Anonymous
10/20/2022 08:44
Subject: can we talk about school lunches - let's make a list!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Sigh. I remember eating the same thing everyday for lunch growing up: PBJ Sandwich, apple, chips or cookies.
Seriously -- is this not a thing?
There’s places that banned peanuts.
My kids are beyond elementary and I’m still angry about it.
Anonymous
10/18/2022 12:29
Subject: Re:can we talk about school lunches - let's make a list!
I like the compartmented bento boxes because it encourages me to pack different things in a single lunch. And d’or a picky kid it keeps items separate and not touching.
Little compartments I put:
Fruit
Babybel or chunks of cheddar
Hummus in a little container
Carrot sticks
Mini peppers or bell pepper strips
HB egg sprinkled with furikake
Small dessert like a choc covered marshmallow or nut free trail mix. Today was a small slice of pie.
Lightly steamed broccoli
In the larger compartment I put a main:
Cheese and pickle sandwich
Fried rice
Vegetable soba noodles
Sun butter and jelly sandwich
Fried mandu
Pizza
It’s also fun to use the bento boxes to put all appetizer foods in, like:
Stuffed grape leaves
Cheeses
Crackers
Cut up vegetables
Fruit
Dip
Little compartments I put:
Fruit
Babybel or chunks of cheddar
Hummus in a little container
Carrot sticks
Mini peppers or bell pepper strips
HB egg sprinkled with furikake
Small dessert like a choc covered marshmallow or nut free trail mix. Today was a small slice of pie.
Lightly steamed broccoli
In the larger compartment I put a main:
Cheese and pickle sandwich
Fried rice
Vegetable soba noodles
Sun butter and jelly sandwich
Fried mandu
Pizza
It’s also fun to use the bento boxes to put all appetizer foods in, like:
Stuffed grape leaves
Cheeses
Crackers
Cut up vegetables
Fruit
Dip
Anonymous
10/18/2022 11:08
Subject: Re:can we talk about school lunches - let's make a list!
Anonymous wrote: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).
Anonymous
08/25/2021 09:24
Subject: Re:can we talk about school lunches - let's make a list!
Soy eggs (basically deviled eggs soaked overnight in sugar/soy sauce/spice)
Cold noodle salad with shredded carrots/scallions, easy to make big portion and then put into a small tupperware
Ham-and-cheese roll-ups without bread, side of mustard
Black bean/avocado/corn salad (again easy to make big batch and portion through week)
Cold noodle salad with shredded carrots/scallions, easy to make big portion and then put into a small tupperware
Ham-and-cheese roll-ups without bread, side of mustard
Black bean/avocado/corn salad (again easy to make big batch and portion through week)
Anonymous
08/25/2021 09:12
Subject: can we talk about school lunches - let's make a list!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My two take a peanut butter sandwich nearly every single day- with a fruit, vegetable, and another side (wheat crackers, sesame sticks, whatever I have on hand). You guys have some picky kids.
Ha, you are right! This is what I grew up on as an Indian American vegetarian. I still love obj and could easily eat it every day! I wish peanuts were safe for school, but I understand why they’re not.
OPs child can take peanut butter to school (per the OP) and many schools are ok with peanut butter. It is like parents want extra work or to make things extra difficult. Packing lunch shouldn’t be hard. Sandwich, fruit, vegetable. Done.
Anonymous
08/24/2021 22:53
Subject: can we talk about school lunches - let's make a list!
Anonymous wrote:My two take a peanut butter sandwich nearly every single day- with a fruit, vegetable, and another side (wheat crackers, sesame sticks, whatever I have on hand). You guys have some picky kids.
Totally this.
Anonymous
08/24/2021 17:43
Subject: Re:can we talk about school lunches - let's make a list!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We have one child. Sixth grader. He usually wants leftovers if we have them. If not we have packed the following:
Sandwich with fruit & veg and a snack
Hot dog or corn dog with fruit & veg and a snack
Chicken with fruit & veg and a snack
Sliders with fruit & veg and a snack
Pizza or pizza rolls with fruit & veg and a snack
Mac n cheese or pasta with fruit & veg and a snack
Salad with grilled chicken with bread or crackers and yogurt or string cheese maybe a cookie or candy
Cereal with milk with fruit & veg
Waffles with Nutella with fruit & veg
Veggie burger with fruit & veg and a snack
Mini tacos (from Trader Joe's frozen section) with fruit & veg and a snack
I always send a milk too.
Did it make you feel better to type out "fruit & veg and a snack" ten times?
It sure didn't help anyone figure out new lunch ideas.
I copy and pasted it when I wrote it several years ago. My kid is in high school now. Sorry you didn’t find it helpful. If I hadn’t mentioned that my kid was getting veggies in his lunch I would have been criticized by some other happy dcum mom for depriving my kid of nutritious food. Oh well. Good luck, lunch moms!
Anonymous
08/24/2021 13:10
Subject: can we talk about school lunches - let's make a list!
My kid doesn't like sandwiches or leftovers so he gets a "homemade lunchable" in a bento-style box every day:
Deli meat roll-ups (turkey, ham, or salami)
Cheese stick or cheese cubes
A fruit or two (grapes, clementine, strawberries, apple slices, cherries)
A veggie or two (sugar snap peas, snow peas, carrot sticks)
Something pickled (olives or cornichon pickles)
Deli meat roll-ups (turkey, ham, or salami)
Cheese stick or cheese cubes
A fruit or two (grapes, clementine, strawberries, apple slices, cherries)
A veggie or two (sugar snap peas, snow peas, carrot sticks)
Something pickled (olives or cornichon pickles)
Anonymous
08/24/2021 12:34
Subject: Re:can we talk about school lunches - let's make a list!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:School lunch. Easy.
Seriously. I don't see how many of these other options are healthier. Lunchables? Cereal bars? Come on.
+1. Lunchables are gross. Cereal bars are candy. Might as well eat a Snickers bar.
Anonymous
08/24/2021 12:14
Subject: Re:can we talk about school lunches - let's make a list!
Anonymous wrote:We have one child. Sixth grader. He usually wants leftovers if we have them. If not we have packed the following:
Sandwich with fruit & veg and a snack
Hot dog or corn dog with fruit & veg and a snack
Chicken with fruit & veg and a snack
Sliders with fruit & veg and a snack
Pizza or pizza rolls with fruit & veg and a snack
Mac n cheese or pasta with fruit & veg and a snack
Salad with grilled chicken with bread or crackers and yogurt or string cheese maybe a cookie or candy
Cereal with milk with fruit & veg
Waffles with Nutella with fruit & veg
Veggie burger with fruit & veg and a snack
Mini tacos (from Trader Joe's frozen section) with fruit & veg and a snack
I always send a milk too.
Did it make you feel better to type out "fruit & veg and a snack" ten times?
It sure didn't help anyone figure out new lunch ideas.
Anonymous
08/23/2021 21:56
Subject: can we talk about school lunches - let's make a list!
Anonymous wrote:My two take a peanut butter sandwich nearly every single day- with a fruit, vegetable, and another side (wheat crackers, sesame sticks, whatever I have on hand). You guys have some picky kids.
Ha, you are right! This is what I grew up on as an Indian American vegetarian. I still love obj and could easily eat it every day! I wish peanuts were safe for school, but I understand why they’re not.
Anonymous
08/23/2021 21:50
Subject: can we talk about school lunches - let's make a list!
My 12 y old who is extremely fruit averse but otherwise adventurous eater likes:
Cold sesame noodles (you can buy at Whole Foods)
Pasta salad
Hard boiled eggs with salt and pepper
Minestrone soup
Chili
The prepared peppered salmon in a vacuum sealed thing that you can get at Whole Foods
Turkey sandwiches on sourdough or baguette or roll, light on Mayo bc it gets soggy
She is old enough to make her own lunches and enjoys cooking. We haven’t all gotten up in time to make that work, but maybe this year!
Cold sesame noodles (you can buy at Whole Foods)
Pasta salad
Hard boiled eggs with salt and pepper
Minestrone soup
Chili
The prepared peppered salmon in a vacuum sealed thing that you can get at Whole Foods
Turkey sandwiches on sourdough or baguette or roll, light on Mayo bc it gets soggy
She is old enough to make her own lunches and enjoys cooking. We haven’t all gotten up in time to make that work, but maybe this year!
Anonymous
08/23/2021 21:35
Subject: Re:can we talk about school lunches - let's make a list!
Anonymous wrote: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).
Anonymous
06/21/2021 14:14
Subject: Re:can we talk about school lunches - let's make a list!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Chicken Toquitos from Costco has worked pretty well. Microwave it and let it cool and then pack it in the lunch box. Lunch period is around 11:30 am so it works.,
Omg that’s so disgusting! I feel bad for your kids!
Whut? Kids love this. Are you kidding?? We have tried so many frozen foods from Costco and TJs during the pandemic and a lot of the foods have been a hit with the kids.
And it is junk food and feeding your kids this crap is partly why we have an obesity epidemic. Even if they are normal weight now, they grow up thinking this is the kind of food you should eat for lunch and continue to do so as an adult and end up overweight
Anonymous
06/21/2021 14:11
Subject: can we talk about school lunches - let's make a list!
My two take a peanut butter sandwich nearly every single day- with a fruit, vegetable, and another side (wheat crackers, sesame sticks, whatever I have on hand). You guys have some picky kids.