Ideas for Elementary School Lunch
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Anonymous
| DC dislikes the school lunches and requested that I pack a lunch for her. Would appreciate ideas. She's not a picky eater and likes a wide variety of food. |
Anonymous
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- sandwiches
- get a thermos, heat up hot food - rice, pasta, soups. - fruits, cheeses, crackers What does she eat normally at home for lunch? Other than things that would get soggy after a few hours (like a warm quesadilla), you can pack what she normally eats. |
Anonymous
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Quesadillas
Goya's black bean soup w/ cheese is our go-to quesadilla filling. |
Anonymous
| My kid eats PB&j every day. I do vary her fruit and cookie but they have such a short amount of time I make sure its something she will eat and quickly. |
Anonymous
| Crackers and hummus , cheese, sliced turkey, fruit |
MikeL
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My kids subsisted on the same thing every day:
Sandwich - turkey for 1 kid, ham for another, PB for the 3rd Chips of some sort 3 cookies 1 piece of fruit Bottle of water The last kid never ate a cafeteria cooked meal |
Anonymous
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second on getting thermos, I wouldn't do soup in it though - it might leak. My kids love mac&cheese, pilaf, fried rice, beef stew w/mashed potatoes, you name it.
sandwiches hummus&fresh pepper/cucumbers/carrots etc |
Anonymous
| Crusty bread with a tapenade spread. |
Anonymous
| 3-4 days a week DS gets a sand which (avocado or PB&J). I add something with protien (cheese stick, yogurt, or trail mix with nuts), plus fruit and veggies. Other days he might get leftovers in a thermos (rice and beans or pasta) or something like a muffin and hard boiled eggs or a cold burrito. Every once in awhile I thow in a small treat. |
Anonymous
| Thermos is a good idea. Will contents stay warm if bag also has yogurt and cool pack for that? |
Anonymous
Heat a kettle with boiling water, then fill the thermos with the boiling water for 10 Minutes. Dump out the water and then fill the thermos with the hot food and it should be okay. I try to put a barrier (like a ziplock bag of crackers) between the thermos and an ice pack so it isn't touching directly. |
Anonymous
I bought a lunch bag that has 2 compartments - one for warm; one for cold. If I pack warm food, I put one of those insulated drink holders in between the warm/cold compartments as an extra barrier. My kids have told me the food is still warm, not very, but still warm when they eat it. |
Anonymous
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Today i gave my kid a thermos of leftovers (rice, beans and veggies) a small ear of corn on the cob, an apple and popcorn.
He loves food in the thermos (mac & cheese, plan pasta with a dash of EVOO and pepper and garlic powder, baked beans, and leftovers if he loved the dinner). |
Anonymous
| NP. My kid is in preschool but will be in MOCO elementary school next year. Are peanut butter sandwiches allowed? |
Anonymous
Our's does. Kids with allergies have a separate table. But teacher may not allow nuts for snacks in the classroom. |