Packed lunch ideas?

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Dairylea do those lunchable packs. They're really expensive though, so just have a quick shifty at the shelf when you're doing the shopping and make them up yourself at home. They have little ritz crackers, cheese lumps and ham all separated, so the kids can eat what they want and pick at it.

Does he like croissants? You could always stick some filling in that and see if it works. Otherwise, I'd go with the party food crew! Nothing wrong with a little mini sausage roll, quiche and nibbles, especially if you're giving him a main meal at the end of the day.

Can anyone help with more ideas for sweet/ snacks to be included in lunch boxes.
My eldest does not eat fruit or veg so I need some alternatives.
His lunch box usually consists of:
savory sandwich
Cheese string(ugh!) or babybel
yoghurt
small cake

What about those little boxes of raisins? Or do they count as fruit to your ds/dd? Also nuts? Dried apricots (I know they're fruit too, but...)

The toddlers I look after are at the refuse food on a spoon stage, I give them cold cooked pasta, fusilli, or small penne, or the childrens different coloured pasta for a treat or macaroni, with any of these added to it, sweetcorn, peas, frankfurters, cubed cheese, rolled and sliced ham, cold sausage, pineapple, apricots, raisins, cherry tomatoes, cubed cucumber, chicken cubes, pieces of cold cooked fish - salmon or cod loin is lovely and they eat it themselves! (Could do for lunch boxes as well)

One thing I did find that went down well were/are mini peperami. They're quite chewy and a bit spicy but he loves them. They cost £1.99 for 10 individually wrapped ones (which are perfect for packed lunches) and I found them in the ham section.

I'd completely forgotten about this thread. It makes me laugh when I read it now as ds (now 3)loves cheese/pasta/sandwiches. Just goes to show how things change.

what about chicken dippers and nuggets, pizza, yorkshire puddings, springrolls and other leftovers from tea? home cheese straws cut out with playdough cutters (they freeze extremely well).Cold new potatoes with mayo ,cubes of ham. Also what about rice salad (apparently you should eat within 2days but that freezes well).
have borrowed 'The lunchbox cook book'by Marty Klinzman from the library,and there's a chapter on fill and freeze

Should have added the ds in question is 6 so 'hiding' ingredients is not an option - he always hated fruit even as a babe! So yes raisins are out.
I will try the book helenmc suggested thanks.
Btw helenmc where are you from? I used to live opposite a helenmc.

Pottyborough - sorry that should have read Peterborough. But very originally from Devon.

I hate packed lunches - whatever I give is wrong unless its prepacked and full of monosodium whatever. Peanut butter sandwiches would be greeted with delight but are banned, every other sandwich just gets left, anything slightly unusual gets rude comments from the other children who all seem to exist on mars bars and crisps. I am so cross about this that I toast their leftover cheese sandwiches when they get home for an aftershool snack! And when i do find something which I can slip in as a treat they always find my supply when dh is looking after them and eat the lot. I have resorted to making up jellies in containers with secure lids (courtesy of Lakeland) and putting fruit in them - maybe you could make fruit juice jellies?