Anonymous wrote:Every public school allows nuts.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not American, and I think typical American lunches are absolutely disgusting. The sandwich bread is THE WORST.

We're lebanese...hommus, stuffed grape leaves, pickled vegetables, lentils and rice in a thermos, tabouli, various dried meats and cheeses, yogurt salad, leftover grilled chicken/lamb, olives, hard boiled eggs...basically mezze. I just empty the fridge of random stuff we have.

Thanks for sharing. I think your Lebanese lunch sounds disgusting.

Jesus...you couldn't just share your lunch suggestions without being a bitch about it?

OK. I should care, why?

It is not being a bitch stating that traditional American lunch is disgusting. It is. The bread and the processed slimy lunch meat? Nothing is fresh, just a bunch of garbage.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Peanut butter cups with pretzels and apples for dipping
Hot dogs
Banana pinwheels - spread PB on whole wheat tortilla, put whole banana on top, roll up and cut into slices
Lunch meat and cheese roll ups, cut up on and skewered on lollipop sticks
French toast sticks
Cinnamon bread or bagels with cream cheese
Frozen yogurt sticks
Lots of fruit
I include a veggie, but unless it's carrots it's completely ignored

I wish my kids would eat leftovers

Are you in DC? I didn't know any schools around here still allowed nuts

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not American, and I think typical American lunches are absolutely disgusting. The sandwich bread is THE WORST.

We're lebanese...hommus, stuffed grape leaves, pickled vegetables, lentils and rice in a thermos, tabouli, various dried meats and cheeses, yogurt salad, leftover grilled chicken/lamb, olives, hard boiled eggs...basically mezze. I just empty the fridge of random stuff we have.

Thanks for sharing. I think your Lebanese lunch sounds disgusting.

Jesus...you couldn't just share your lunch suggestions without being a bitch about it?

OK. I should care, why?

It is not being a bitch stating that traditional American lunch is disgusting. It is. The bread and the processed slimy lunch meat? Nothing is fresh, just a bunch of garbage.

Anonymous wrote:I do leftovers in a thermos with a side of fruit or a divided holder with various foods. Casseroles, pastas, homemade mac n cheese, soups, stews in thermos. The dividers help me avoid individual snack portions that are overpriced and also give me ideas that I normal wouldn't do because it can't serve in a ziplock bag.

some ideas:

deli meat/cheese, a little lettuce/tomato in a tortilla spread with a little mayo - make into pinwheels

whole wheat quarter waffles toasted and spread with cream cheese and strawberry jelly into a sandwich. I make a batch of Belgium waffles on the weekend and freeze them for quick breakfasts or use as bread for lunches.

make muffins on the weekend packed with fruit, diced veggies and some flax. Serve that with some cottage cheese and berries for an easy lunch.

Breakfast for lunch. Scrambled eggs in a thermos and side of turkey bacon and fruit.

If you aren't a weekend cooker, get the purdue chicken pieces for salad. Add them with a cheese stick, an apple and some pretzels.

Tuna salad with apples, raisins. Some crackers for dipping and a yogurt.

I also put a cooked turkey dog in hot water in the thermos, add a hot dog bug in a ziplock, a few packets of ketchup. She uses a fork to remove the hot dog and puts it on the bun. Her friends are envious. I will add a simple fruit and trail mix.


I was a slacker with my oldest but for my youngest, I refused to get a pin code for school. So I am forced to make lunch every day. She is almost finished 2nd and I haven't cracked yet. The food thermos and dividers really help. I also use a drink thermos everyday. Change it up between drinks. Water a lot, sometimes milk. OJ on breakfast for lunch days, chocolate milk and diluted juice here and there as a treat.

Food thermos:
http://www.amazon.com/THERMOS-Insulated-Stainless-10-Ounce-Charcoal/dp/B00LIRIZVU/ref=sr_1_1_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1463415347&sr=8-1&keywords=lunch+thermos

Divided lunch bins
http://www.amazon.com/EWEIS-HomeWares-Storage-Containers-Divided/dp/B01A0V4PFE/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1463415864&sr=8-6&keywords=divided+lunch

Drinking thermos: No straws, nothing to clean. Older kids like it.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00UVFD6AU

Anonymous wrote:Chapati roll with cream cheese and veggies, chapati quesadilla with chicken and corn, black bean, onion
Vegetable pulao with yoghurt and chickpeas
Spinach dal and rice with cabbage thoran
Ravioli with pesto
Tomato, peanut and sesame rice with green beans, yoghurt and mint raita

Sides - crackers, roasted nuts, seaweed

Anonymous wrote:I do leftovers in a thermos with a side of fruit or a divided holder with various foods. Casseroles, pastas, homemade mac n cheese, soups, stews in thermos. The dividers help me avoid individual snack portions that are overpriced and also give me ideas that I normal wouldn't do because it can't serve in a ziplock bag.

some ideas:

deli meat/cheese, a little lettuce/tomato in a tortilla spread with a little mayo - make into pinwheels

whole wheat quarter waffles toasted and spread with cream cheese and strawberry jelly into a sandwich. I make a batch of Belgium waffles on the weekend and freeze them for quick breakfasts or use as bread for lunches.

make muffins on the weekend packed with fruit, diced veggies and some flax. Serve that with some cottage cheese and berries for an easy lunch.

Breakfast for lunch. Scrambled eggs in a thermos and side of turkey bacon and fruit.

If you aren't a weekend cooker, get the purdue chicken pieces for salad. Add them with a cheese stick, an apple and some pretzels.

Tuna salad with apples, raisins. Some crackers for dipping and a yogurt.

I also put a cooked turkey dog in hot water in the thermos, add a hot dog bug in a ziplock, a few packets of ketchup. She uses a fork to remove the hot dog and puts it on the bun. Her friends are envious. I will add a simple fruit and trail mix.


I was a slacker with my oldest but for my youngest, I refused to get a pin code for school. So I am forced to make lunch every day. She is almost finished 2nd and I haven't cracked yet. The food thermos and dividers really help. I also use a drink thermos everyday. Change it up between drinks. Water a lot, sometimes milk. OJ on breakfast for lunch days, chocolate milk and diluted juice here and there as a treat.

Food thermos:
http://www.amazon.com/THERMOS-Insulated-Stainless-10-Ounce-Charcoal/dp/B00LIRIZVU/ref=sr_1_1_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1463415347&sr=8-1&keywords=lunch+thermos

Divided lunch bins
http://www.amazon.com/EWEIS-HomeWares-Storage-Containers-Divided/dp/B01A0V4PFE/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1463415864&sr=8-6&keywords=divided+lunch

Drinking thermos: No straws, nothing to clean. Older kids like it.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00UVFD6AU

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Peanut butter cups with pretzels and apples for dipping
Hot dogs
Banana pinwheels - spread PB on whole wheat tortilla, put whole banana on top, roll up and cut into slices
Lunch meat and cheese roll ups, cut up on and skewered on lollipop sticks
French toast sticks
Cinnamon bread or bagels with cream cheese
Frozen yogurt sticks
Lots of fruit
I include a veggie, but unless it's carrots it's completely ignored

I wish my kids would eat leftovers

Are you in DC? I didn't know any schools around here still allowed nuts

Anonymous wrote:Peanut butter cups with pretzels and apples for dipping
Hot dogs
Banana pinwheels - spread PB on whole wheat tortilla, put whole banana on top, roll up and cut into slices
Lunch meat and cheese roll ups, cut up on and skewered on lollipop sticks
French toast sticks
Cinnamon bread or bagels with cream cheese
Frozen yogurt sticks
Lots of fruit
I include a veggie, but unless it's carrots it's completely ignored

I wish my kids would eat leftovers