Lunch box contents (sorry!!)

[happylittlefish]

Ds9 usually has school dinners but has switched to packed lunch. So far I'm thinking -
Wholemeal sandwich
Some fruit
Yogurt/fridge raiders
Crisps/chocolate biscuit

Is this okay? Or will the treat every day harm him (probs over reacting but I don't want to jeopardize his health)? He is a skinny little thing.

What do your kids take in their lunch boxes??

I do the same formula as TheSkiingGardener, with the occasional variation (i.e. bean or pasta salad instead of sandwich). He take a bottle of water for the classroom and another bottle of weak squash to drink with lunch (to try to encourage him to drink more...ongoing issues with constipation)
Treaty items here include small bags of crisps, cereal bars, YoYos or other dried fruit snacks, Dairlylea triangles or Babybels (though DS strongly disputes that these count as "treats" even though he likes them!)
All treats are slung into a box in the cupboard and DS chooses something every day, the only proviso being that he varies it and does not choose crisps everyday!

By the way, the bean salad that I make is super easy and DS really likes it. I mix a tin of mixed beans with various chopped veg, a few olives and capers and enough red pesto to coat. I usually send that with a pitta bread to scoop it up.

Mine has a tuna or ham sandwich and a piece of fruit, but he is only 5. I'd add in a yogurt probably or a Babybel. Mine also has a banana at break time and a snack at pick up (currents hot cross bun) so he doesn't need masses.

Mine very from day to day.

DD2 and DS (7 & 8 Yrs) have

Wrap, pitta's or sandwich thin (tend to be wholemeal or wheat and white wraps) They prefer these to sandwich bread.

Fillings, ham, cheese, ect with salad bits.

With fruit and a carton juice or water.

Or like today they didn't want any bread so they have a mix of cue, tomato with cheese cubes, pork pie and corned beef. And a pot of raspberries and strawberries.

VARY rather then very.

Today DD1 (4) has:

Wholemeal Thins with Marmite
Baby Bel
Apple
1/2 pack of crisps
Yogurt

DD2 (2) has:

Boiled egg
Baby Bel
Cucumber
Blackberries
1/2 pack of crisps
Yogurt

Other favourites are quiche, hummus and breadsticks, yogurt covered raisins, goodies oat bars, pitta/wraps.

Also used to give an innocent smoothie until nursery stopped all drinks except water.

We're in a bit of a rut, so great hearing others ideas.

Why are schools stopping drinks being taken other than water?

DD is hard to please sometimes but hoping boiled egg, cheese based foods and home made goodies she helps make will go down well. We start school in august.

Because they are sticky when they get spilled probably. Only drink allowed on the desk at dcs school is water too

The reason schools prefer drinks to be water is that fruit juices, squash and smoothies really are not all that healthy to be having every day. The sugars in fresh juice and smoothies is just as bad for teeth as a bag of haribo.

We only allow water and milk at our nursery as part of our healthy eating policy
Juice is not a healthy option
Milk shake and smoothies are full of sugar

Today, DS1(9) had a pot of houmous, sugar snap peas, red pepper slices, cherry tomatoes, pitta bread, Quorn scotch eggs, olives, a baby bel and a yoghurt. He had water to drink.

His school is mega strict on packed lunches. And they do police it.

His 6 year old brother gets free school meals as he's in the infants. He had pizza, chips, cake and custard.

Bloody double standards drives me bloody nuts

Wow! Surprised at the lunchbox contents AND the rules and regulations of some schools.

my school doesn't allow fizzy pop and though says 'no sweets', lunchbox contents are not policed and parents are not 'told' what can and cannot go in their children's mouths. We educate and we encourage but we don't dictate.

The children in my school must be an example of the minority; crisps, chocolate biscuits, jam sandwiches, kitkats, mini fingers, pepperami etc, etc. The odd piece of fruit left to fester and yoghurts.

It always surprises me how much schools police lunch boxes, whilst serving up puddings for the children having school lunches! I give mine money for tuck shop, which sells things like sausage rolls, buns, biscuits, crisps……and then they have a pudding with their school lunch! Admittedly the main course part of the lunch tends to be healthy and balanced, but it's still such a weird double standard.

Ds (9) usually takes wholemeal or half and half chicken, cheese, ham, turkey sandwich, sometimes with lettuce and tomato. Or a wrap with similar ingredients.
A mixture of cherry toms, celery, cucumber or pepper
Handful of grapes
Yogurt (those strawberry and raspberry ones they suck the yogurt out of)
Babybel cheese
Kitkat biscuit or similar

He always takes water.

Oh and sometimes I'll put in half a dozen mini chedders to go with the cheese.

And he takes either an apple or Banana for morning break rather than buying from the canteen