To ask for summer holiday lunch ideas for kids!!

Nigella has a pizza on naan bread recipe that I so put I try and sneak in more veg

I cut up peppers, carrot, cucumber, melon, boil some eggs and put into boxes in the fridge. Then we have a picnic on the floor with olives, cheese, selection of cut up prepared fruit and vegetables from the fridge, dollop of hummus or sardine pate (just cream cheese, tin of sardines, lemon zest and juice and pepper). Takes seconds (I usually cut up the vegetables whilst I’m chopping stuff up for dinner), as quick as sandwich. Sometimes it’s leftovers from the night before, sometimes we make frittatas.

Mine are sometimes happy with a packet of noodles or a packet of flavoured microwave rice with some carrot & cucumber sticks and hummus for a quick lunch. Sandwiches, wraps, picnic plate (sausage rolls, veg, crisps, scotch eggs all the beige) French bread pizzas, cheese on toast, omlette, dippy eggs, scrambled eggs on toast, soup and bread to dip, tuna pasta salad, pesto pasta, beans on toast, bacon/sausage sandwiches, homemade lunchables (ritz type crackers, cheese & ham cut up).

I throw anything I can grab at mine half the time with some veg and hope for the best! I hate lunches and don’t like sandwiches myself so find it tough to think of what to make sometimes.

Mine mostly get sandwiches, wraps or cheese with crackers - that’s what they eat in term time, round here holidays are no different. Occasionally they might get beans on toast, a pizza, jacket potato or we might make soup. But mostly they get a sandwich, fruit and crisps.

If they want something more interesting they’re welcome to suggest it and help to make it but funnily enough that rarely happens!

Soup
Sandwich
Toastie
Wrap
Crackers with cheese, ham, fruit etc
Jacket potato
Omelette
Boiled eggs
Scrambled eggs
Pitta or muffin pizzas
Noodles with stir fry veg
Houmous with breadstick, veg, pitta

We like melts! Wrap, in a frying pan, sprinkled with cheese, tuna and tomato, fold over, flip and cook until browning and melty inside, cut into triangles with scissors.

Hot dogs, dips, and veggies the kids have cut up themselves (child safe knives are a good investment).

Boiled eggs with dippy marmite soldiers, fruit.

There’s nothing wrong with a sandwich! I wouldn’t be over-complicating lunchtimes.

Eggs and toast
Beans and toast
Cheese on toast
Jacket potato
Sausage muffins - tescos do flat sausage patties - cucumber/ tomato on the side
Soup with bread / roll
Pasta or pasta salad.p8cnic bits - scotch egg/mini sausages etc
Pitta bread and veg with pitta strips

There's a few 15 minute means here, probably more for the more adventurous one:
https://www.tamingtwins.com/15-minute-meals-1/

But I'm all for beige foods. Buy a cheap toasty maker and that'll keep you going for a week or two, loads of fillings - cheese, ham and cheese, cheese and beans, corned beef, tuna - add jalapenos, peppers, onions, pepperami, etc

Buy tortillas, smear with tomato puree then add toppings, stick in oven for 5 minutes and you have a simple pizza.

Rotate between
Sandwiches and fruit
Pitta dip and veg sticks
Noodles
Quiche

I always give them crisps and a treat too

We often end up making cakes, cheese scones and they add on to their lunches too. We've also made our own bread before

Homemade pizza??? Make the dough and sauce from scratch, gives the children a cooking lesson at the same time. Or cheese and toastie and salad for lunch?? Maybe have a look at some cookery books and get them to choose a recipe then plan the whole thing?? My sons used to love the home baking day when they were younger ❤️😊

No ideas I'm afraid as I struggle with lunches for my 3 year old, but hoping my comment will give a helpful bump whilst also allowing me to follow for ideas!