What do you pack in your kids lunchbox?

[Anonymous]

My 8 year old is getting bored with his lunch choices. He's not a picky eater but isn't really into sandwiches. Any ideas? What does your kid bring in their lunchbox?

[Anonymous]

Soup, crackers and cheese, lox and cream cheese on bread, pork steak , cottage cheese, yogurt,

[Anonymous]

Tortellini with pesto
Stars (organic BPA free version of spaghettios)
Cold pizza (whole wheat pita pizza made at home)
Chicken nuggets
Tortilla wraps, could be turkey and mayo and mustard, turkey and pesto, turkey and veggie cream cheese.
Bagel and cream cheese

[Anonymous]

Leftovers from dinner

[Anonymous]

My dd is very picky, so forgive me if this isn't the healthiest list.

mac and cheese in the thermos,
pizza lunchable,
string cheese and pepperonis
cut up cucumbers or celery with a dip of ranch dressing
a slice of lemon with a small packet of sugar
tortilla chips, maybe a cookie

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
a slice of lemon with a small packet of sugar

Is that for making DIY lemonade??

I'm so lucky mine is slightly picky and wants the same things every day: sunbutter & jelly sandwich; banana or an orange; baby carrots; a few crackers of some kind; a babybel cheese.

[Anonymous]

My list is similar:

leftovers from night before
PB on a slider roll
tomatoes/cukes with dip ( hummus or ranch )
Fruit (kiwi, blueberries, strawberries )
yogurt squeezer or babybel cheese
trail mix
wheat thins and cheese slices
Hershey kiss

[Anonymous]

I am so relieved to read this list! My child does not have the worst lunch at school! I am not single-handedly keeping the Lunchables company going! Haha.

I give my daughter any of the following:
A lunchable, smuckers sandwich, bagelful, slices of meat, crackers
A yogurt of some sort....gotta keep the type of yogurt changing so she doesn't get bored
String cheese or a Babybel
Some type of fruit
Capri Sun Roaring Waters
Hummos and Prezel Thins
100-calorie pack chips or just a small bag of some sort of chip.

Sorry. I don't think these suggestions are helpful, but maybe it will help someone else feel better about their lunches too!

Just don't pack a sandwich. Crackers and cheese are good, too. I've noticed a lot of kids take slices of meat. Granola bars are good. Sometimes my daughter gets excited if there's no "main" part of her lunch and it's a bunch of snacks. Those days I definitely put in yogurt and fruit, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
a slice of lemon with a small packet of sugar

Is that for making DIY lemonade??

I'm so lucky mine is slightly picky and wants the same things every day: sunbutter & jelly sandwich; banana or an orange; baby carrots; a few crackers of some kind; a babybel cheese.

She likes to put a sprinkle of sugar on a lemon and eat the lemon that way. I know it's odd. She is picky, but odd. She loves blue cheese and feta cheese, and yet the only fruit I can get her to eat is slices of granny smith apples. Very strange.

[Anonymous]

Sometimes I also shred cheese or cut cheese into little straws. I call those cheese straws.

Also the yogurt you can drink and I put in a straw.

[Anonymous]

I have a picky 5yo. Can you send anything hot? Our staples:

pb&j
turkey deli meat (he won't eat the bread so I just send the meat)
rice & beans (a favorite!)
Mac n cheese (he doesn't mind that it's lost some of its creaminess)
pretzels
veggie straws
yogurt
applesauce
fruit: banana, grapes or strawberries
popcorn

[Anonymous]

turkey slices
baby carrots
frozen gogurt

[Anonymous]

It normally consists of...

blueberries
cucumber slices cut with small cookie cutter (before you judge, it literally takes one extra minute)
cheese
crackers
organic turkey
organic milk box
one or two animal crackers

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
a slice of lemon with a small packet of sugar

Is that for making DIY lemonade??

I'm so lucky mine is slightly picky and wants the same things every day: sunbutter & jelly sandwich; banana or an orange; baby carrots; a few crackers of some kind; a babybel cheese.

She likes to put a sprinkle of sugar on a lemon and eat the lemon that way. I know it's odd. She is picky, but odd. She loves blue cheese and feta cheese, and yet the only fruit I can get her to eat is slices of granny smith apples. Very strange.

She's destroying the enamel on her teeth that way.

[Anonymous]

A string cheese, a clementine, a few pretzels, handful of almonds, water.

Sometimes I'll send oatmeal in a thermos with a cup of sliced strawberries and banana, and a hard-boiled egg.