Just my son's lunch!

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My year 5 son now has packed lunches. He has a variation on this most days, (though today he randomly had left over pasta with lamb).

In your opinion is this the right amount of food for lunch/snack and is it healthy enough or too processed for every day? In the mini wrap it is humous. Sometimes he has two mini wraps. Any ideas welcome! Thanks

It's lunch, fgs .

@DontStepOnTheMomeRathz

As an adult i wouldn't have a packet of crisps every day

More fool you

Saving space for my daily family-sized bar of chocolate...

It's a lot of different items of food. I know that my DC by Year 5 wouldn't have wanted to spend so much time eating as it wasted playing time.
I don't see a particular issue with the food if your DS is happy with it.

@Palavah

As an adult i wouldn't have a packet of crisps every day.

I did until I became perimenopausal and the weight went around my tummy- tbh I could eat 2+ bags a day 🤣

Mine have almost exactly the same except a chocolate biscuit in place of the pepparami.

So I must think you are right as that is what my year 5 takes in, plus water bottle.

Does your son feel hungry during the school day? If he doesn't then it is the right amount of food.

@DontStepOnTheMomeRathz

I wouldn’t ask on here anyway OP.

Soon it’ll be “my son only gets a dry weetabix on special occasions!”

(Quite sure someone actually said that about a ham sandwich once…)

They did indeed, ham sandwiches were in fact a treat food and once in a blue moon. I still think of that thread fondly.

I wouldn't give crisps AND pepperami on the same day. Too much salt.

Processed meat isn't great anyway, better to substitute with some cheese/chicken/leftover cold meat etc.

Looks lovely and balanced, maybe add some fruit like grapes and some dairy or dairy substitute- cheese, yoghurt or even cream cheese to dip carrot sticks into. It looks like the right amount for his age but I'm sure he's old enough to ask for more if he needed it.

Mine were very samey with their lunches. One full sized wrap - chicken or cheese, with salad, one apple, one 2 finger kit kat... done

Was easy to plan for shopping

In year 5, dies he not complainif he's hungry, after school?

Too much salt (houmous, pepparami and crisps). I'd do crisps OR pepparami.

The rest is fine. You'll get the food police saying white wraps are basically sugar, apples are bad for your teeth etc. but ignore them. Apart from the excess salt it's a fine and normal lunch for a 9-10 year old.

While I was brought up on pretty much that I do think it's too processed tbh. Way too much salt and additives. But he won't die ;)

Wow, I've been working and now so many responses! Thank you for the help.

To answer a few questions - double hummous in the wrap and to dip, as he's got quite fussy about sandwich fillings. He used to have cheese but has gone off it and now likes hummous or cucumber sandwiches! He would have peanut butter but no nuts in school. He doesn't eat chicken hence the pepperami. He also loves beef jerky, which often features. But perhaps I do need to watch salt levels. I thought maybe I'll get some falafel or beef slices.

The yoghurt is a great idea. I will start adding a plain yoghurt which he loves.

Carrots - there are 4 batons! I usually put too salads in but I was rushing. I may add radish or celery now.

He usually eats all his lunch but doesn't complain about hunger straight after school and happily walks the mile home before looking for snacks (unlike his younger sibling who has school dinners and is screaming for snacks before we've even left the school grounds!).

I’m with PP on the pepperami and crisps being too much salt. The RDA of salt for your aged son is 5g and a pepperami has 3.9g salt alone.
I’d swap it for something with more calcium like cheese or yogurt.

@AllTheUsernamesAreAlreadyTaken

I’m with PP on the pepperami and crisps being too much salt. The RDA of salt for your aged son is 5g and a pepperami has 3.9g salt alone. I’d swap it for something with more calcium like cheese or yogurt.

The prpepperami has 0.88 per stick , its 3.9 per 100gm , sticks are only 22gm

Ahh I did think that was bloody high hahaha
Thanks

@ManifestDestinee

Crisps and a pepperami is a lot of salt. I don't know what age year 5 is but anything less than teens I wouldn't give both.

It's a grand total of 0.7g of salt for both of them.

There's often 1g of salt in wraps alone. So if you're worried about salt content, ditch the wrap

He's allowed upto 5g a day.