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New ideas for lunches/dinner

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Charmed123 · 01/04/2020 08:06

I'm looking for new ideas for meals for a 4 year old and 2 year old.
They eat pretty much anything or will try everything at least once, for lunch though the go to meals are usually cheese toastie, soup, sandwiches etc.
I have bought mini wraps for a change though and I have no idea what to fill them with. Any suggestions would be great!!

They have no dietary requirements and no allergies😊

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DivGirl · 01/04/2020 09:30

Ham and cheese wraps with ketchup (bleugh) are a favourite in this house. Personally I like tuna and sweetcorn melts (wrap, tuna, mayo, sweetcorn, cheese, fold it in half and wrap in foil then put in the oven until the cheese is melty), or mackerel and cheese (tinned mackerel in tomato sauce with cheese and cooked the same way as above). You can also use mini wraps to make mini pizzas (tomato puree + whatever you would usually add, cheese, whatever toppings they fancy/you have).

TiffanyC95 · 01/04/2020 10:00

Ham is one thing I never buy lol. I will give that a go maybe without the ketchup though, mind you my son loves ketchup😂
I though maybe tuna but my son won't eat it for me in the house, he eats it at nursery for his teachers though!! Haha. Maybe melting the cheese would work as they both love cheese. That's a good idea using them as pizza bases, I think they would like that! Thanks very much for your reply😁 xx

KittenVsBox · 01/04/2020 10:26

Wrap pizzas were very popular here.
If you start early enough, jacket potatoes with various toppings (cheese, beans tuna, coleslaw) or my kids favourite is to cut the cooked potatoes in half, mash the middles with grated cheese and cooked, chopped bacon, then stuff the shells and out them back in the oven til crispy.

Eggs are good - scrambled, omelette, boiled with toast soldiers.

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TiffanyC95 · 01/04/2020 12:46

I tried jacket potato with them before but they wouldn't eat it because the skin was still on🤦‍♀️ they did used to love omelettes but they have went off them lately, I have no idea why. I hadn't thought of boiled eggs and soldiers thank you will try that👌 xx

Ricekrispie22 · 01/04/2020 17:44

Fish finger wraps are really popular with my Dc. I didn’t realise that they were a ‘thing’ until my dc came home from school saying that they’d had them and I googled them. Not sure if they’d work with mini wraps.

Warm cheese scones with marmite or tomato chutney
Beans on toast
Homemade sausage rolls
Omelette or mini frittatas
Sausage in a finger roll
Cheese flapjacks - google for a recipe
Rice cakes topped with cream cheese. We’ve made these before www.nhs.uk/change4life/recipes/nutty-apple-and-celery-rice-cakes

TiffanyC95 · 01/04/2020 18:34

Fish finger wraps would probably go down a treat with my two, thank you, it's the first I've heard of them lol and I can see why they would be popular with kids aswell.
Will definitely try the cheesy scones, I made plain scones for the first time a few days ago and both mine demolished them with jam on, they both love cheese so I can see them really liking it.
I will Google a recipe for the sausage rolls, never been a fan of them myself shop bought they always seem far too salty for me but I've never thought about homemade ones.
Thank you for all your suggestions😊

user1493413286 · 01/04/2020 18:40

Omelettes
Scrambled egg
Eggy bread
Beans or spaghetti on toast
Pinwheels
Cracker sandwiches
Little pasta salads
Home made Egg fried rice

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