Original Lunch box ideas?!
Our school is nut free (No peanut butter or nut products allowed) My boys are 6 & 12.. and dont have a lot of time to eat lunch while at school.
I need ideas that are quick, healthy, and fun items that they will actually want to eat.
Any help is Tremendously appreciated, as I'm out of ideas!
Answers: Anyone have any ideas for "different" lunch box items?
Our school is nut free (No peanut butter or nut products allowed) My boys are 6 & 12.. and dont have a lot of time to eat lunch while at school.
I need ideas that are quick, healthy, and fun items that they will actually want to eat.
Any help is Tremendously appreciated, as I'm out of ideas!
I send:
cheese and meat slices and crackers (home made lunchables)
bagels with lunch meat and cheeses or cream cheese
cold mac 'n cheese
chicken nuggets, chicken noodle soup, or spaghetti o's in a thermos
cold pasta salads--corkscrew pasta, tomatoes, chicken, olives, onions, green peppers, whatever your kids will eat, and some italian or ranch dressing stirred in. If I use ranch, I sprinkle in some cheddar cheese.
wraps
veggies in a cup with some ranch dressing or hummus for dipping
I buy frozen fruits at the grocery store and mix them at home--strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, peaches, pineapple, and mix with mandarin oranges, grapes, fresh melon, and put a small cup of it in the kids' lunches. It's all natural and unsweetened, so much healthier than the canned fruit cups.
freeze juice boxes, mini water bottles, or juice pouches to use as an ice pack and they're thawed by lunch time and the food's still cold!
Take small cookie cutters and cut shapes (stars,circles,square,etc.) out of cheese and lunch meat, pack with crackers to make "mini sandwichs" (let the kids put them together at school) Kids love to play with their food!
That whole nut free thing sucks. Peanut butter is such a good protein to pack in lunches. I would complain to the school if I were you. As for your question, my daughter enjoys taking leftovers such a meatballs, meatloaf, turkey burgers, etc.
'small bannana' cheesy strings ' mini cheaders (small pack of biscits) ' grapes' jaffa cakes ' half of pork pie ' my nephew is 6 and eats smaller items rather than larger ones.
Well you can get Juice drinks in a box with a straw, go online and seek different recipes for flour tortilla rollups (chicken blt's, ham and cheese wraps) add lettuce and tomato or pickles. Just like you can buy at the store, but a lot cheaper if you make them. cut them in half for 2 kids.
Hope this helps
Hank
Gogurt or any yogurt and a bag of granola to add to the yogurt.