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lunchbox ideas please!

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misshardbroom · 11/11/2008 09:42

DD is in reception and takes a packed lunch to school. However, I'm really struggling to give her any variety in her lunchbox as she doesn't eat any of the following:

any fresh fruit
any dried fruit
any cereal bars / flapjacks / Schoolbars
any yoghurt or fromage frais
any raw veg other than carrots, cucumber, peas & corn

also, drinks nothing other than water or plain (white) milk.

I don't actually want to encourage her to eat loads of rubbish, but equally she needs sufficient calories to function, and sufficient food to fill her.

The school (thankfully) is not one that employs any sort of lunchbox police, so no foods are 'forbidden', although obviously they're encouraged to eat as healthily as possible.

Current lunchbox (day after day after day after day) is a wholemeal roll or wrap with some sort of filling (e.g. ham, humous, tuna), a Laughing Cow triangle, a scrubbed carrot, one of those Goodies fruit compote things and a little bag of mini Cheddars or Hula Hoops (so shoot me).

Any fresh ideas? I'm bored just making them.

By the way, when it comes to evening meals she's a really good eater and consumes all kinds of vegetables in their cooked state. Also, please please don't tell me that if I keep putting fruit in front of her she'll eventually eat it, because I've been doing this for 5 years and believe me, she won't!

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misshardbroom · 11/11/2008 16:19

anybody?

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Surfermum · 11/11/2008 16:27

What about a little pot of fruit? I sometimes give dd a small pot of mandarins or mixed fruit.

Malt loaf?

Is she happy with what she has? If she is, I'd be inclined to keep giving her the same.

saadia · 11/11/2008 16:28

pitta pockets, home-made chicken nuggets (v easy), bagels instead of rolls, grated cheese/humus sandwiches, pizza slices,

pickie · 11/11/2008 16:29

hot cross buns with butter, mini pot with houmous & bread sticks. Ask her what she would like? My DS has real packed lunch envy

mrsmaidamess · 11/11/2008 16:30

Cold pasta or pizza? Cold sausage? I even put cold garlic bread in my ds's lunch and he demolished it.

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