She’s 6, in year 2. School are fine with what I send because DD has some additional needs and finds certain foods difficult to eat. But I want to know if I can make it healthier.
Tomorrows lunch is:
Dinosaur Turkey with a bit of margarine on 50/50 bread (she’ll pick the turkey off first then eat the bread and eat that but if I give it all separately she makes a sandwich with it all – 6 year olds logic clearly) she won’t eat normal turkey or ham fillings only either dinosaur turkey or billy bear ham
Small amount of mature cheddar cubed (as in 6-7 little cubes of cheese)
Mini Roll
4 strawberries cut up with a bit of lemon juice added
Carton of orange juice (the from concentrate stuff)
As I said school are fine with it due to her additional needs. She can’t have crunchy foods so no crisps, rice cakes or similar as they’re too crunchy and hurt her mouth (common with her conditions). She also struggles with foods that have little or no flavour. She’s ok mixing foods to give a stronger flavour though so she can’t eat plain pasta but if it has a tomato sauce on it she’s fine with it.
School rules she has to follow:
- No nuts, sesame seeds or hummus
- No chocolate flavoured spreads (due to the nut risk)
- Must be able to be eaten in their 20 minute slot – she’s a slow eater so much more in terms of food would over face her
In terms of her overall eating, she’ll have porridge or toast with margarine and/or honey for breakfast, banana or peach for playtime snack, mini malt loaf or similar at hometime and then a big meal of say spaghetti Bolognese for tea/dinner (whatever you want to call it it’s not a debate about the name of the evening meal).
I think there’s too much sugar in her diet but I don’t know how to fix it given her very specific needs. So let me have it, whats her lunch like in terms of nutritional value?