, boiled potatoes, prepared dough, chopped and sauteed veggies (onions, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower), cooked egg noodles, shredded cheese, lunch meats. I am usually assembling in the morning and I use a lot of premade stuff. Just need to be a bit organized, and have a plan and a menu. My kids are grown up enough that I do not have to get them ready in the morning, so that helps. Easy thing to do is look at your dinner and think how you can use the left-over for lunch - just like we re-purpose the turkey after thanksgiving. Stuff it in a sandwich, bake it up in a puff pastry, everything tastes great with some cheese!! And if something works and your kids like it, then add it to your list. |
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/25/school-lunches-around-the-world_n_6746164.html
This always inspires me. |
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Nutella pancakes
Veggi muffins Potstickers |
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Thermos with pasta and ricotta
Ravioli Pierogies Potstickers Hommos and pita and lunch meat separate Bagel, cream cheese and lox Chicken tenders Leftovers like spaghetti and meatballs, chicken sausage and rice Mac and cheese Egg salad sandwiches I think I try pretty hard to make good lunches, both kids like different things so that’s frustrating and they still complain - all their friends bring a lot of junk.our lunches have more junk than I would like - granola bars, Lara bars, etc...so it’s hard to make them happy. |