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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]i've never understood why some parents think lunch is a time when you should be cooking a full meal. a sandwich or leftovers is fine. i used to work for a family who insisted that i cook a protein, a grain, and a vegetable for their kids (an infant and a toddler). frequently this meant making salmon or flounder or whatever. this always went in the trash-who wants that kind of thing at lunch? it would turn into an argument-the kids would want cheese and crackers and some fruit or something. they ate whatever the adults ate at dinner. you're gaining nothing by over complicating this.[/quote]

To each his own. We have a lovely Easter European nanny and she makes toddler dd a full meal for lunch with similar things as most people have for dinner. It’s her biggest meal of the day since she’s hungry after a long walk and limited morning snacks.  I do some prep and there are dinner leftovers available for lunch too. 
General menu: lightly fried or baked fish, roasted chicken, turkey/lamb meatballs, veggie or chicken soup (as a starter) , crudités, avocado,  toast/crackers with the soup and a cut up fruit or baked apple. Dd eats very well, loves her vegetables and soup and a plus is I don’t have to worry about how she eats at dinner since she ate well at lunch. We do the same thing on weekends and do a sit down lunch at home or out.  Just the way we are and how I grew up and I interviewed nannies with this in mind. THe one we have now is amazing and cooks a lot of these things from scratch herself without prompting and now since dd is over 2 she is involved in meal prep. [/quote]

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