Lunches to send to childminder??

[El91]

My LG (10 months old) is starting to go to a childminder in a couple of weeks and I have to send a lunch for her (she will be getting breakfast at home in the morning then dinner after I pick her up). I was just going to send sandwiches/wraps/fruit/yogurt/melty sticks etc. but I went to meet the childminder today and the other kids there were eating proper hot meals for lunch, like potatoes meat and veg.
I feel bad now for sending my LG with sandwiches lol but don’t have time to cook hot meals for her to take. I was thinking about just sending a jar of purée for handiness but I’m really trying to do finger foods at lunch time as she gets purée for dinner.

Does anyone have any suggestions of anything that I could make that is quick and easy, maybe something that the childminder could heat up?

Why do you feel bad? Your lunches are fine. Send her with what you are now, the other kids lunches are more unusual than anything, unless this is their main meal of the day and they just get a snack at home. Who do you think is judging you?

Agreed: your child is eating decent food and not going hungry. Don't kill yourself trying to keep up with the Jones

Sandwiches are fine, or can you cut out a portion of your dinner from the night before

Your lunches are absolutely perfect. I used to be a childminder and if anything a cold packed lunch would be preferable to having to heat up several different lunches.

At 10 months they often don't eat it all or eat it in stages. It's a lot easier to stagger a cold lunch with several different items than a plate of meat and potatoes.

I'm assuming your DD gets some hot food as her evening meal.

Cold pasta - tuna, chicken, vegetable

Smash and vegetables

Cheese, Beans, spaghetti with toast

Cooked noodle with veg or met to be heated up

Muesli with yogurt

Microwave rice with veg or meat

Pate on toast

Philadelphia

Ava so on toast

Banana on toss
Bastia all anything on toast/bread/bagel

I send either sandwiches or leftovers from the night before- lasagne/pasta etc.

I’m planning sending leftovers from night before when my LO starts nursery. Minimal prep lol.
Unless it turns out to be something LO doesn’t like then it will be an easy prep finger food/sandwich type thing - maybe similar to what I prepare for my lunuch box etc
don’t feel bad. Ives realised since becoming a mum that I have spent way too much effort on things at times.

maybe those kids having meat & potato’s etc are having leftovers.
but basically I think most important is something you know your LO will eat. Happy and fed. :)

I used to send leftovers from the night before but that was because my dd was too tired to eat dinner in the evening! She used to have a wrap or beans and toast and fruit/yoghurt/veggies for her dinner. If it works better for you send the picnic lunch wraps etc to the childminder and do dinner in the evening and don't feel bad!