School lunch ideas!

I was hoping you could share what kinds of things you put into your childs packed lunch on a regular basis please!

We were doing school dinners, but I seemed to be paying through the nose for my kid to be eating either Pasta or a baked potato every...single...day...so he told me he would rather have packed lunch.

What kinds of things do you send your kids in with? Drinks? Choccies?

Re: School lunch ideas!

PBJ
Cream Cheese and Jelly
Turkey and Cheese
Salami and Cheese
Tuna Fish
PB and Bananas

Milk or water in their thermos

and then a snack to go with it:
2 cookies, apple slices, fruit snacks, cheese stick, veggie straws, veggie chips, they requested broccoli one day, I almost fainted, littel thin pretzal sticks, these new yogurt covered fruit bites from dole i think that I found in the store.

Re: School lunch ideas!

Grilled cheese
bagel with butter
mac n cheese
pasta with "red" sauce
(DS's school is kosher/dairy)

With the "main" item, I always send a yogurt (either a tube or a drink) and an apple sauce. Also, either raisins, goldfish, pretzels, etc. I also always send a juice box.

Re: School lunch ideas!

Noah refuses most school lunches.. but he's also a super simple kid who likes to eat almost the same thing daily so it is usually one of three 'entrees':

PB & J on extra fiber white bread
Turkey and Cheese on wheat
or.. a new one introduced by a co-worker:
Turkey rolled up with a smear of mayo and rolled up with cranberry sauce and stuffing! No bread. He loves those buggers.

We also include 1 savory snack usually:

Baby carrots with ranch dressing
Goldfish crackers
Sun Chips
Popcorn
Pretzel Rod

And there is always a sweet treat:
Cookie
Banana
Apple
Orange
Grapes

For drink it's either an Honest Kids Juice pouch or a small bottle of water. We also buy shelf stable Chocolate milk sometimes too.


Robbie ONLY eats school lunch.

Message edited 11/1/2010 5:24:12 PM.

Re: School lunch ideas!

Main:
PBJ
Turkey/Ham/Salami and cheese
Bagel thin with cream cheese
Hot dog (heat up and wrap in foil) with bun
Pizza (heat up and wrap in foil)
Chicken salad with crackers (in small container on ice pack)

Always some kind of fruit:
mandarin oranges
applesauce
banana
strawberries
grapes

Drink:
Juicy Juice drink box
Horizon milk (white/chocolate/strawberry)

Other snacks:
string cheese w/couple slices of turkey pepperoni
cheese nips
snack size rice krispie treats
mini oreos (4-5)
Sun Chips
Baked cheetos