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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I pack some snacks with the lunch (yogurt/string cheese, cut fruit, pirate's  booty/goldfish, cookies/rice krispy treat, carrots/cucumber sticks with ranch dressing)

Grilled peanut butter sandwich with banana filling.  (using sandwich maker)
Pizza
Hot Dog
Chicken nuggets
Spiced rava Idlis 
Chicken Biryani (In a food thermos)
Grilled cheese sandwich 
Stuffed paranthas (potatoes or cauliflower)
Toasted spinach and cheese ravioli
Spaghetti and meatballs (in a food thermos)
French toast  (sweet)
"French toast" (salty)
Veggi quesadilla
Veggi upma
Veggi Lo-mein 
Grilled potatoes stuffed sandwich
Grilled paneer sandwich
Caluiflower sabji with puri
Egg sandwich
Ham and bologana sandwich
BLT sandwich
Egg, spinach, cheese quiche
Paneer burger, veggi burger
Cornbread and chunky  chicken chowder.
peas & potato pilaf with makhani daal (daal in thermos)
Spinach and onion pancakes
Ramen noodles in thermos.  (my kid loves it so its an occasional treat).[/quote]

Yum. I'm Indian too. Do you mind sharing the details of your grilled potatoes stuffed sandwich?  And the spinach and onion pancakes?  My daughter is constantly unhappy with lunch.  She eats quesadillas (whole wheat TJ tortillas, cheddar cheese, turkey pepperoni) a lot, but she'd like some variety.

Also, my big contribution to this thread is pesto, mozzarella, and tomato sandwiches.  One kid could eat this every day. 
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Grilled potatoes stuffed sandwich -
This is made from leftover grilled potatoes.  I usually grill chopped veggies (potatoes, sweet potatoes, zucchini, carrots, eggplants etc) in a tin foil.  You can use grilled potatoes or even baked or boiled potatoes.  I have also made it with mashed potatoes but I prefer the grilled potatoes because it does not become too heavy or starchy.  Since you will be packing it in the lunch box and it will be probably cold by the time they eat it, you want some texture in the sandwich too.  You can add or take out ingredients like - sauteed onions, cooked peas etc depending on what your kid wants to eat.

1/2 cup grilled chopped red potatoes with skin on
1 tbsp shredded cheese of choice (or even paneer)
1/2 tsp minced sundried tomatoes
1/2 tsp mint  or coriander chutney. 
salt to taste.

Mix above ingredients well. Put between two slices of bread and use the sandwich maker to grill it and seal the edges.  You do not need to pack ketchup with it because the chutney and minced tomatoes give the needed flavor to the potatoes. Also the oil in the sundried tomatoes gives the right amount of unctuousness to the filling.  This will be the filling for one sandwich.

Spinach and Onion pancakes. (for 2 pancakes)
1/3 cup cooked spinach (you can nuke frozen spinach)  or  1/2 cup very finely chopped fresh baby spinach. 
1 tbsp finely chopped onions or shallots. 
Boxed pancake mix of choice (can be gf, whole wheat etc).
Salt to taste

Add 2-3 tbsp dry pancake mixture to the veggis (with or without eggs), mixing well and adding some water to make a thick batter.  Depending on how much fluid is in the veggis you may need to add more or less mixture. Cook on the griddle with some oil or butter on medium-low flame and occasionally press down on the pancake with a spatula to make sure that the ingredients cook thoroughly and still adhere well to each other. You are not looking to make fluffy pancakes and you want the onions to be cooked through.  You can add shredded carrots and other seasoning if your kid likes it or if you have the time. Once both sides are cooked through and are crisp, remove  and let cool down,  before you pack it in the lunch box.

There are endless variations you can make of these recipes acc. to the ingredients available and what your kid likes to eat. 
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