How do those of you who mentioned yogurt, yogurt parfaits, and yogurt drinks keep them cold enough until lunch?

Cheese plate: hummus, cheese, raw veggies, chips or pita or bread. A fruit, a sweet, maybe nuts. Or you could literally do a cheese plate: a few cheeses, crackers, bread, tiny jam, fruit, nuts.

Veggie/cheese sandwich (I like dill havarti, lettuce, cucumber, peppers, Italian dressing in a pita). Fruit, carrots with dip.

Bagel with cream cheese, fruit, something salty like popcorn.

If your kid is a true snacker, some snacks and a smoothie (Odwalla or something).

Rice balls, snap peas with peanut sauce, fruit, seaweed.

Pasta salad: I like cucumber, Kalamata olives, red pepper, artichokes, grape tomatoes, parm or mozzarella, vinaigrette, and garlic croutons for crunch. Hearts of palm if I'm fancy. This is enough for me. Maybe a piece of chocolate.

Protein shake and fruit and nuts.

Thermos - for my youngest we aren't veg but I do a lot of leftovers in a thermos for her, and most are veg or easily veg.

rice, avocado, beans, grated cheddar cheese, yumm sauce if you have that there (is it just a west coast thing?), plus whatever veg your kid likes or what you have handy (tomato, cilantro for mine...olives maybe)

Mac n cheese

Bean chili leftovers

Cold items: PBJ
caprese salad
Hummus and pita
pesto angel hair noodles with cherry tomato (egg noodles have more protein fyi) this is good cold
homemade "lunchable" ie crackers, cheese, fruit
Cold leftover pizza slice

Bagel with cream cheese and arugula

Mac & Cheese - I make it in the morning and toss in a thermos. stays warm till lunch.

PB&J

But - the most common: dinner leftovers. Especially if it was Indian and includes naan.

Cold lunches we do PBJ or Nutella sandwiches, cheese and crackers as the main with fruit and chips or similar as well. Sometimes she takes a granola bar with a yogurt and fruit.

She takes hot lunches in a Thermos twice a week, Mac n cheese balls from Trader Joe’s are a favorite, ramen, pasta with pesto sauce.
Fake chicken nuggets or fish nuggets.

My young kid went to a preachool that asked for vegetarian lunches (basic kosher) and it was actually pretty easy. Pita and hummus, cheese sandwiches, bean quesadillas, pizza rolls (pizza with whatever toppins you want but basically rolled up like a cinnamon roll). I'd also sometimes pack leftovers from the dinner days we did tofu stir fry, chickpea curry, black beans and rice or tortellini.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How have you survived to date without starving?

Sandwich: PB&J or cheese, tofu or hummus.

Tofu. Crudite. Crackers/chips. Fruit.

What is wrong with you? And since you’re such a smart@$$ let me point out that PB&J is a ridiculously stupid suggestion for school lunch these days, since so many schools forbid peanuts (even middle and high schools).

Really? Ms and hs? Maybe some elementary schools have peanut free tables but most publics don’t ban peanut butter.

And just sub sunbutter if you need to...no reason to get angry.