What did you put in your child's lunchbox today?

[SparklingRivers]

Mine had a ham cheese and cucumber pitta bread with some cherry tomatoes next to it, yogurt, fridge raiders, crisps and apple.

Thought doing a random day like today would get a wider range of ideas than just asking suggestions.

Ham bagel, pretzels, yoghurt, a pear, cheesestring , breadsticks & a pack of little chocolate fingers.

Well, this is Mumsnet, so:

Hand rolled sushi made by DD with salmon sourced directly from the lake outside my house.

A mason jar side salad with quinoa and spiralised courgette.

Blackberries foraged from our wildlife walk.

Homemade kefir smoothie infused with fresh dew.

Raw cacao nibs for a special treat.

😇😇😇

Chicken & sweetcorn sandwich
whole carrot (doesn't like them cut up)
Falafel, sweet chilli dip.
Dole pot of pineapple in juice

Amazing really, at age 7 he ate no salad or fruit at all. I used to put cold cooked peas and carrot in his lunchbox. Everything changes.

tuna and sweetcorn pasta, kiwi, cucumber & salsa, marble cake & lentil chips
ham and cheese wrap, kiwi, banana, cake & lentil chips
chicken tikka and lettuce wrap, celery & salsa, banana, cake & lentil chips

My DD is on a school trip so has had a bigger packed lunch than normal to cover breaks too: homemade focaccia with cream cheese and Serrano ham
carrots and hummus
yogurt
small piece of cheese
apple slices & grapes
pretzels
a jammy dodger

Milk or dark chocolate?

Half a 50/50 bread chicken sandwich
sliced cucumber
1 pear
ready salted crisps
babybel
frube yoghurt

9 years old - the above is pretty stingy to what others in his class take in but he always has a bowl of cereal with whole milk and a slice of 50/50 bread toast with generous slather of peanut butter before school. We did send him in with a whole sandwich but then he wouldn’t touch it - but send in half and he eats it all!

@Stickthatupyourdojo I don't think that needs justifying. Mine wouldn't eat anything if there were too many items. And by too many - at times that has meant anything more than 3.

Honey sandwich
Banana
Raisins
Yoghurt
Crisps
Soreen snack bar

Mine has one of those yummybox bento style lunch boxes with the compartments in. It usually has

• wrap/sarnie/pasta (1 or 2 of)
• sausage/cheese/chicken chunks (1 of)
• strawbs/kiwi/carrot (2 or 3 of)
• crackers/a few crisps/breadsticks (1 of).

There's also a tiny section that I will put a few dry Cheerios/a tiny brownie/a couple of mini gingerbread men in. Or sometimes cheese if it's not in another section! He loves cheese.

Dc (18) has autism and severe learning difficulties. He takes a packed lunch to his special school every day.
Today he had a salad ...cous cous,hummus, carrot, cucumber, tomatoes, onion and some mixed beans.
When he was 4 he lived on rice cakes, dry cereal, milk and bananas! It's taken a long time but now he eats everything!

Peanut butter & jam sandwich
Watermelon slices
Popcorn
Mini Oreos
Pocky chocolate sticks
Tea in hot flask with a few rich tea biscuits..

(hot) pasta with Bolognese sauce, plum tomatoes, yoghurt, a soreen bar, a plum and an apple.

Ds wants packed lunch but home cooked meals in it 🤦🏻‍♀️