Comments on: How to Keep School Lunches Interesting

By: Andria MacDonald

Andria MacDonald — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 22:24:08 +0000

I love the home made sea kelp wrapped sandwiches. We press the food together with molds that come in halves. It makes 3-d sandwiches. Little hearts, butterflies. Tie them with sea kelp. My son now makes his own sushi. If they make it, they eat it, no matter how healthy. If you make it they don’t. Even if it’s all the same stuff. Kids!! They want to have some say in what they do just like we want.

By: Andria MacDonald

Andria MacDonald — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 22:22:46 +0000

I love the home made sea kelp wrapped sandwiches. We press the food together with molds that come in halves. It makes 3-d sandwiches. Little hearts, butterflies. Tie them with sea kelp. My son now makes his own sushi. If they make it, try eat it, no matter how healthy. If you make it they don’t. Same stuff. Kids!!

By: Laura Rogers

Laura Rogers — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 14:04:55 +0000

I love sending leftovers from the night before, so when I’m making our supper plates I also make a container for my daughters lunch as well. But not everyone has access to warm up their food, so salads are fabtastically great (green leafy veggie salads, tomato cucumber feta salads and fruit salads are amazingly delicious and healthy). Chicken ceasar salad wraps is one of my favourite go to lunch items. Putting the dressing in a small container and packing tortilla wraps separately and then I put seasoned cooked chicken, lettuce, bacon bits, cheese and croutons in a covered bowl makes it easy to add the dressing and shake it up before wrapping. It’s healthy quick and quite tasty, although cooking the chicken takes 20-30 minutes I do that the night before. I also sometimes send some milk in a thermos as well as a bowl and baggie of cereal. Or you can send cheese, crackers & cut lunch meat (you could use a cookie cutter to cut the meat and cheese) which is much more affordable than a lunchable. Or simple things like cooking mr. noodles, soups, or grilled cheese sandwiches in the morning and putting them in a thermos to keep warm and packwith yogurt fruits and vegetables. In my house we pack a lot of cucumbers, pineapple and berries. I hope this gives you some extra ideas and that your little ones enjoy them too.

By: Alyce

Alyce — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 10:09:04 +0000

Love Weelicious!! Have been following for her smoothies and platters for so long.

By: Suganti

Suganti — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 02:13:08 +0000

I have a few things that fit my kids like, it has to be easy to eat with one hand, no liquids, quick to eat given the lunch time and also portion matters. And I definitely try to cover the major food groups. So yes, of course sandwiches are involved (ham, pbj, chicken,etc) given the left over meat from dinner. Pasta, meatballs w/ breadsticks, quesadillas. I also try to compensate their sides like, pbj covers carb, protein and fruit part. But I do give cheese/yoghurt and carrots w/ranch. Fruits get in the rotation with other lunch options. But their dinner gets what lunch doesn’t. Things that don’t get soggy by lunch. The less work they do at lunch with food is more time for them to eat. They get easily distracted talking to friends or less lunch time bc of finishing their work. I could go on and on about my learning and figuring it out but I guess that helps anyone who needs tips? Great post! Something I love talking about :)) Food!

By: Lily Wood

Lily Wood — Tue, 12 Nov 2019 22:26:11 +0000

Totally stealing these for my own lunches! Thanks Gen

By: Pam

Pam — Tue, 12 Nov 2019 18:36:47 +0000

Bentos are fantastic – they cause less waste, but the food doesn’t touch which can be an issue with some kids. A friend of mine has a son with high functioning Asperger and she could pack only five items, only the veg could change – he had two he would eat. He does not handle change with ease, so this sort of advice is fantastic for those who have unique struggles.

By: michaela kilbride

michaela kilbride — Tue, 12 Nov 2019 18:05:42 +0000

Some really interesting ideas Gen. Thanks xxxxx