SAHM & kid lunch rut
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Anonymous
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I'm guessing I am not the only one and with summer approaching maybe some other moms need some new ideas?
I SAHM and have a 3 year old and 9 month old. I feel like we are doing the same things every day. Any ideas for vegetarian lunches? I do a lot of cooking for dinner and I just don't have energy for lunches. |
Anonymous
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Leftovers from dinner
Mac + cheese with peas Bagel with hummus, cream cheese, cheese slices, nut butter, apple butter or sunbutter Mini pizza or pizza bagel Cheese quesadilla with black beans Pasta with feta and baby spinach Ravioli Apple slices and peanut butter Yogurt with fruit and granola or cereal |
Anonymous
| Also egg sandwiches |
Anonymous
| Put their whole lunch on a skewer. Tiny squares of samwich, slice of cucumber, cube of fruit etc |
Anonymous
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cheese on toast or baked beans on toast, big staples in my house growing up ( in England)
New one i have added into our rotation is avacado and egg on toast. So you smush the avacado and layer in on the toast, fry an egg, or scramble and do it like an omelette, then layer that on top. I then cut my daughters into bite size pieces so she can eat with a fork. I eat the same thing so nothing goes to waste. Super healthy and vegetarian. |
Anonymous
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Crackers and cheese - surprisingly filling even for adults
Pasta salad - veggie can be roasted red pepper, or broccoli, or lightly sautéed cauliflower. An Italian vinaigrette sauce/dressing with a little Parmesan. Easier than it sounds 
Pizza bites from the frozen section Grilled cheese sandwiches Add fruit & veggie to the cracker/pizza/sandwich lunches. choose from: grapes, carrots, sugar snap peas, apples, strawberries, watermelon, cucumber. |
Anonymous
Samwich? Really? |
Anonymous
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Mini bagels and make mini pizzas with veggies.
Spread cream cheese on a tortilla and put in veggies and slice into pinwheel sandwiches or make a wrap. Try out some muffin cup recipes, e.g.,: http://greatist.com/eat/portable-muffin-tin-recipes You can freeze pretty easily to mix up the weekly repertoire. |
Anonymous
| Leftovers are great for lunch, especially when you are eating lunch at home. You can also make lunch different by having a picnic at a park, in your yard, in the living room...my kids often eat better in a different spot even if it's the same food. |
Anonymous
| My daughter hates mixed food so we do a lot of bento box style lunches. Compartments filled with cheese, meat egg or tofu, whole grain cracker, veggie, fruit. If she's feeling adventurous she makes sandwiches using the crackers |
Anonymous
| Nibble trays everyday |
Anonymous
| I just do easy for lunch and put more stock into dinner. Grilled cheese with side of avocado and green peas, hummus "sandwich" with fruit and broccoli, smoked salmon and cream cheese sandwich, scrambled eggs with tomato and avocado, pbj, pizza, 15 month old loves beets so I add that a lot - she gets a lot of smorgasbord foods. As a fellow SAHM, I figure I give them a great breakfast, make lunch something that's easy, and do a bit more for dinner...not going to kill myself over every meal! We also do leftovers sometimes - 1 yr old will eat leftover salmon, 3 yo only likes it right off the oven. Spaghetti is another popular leftover for lunch. |
Anonymous
| My kids love Ramen noodles. Cheap and easy! |
Anonymous
Is this the packaged noodles or just ramen noodles? |
Anonymous
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I do quesadillas a lot with a veggie and light cheese filler. Also, look up "broccoli bites." There's an awesome baked recipe out there that is easy to make and refrigerate.
My DC is also into homemade hummus right now. Makes me sound a bit crunchy, but it's easy to make (and cheaper than storebought)-- DC loves veggies so long as they can dip them
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