Anonymous
Post 12/16/2022 09:56     Subject: Tell me what easy lunches you make for your kids

My kids, every single day, take either a PB&J or turkey sandwich, on whole wheat.

Plus a fruit, vegetable, pretzels. They never say it is boring. You have high maintenance kids OP. Tell them pack their own lunch.
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2022 09:51     Subject: Tell me what easy lunches you make for your kids

Deviled eggs
cream cheese on cinnamon bread
Nachos: tortilla chips, beans, cheese and sour cream
mini peppers stuffed with cheese and beans
loaded baked potato
cold pasta salad

Anonymous
Post 12/16/2022 08:55     Subject: Re:Tell me what easy lunches you make for your kids

Anonymous wrote:-air-fried Just Bare chicken nuggets from Costco, side of steamed veggies (broccoli or veggie mix) made the day before
-pan-fried mini vegetable dumplings from Costco, veggies
-folded kimbap with any ingredients you like, wrap in saran wrap, cut in half (you can look up folded kimbap for easy instructions)
-DIY lunchables - I ask the deli to cut the ham or turkey into slightly thicker slices, change up the kind of meat (sometimes I do pepperoni), crackers, and cheese
-cold pasta with any chopped fresh veggies and cheese, lightly dressed
-fried rice
-chicken salad + croissants from Costco
-turkey swiss pinwheels from Costco


For kimbap do you add anything (like sugar or salt) to the rice? And does the rice go hard or the gim go soggy?
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2022 08:09     Subject: Re:Tell me what easy lunches you make for your kids

-air-fried Just Bare chicken nuggets from Costco, side of steamed veggies (broccoli or veggie mix) made the day before
-pan-fried mini vegetable dumplings from Costco, veggies
-folded kimbap with any ingredients you like, wrap in saran wrap, cut in half (you can look up folded kimbap for easy instructions)
-DIY lunchables - I ask the deli to cut the ham or turkey into slightly thicker slices, change up the kind of meat (sometimes I do pepperoni), crackers, and cheese
-cold pasta with any chopped fresh veggies and cheese, lightly dressed
-fried rice
-chicken salad + croissants from Costco
-turkey swiss pinwheels from Costco
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2022 07:15     Subject: Tell me what easy lunches you make for your kids

My kids gets a mini bagel with creamcbeese in a separate container. Sliced apple and carrot sticks.
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2022 06:54     Subject: Tell me what easy lunches you make for your kids

Homemade polenta that I air-fry and cut into rounds
Soups/stews in thermos
Veggie hand-pies/mini tarts
Pastas
Baked potatoes, usually with baked beans/cheese or broccoli
Risotto
Air-fried chickpeas + rice with some vegetable/fried egg
Tapas box (olives, pickles, smoked fish, cheese)

Anonymous
Post 12/16/2022 02:23     Subject: Tell me what easy lunches you make for your kids

Anonymous
Post 12/15/2022 23:37     Subject: Re:Tell me what easy lunches you make for your kids

If they want processed foods, you could diy lunchables to make it healthier.
Anonymous
Post 12/15/2022 23:36     Subject: Tell me what easy lunches you make for your kids

Anonymous wrote:OP here. What kind of vegetables do you send? Boiled carrots, peas ? Or roasted veggies?


peas in butter
steamed broccoli with sesame oil and seeds
edamame is good
raw carrot sticks
cucumber spears
Anonymous
Post 12/15/2022 23:35     Subject: Re:Tell me what easy lunches you make for your kids

fried rice
mini mandu I buy frozen and fry in pan
little sausages cut up to look like octopus
leftover pizza
"asian style" noodles
quesadilla
pasta with sauce and peas

Today I sent brown rice fried with chicken sausage, spinach, and some vegetables. Side of fruit, piece of Halloween candy.
Anonymous
Post 12/15/2022 23:33     Subject: Tell me what easy lunches you make for your kids

OP here. What kind of vegetables do you send? Boiled carrots, peas ? Or roasted veggies?
Anonymous
Post 12/15/2022 23:32     Subject: Re:Tell me what easy lunches you make for your kids

I’m Indian too. Here’s what I make

Veggie and bean quesadilla - mostly peppers onion kale tomato with black bean and cheese between 2 rotis
Turkey pesto cheese sandwich
Ravioli - diff kinds with Rao’s marinara
Toasted burrito with Spanish rice
Pasta with veggies
Chickpea sandwich from wicked kitchen
Anonymous
Post 12/15/2022 23:16     Subject: Re:Tell me what easy lunches you make for your kids

Almond butter and jelly sandwich
Pepperoni, cheese, and crackers
Bagel and cream cheese
Chips and salsa
Fig preserves, goat cheese, and crackers

Add fruit, vegetables, hard boiled egg or yogurt, water and a treat.

They sometimes take a thermos with leftovers.

Anonymous
Post 12/15/2022 23:02     Subject: Tell me what easy lunches you make for your kids

My kid gets the same thing almost every day - a sandwich on wheat bread (ham and cheese or pbj), yogurt, fruit, a vegetable, and a small dessert like a cookie or piece of chocolate.
Anonymous
Post 12/15/2022 22:06     Subject: Tell me what easy lunches you make for your kids

My kids are in ES. I'm Indian and I was thinking I could do some variety rice, but my kids hate biryani or vegetable rice. I mostly stick to hummus sandwich and a fruit, or rotis/gravy and a fruit. Sometimes dosa/gravy. Lately they are complaining that all this is boring. They want the processed foods like lunchables, oscar mayer chicken slices. I do that sometimes. What else could I send?