Pack lunch nazi's

[mommabee]

My ds starts school in sept please help me with some healthy packed lunch ideas, we've already had the info from school about it having to be healthy no crisps etc thanks

The title of this thread is not going to help you . Nazis doesn't have an apostrophe.

Not sure the school sending you info means that they're nazis.

You could try this link for ideas.

Wraps
Sandwiches on brown bread - ham/cheese/cheese spread/marmite
Crackers with a pot of cheese cubes
Hummous with veg sticks - carrots/cucumber & with breadsticks
Pot of cheese cubes
Pot/slice of meat - ham/chicken
Rice cakes
Pot of veg - carrot sticks/cucmber batons/cherry toms/olives

Yoghurt (if you get tube yogs you can freeze them overnight, put in lunchbox frozen & they will be defrosted by lunch & still cold, plus act as ice pack)
Fruit, cut up if necessary
Fruit pouch (if these exist over here for bigger children, Dmum got some in France for my DC aged 4.7 & 2.3 & they're a hit)
Fruit flakes if allowed
Dried fruit - raisins, apricots etc

Are they allowed homemade cakes, flapjacks etc?

Sure somebody will be along soon with better ideas, I am in the same boat as you but these are my initial thoughts!

Thanks ConfusedOfEngland some good ideas

Bigbuttons I didn't ask for grammatical help, typed this quickly and stupid phone put apostrophe in thank you very much

PeterParkerSays no it doesn't make them nazis but I find it irritating at the least that there are rules about what I can feed my son! He does eat healthy plenty of fruit and veg and a very varied diet surely a small biscuit in his lunchbox is ok but apparently not

Phones that add apostrophy?

Like that

As to lunchboxes... Just follow the guidelines?

Can you not freeze yoghurt that come in pots?

Ugh - I've read the back of those fruit flakes - they are worse than jelly tots!

My DS gets some kind of sandwich (cheese/whatever), 2 types of veg (cucumber/sweetcorn/peasetc), some kind of snack that fits in with their healthy eating, but may as well be a biscuit (eg. flapjack), and then something else to fill up the last spot - cheese, monstermunch (you wouldn't get away with that), raisins, fruit, hotdog or whatever else I find in the fridge.

You have to game the system a bit I find (I also skirt close to the edge by giving him nutella sandwiches on a Friday :) )

Having seen the packed lunches children take into schools when they don't have guidance for parents i fully appreciate why they need to do it.

If your child eats well normally then why will it be a problem?

Saying "No crisps" does not make them Nazis, with or without an apostrophe.

The school does not know in advance which parents give their children varied healthy diets blah blah blah and which would happily send their children to school with a can of coke, a Mars bar and a packet of Monster Munch, so they send the healthy packed lunch info to everyone.

A wrap, roll or sandwich with ham/cheese/hummus with grated carrot or shredded lettuce/vegetarian pate/cream cheese with cucumber/ tuna and sweetcorn/ egg and cress etc

Some veggie nibbles like carrot or cucumber sticks, cherry tomatoes, a couple of cocktail sausages, falafel, cubed cheese, couple of olives, or fruit - grapes, melon cubes or a few slices of apples or satsuma, pineapple lolly, raisins, sultanas, dried apricots etc.

Small pot or tube of fromage frais or yoghurt.

I found that they don't have that much time to eat their lunch and they would never manage a whole apple, or more than one sandwich, so I would keep the amounts small and varied. One little sandwich or roll and a selection of nibbly bits plus the yoghurt. Not usually necessary to send a drink - they get water provided.

Some schools are stricter than others when it comes to sweet things. If the children have a school lunch they can have a pudding, so it does seem ridiculous to object to a small slice of homemade flapjack, for example, so I would ask them about that. I wouldn't send biscuits or anything with chocolate on though.

Wedge of frittata

Chunky, surprised that your school has not banned nuts yet

My DD takes homemade Indian food to school. Her school also has a healthy eating policy but as the food is homemade she hasn't encountered any problems, only other students being curious what she's eating. But I realise this isn't a possibility for the majority of children, but homemade pasta in Tupperware could be a possibility? Or wraps with veggie sticks, yoghurt, water/fresh fruit juice, fruit and cheese cubes.

Good grief, I'm glad I live where I liv end can give what I want my kids to eat for lunch.

Awful thread title.

Just give your children nourishing, healthy packed lunches, then you'll be fine.

these are invaluable in our house (CHECK that price with the seller though )

Pop leftovers, soups, pasta, and a veritable plethera of other foodstuffs in them and microwave in the morning for a hot, healthy meal at lunchtimes

To go with the sandwiches and fruit additional snacks which seems to pass the Nazis include:
Homemade pop corn instead of crisps, baby bel cheeses, frozen frubes, buttered scone, hot cross bun or slice of malt loaf. Japanese rice crackers, Nigellas spicy nuts, flapjack, cheese straws, flavoured rice cakes, cocktail sausages, plain cakes such as fruit cake or lemon drizzle cake slice, jelly with fruit, pot of custard or rice pudding. Humus with mini breadsticks, dairea triangle and cream crackers, bagel chips ( slice bagels thinly, brush with oil d sprinkle on grated Parmesan or mixed herbs c and in oven also works with tortilla wraps)

I actually like making packed lunch. It is the one part in the day I feel smug competent. It's all downhill from 8am...

Buy one of those lunchboxes with containers. DD's has one large and two smaller sections.

I usually give her a sandwich - eg houmous, ham, cheese, cream cheese and marmite. She also likes rice cakes or ryvita.

Then in one of the smaller sections, two types of veg chopped up - eg cucumber, cherry tomato, carrot, celery, pepper.

In the other section, two types of fruit - eg sliced apple, satsuma, raisins, grapes, blueberries (try to think of things that won't go too squishy/slimy through the day).

She seems very happy with this, every day is slightly different for her, but it is always easy for me. Once you get used to it, it probably takes 1 minute to make.

It depends on your child. Mine liked something none messy that could be eaten as quickly as possible to get out to play.

I utterly loathe packed lunches. I go with a sarnie, (was Nutella until I remembered it had nuts in it, then egg or cheese or ham etc), yog, a bit of fruit or carrots, sometimes a heated up and left to go cold Cornish pasty and a couple of el cheapo biscuits. I love school dinners, they save me a lot of time and faffing. DS has healthy food most of the time, I would rather he ate a lunch than just brought rotting rice cakes home.

I think they are nazis ! And people have no sense of humour. I used to make my DD a lovely packed lunch and then scrape it into the bin evert night, its no use putting in lovely healthy stuff if they don't eat it