What do you give your young children for a snack lunch/tea?

[Ilovechocolate87]

I find it gets soo repetitive!

5yo is very fussy, it's usually ham or cheese sandwiches for her with fruit and a yoghurt.She used to love Tuna but unfortunately went off it.She isn't keen on crisps but will sometimes have afew Mini Cheddars.She eats cucumber at school but won't touch one vegetable at home.She likes egg on toast but we use this as a meal as her hot meals at home are also limited.

1yo usually has similar, or sometimes peanut butter or soft cheese on toast.And baby crisps.Sometimes offer tomato or cucumber but it doesn't get eaten, then fruit and a yoghurt or baby biscuit.I would do a tuna sandwich but she doesn't seem keen, and I've tried scrambled/fried egg on toast but she didn't like that.

What do your young children eat for a snack lunch/tea? Would love some more ideas as it's so samey for them at the moment!

Cubed cheese and apple
Marmite and cream cheese pinwheel wraps
Hummous and pitta
Beans on toast
Eggy muffins which is basically frittata
Tuna mayo and breadsticks (something they picked up in France)
Tomato soup in a mug with grated cheese
Mini quiche
Cheese and crackers
Mini chicken kievs
Random bits of stuff from the fridge

1 year old often has leftovers from dinner the night before for lunch. If not:

• toast with hummus
• pasta with a quick tomato sauce
• wrap pizza
• sandwiches with cheese, soft cheese, ham, tuna, egg mayo, tinned salmon or sliced chicken. Sometimes toasted sandwiches
• crackers with ham/cheese
• pizza pinwheels
• beans or scrambled egg on toast
• fish fingers with baked beans

For veg- she isn't very good with cucumber or tomato but I still offer it sometimes. She is better with cooked veg so I will do a small amount of frozen peas/green beans/sweetcorn or spinach (her fav).

She normally has fruit as snacks but if she hasn't I will give it with lunch.

Ohh I want to try marmite and cheese pinwheels. DD tried marmite for the first time the other day and seemed to like it

Pasts with tomato sauce and frozen chargrilled pesto, pasta pesto and peas, bolognaise, filled pasta

Risotto, chicken or peas

Pizza toast, cheese on toast

Left over stews, roasts with peas/cabbage/ carrots

omelettes

sausages, mash, peas

Cottage Pie

fishfingers - sandwich or with mash and veg

Soup usually with grated cheese, and toast

chicken strips

Eggs, beans, sardines, peanut butter on toast

All sorts of random

Mine are 6 and 4

Snacks

• the usual fruits, apples, grapes, berries etc
• laughing cow cheese triangles / babybel
• cashew nuts
• malt loaf
• raisins
• chunks of cucumber, pepper, cherry tomatoes

Lunches

• cheese / cheese spread and crackers
• sandwiches / wraps - egg mayo, cheese and ham, chicken and sweetcorn mayo
• pasta (either pesto or cream cheese mixed with tuna and cheddar)
• tomato soup
• cheese scones
• toasties and panini's
• crumpets / toast and beans
• omelette

Dinners

• bolagnaise
• pasta bake (chicken and leek / sausage and tomato)
• chicken stroganoff
• fajitas / enchiladas
• cottage pie
• cheese and onion pasties
• fishcakes
• paneer korma curry
• cheesy rice
• stir fry with noodles and chicken / prawns / tofu / beef / pork
• hotdogs
• chicken and tarragon puff pastry pie

Hope this helps

19 months here. Some of her lunches & snacks…

Lunch:

• Chicken parm with spaghetti
• Chicken wings, roasted potatoes and veg
• Pasta
• Roast chicken with rice
• Tacos
• Fried rice
• Soup
• Stir fry noodles

Snack:

• Fruit
• Breadsticks with peanut butter
• Homemade spring roll
• Rice cake with peanut butter
• Yogurt
• Leftover pancakes
• Smoothie
• Fruit snack
• Corn snacks
• Vanilla biscuit
• Homemade chicken nuggets
• Cucumber slices
• Cheese quesadilla

Thanks everyone- some really good ideas here that I hadn't thought of and have noted down! 😀

I have one fussy eater that will only eat chicken mcnuggets, fries, and mountain dew every day. I've tried other foods, but they refuse to touch anything else. You'd think they would get tired of it after months, but not this one! How can I get my kid to try new things?

Popular lunches with mine are...

Mash potato and beans
Scrambled egg on toast
Chicken in a bread roll
Chicken wraps
Jacket potato (various toppings)

With fruit for afters if she's still have hungry.

She tends not to like veg as is - not fussed on raw cucumber stick, etc. - so we tend to mix it into her dinners. She'll eat vegetable rice, veg spring rolls, lumpy tomato sauce, etc.

Are you for real?? If this is true you need to visit a dietician fast.

Omg! Really? Why tho? It has everything from the food pyramid with the meat, grains, veggies, sugars and oils. And they like chocolate milk too so that covers dairy. Am I missing something?

Hummus
most kids love it