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Packed lunch ideas help!

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Pollyforever · 01/09/2022 08:24

Kids go back to school on Monday. I need some ideas that aren't ham sandwich or cheese sandwich! They have a flask for when it's colder but they don't want to take that on Monday. All primary school. What do you give your primary children for their packed lunch?

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maybein2022 · 05/09/2022 10:44

We do a rotation of various things but I always include:

raw vegetables- two from the following:
cucumber, peppers, carrot sticks, lettuce, edamame beans. I found mini peppers and cucumbers which my son loves.

fruit- a portion or two.

That way I’ve made sure he’s had 2-3 of the 5 a day at lunch!

Then:

either half a large pitta, bagel or whole meal sandwich with either:

cheese
ham
cream cheese and cucumber
marmite
sliced cold roast chicken

OR: leftovers from dinner or cold
salad.

OR: rice cakes or crackers with butter and cheese or marmite.

Then a small extra so could be:
hard boiled egg
cooked chicken
small amount of crisps or mini cheddars decanted into a smaller pot
fruit yo yo

plus sometimes a small sweet thing, usually a plain biscuit, homemade small cookie or a mini plain chocolate bar like a Freddo.

So basically each day:

Always fruit and veg. A carb based thing either a sandwich, bagel, pitta, rice cakes or crackers with appropriate filling/toping OR a salad OR leftover dinner. Plus a small extra from list above based on what else is in lunch. Plus a small sweet treat although not every day.

NotLactoseFree · 05/09/2022 10:51

DD has the same every day sadly. But DS is a bit more flexible.

They both get 2 portions of fruit a day (tend not to eat fruit at home much).
Sometimes add carrot/pepper/cucumber sticks and, for DS, some hummus
Babybel or small tub of feta cheese (or more "interesting" cheese for DS if we have it at home).
Yoghurt - Ds currently taking natural yoghurt in a tub by preference. Have done pouches, individual snack pots etc.

Sandwich/baguette options - smoked salmon and cream cheese; chick or tuna mayo; ham/cheese/cheese&ham.

DS likes a wrap sometimes with similar to the above.

Or I do a cold pasta salad - macaroni or similar pasta shapes, bit of chopped onion, carrots, peppers, corn (whatever I have), tuna or smoked salmon or cooked chicken, a few pickles and then a dressing of mayo with a bit of oil, milk and vinegar and some salt and mixed herbs.

DS gets pretty hungry so I do try to up the protein options in his sandwich, or include extra cheese/meat stick/biltong and he also often has something like a rice cake as well. He's very active and starting secondary now.

emmathedilemma · 05/09/2022 11:43

I think mixing up the type of bread helps even if the fillings are similar! wraps, bagels, sandwich thins.
Hummus
soft cheese
sandwich fillers - not cheap but a no brainer!
tuna & sweetcorn
spicy chicken

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Thiswayorthatway · 05/09/2022 11:45

Mini pork pie, sausage roll, scotch egg

ChittyChittyBoomBoom · 05/09/2022 11:57

Dd likes a tuna pasta salad. Mine also like a bagel pizza so tomato purée spread on a halved bagel with cooked mozzarella on top.

Bemyclementine · 05/09/2022 12:01

Wraps today, ham salad.
Grapes and strawbs
Yogurts tube
Small bag crisps

Other ideas, crackers, veg sticks, chicken pieces, mini chicken satay sticks, cocktail sausages, peperami, sausage roll, pork pie, cold pasta.

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