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Ideas for lunches desperately needed (for mom AND kids!!)
We are back in a major rut when it comes to lunches! Our horrifying rotation consists of chicken nuggets, hot dogs (I do comfort myself with using nitrate free varieties!:), mac and cheese, grilled cheese, PB and J and once in a while pancakes/waffles and eggs. I always wanted to be way more healthy and less boring, but while Ava will eat most fruits and veggies, there aren't a ton of quick, east main dishes she likes (she will eat stuff like spaghetti, sloppy joes, tacos, ets when I make them for dinner.) To make matters more complex, Luke still cannot tolerate dairy, so the days I do cheesy lunches for Ava, he is out. I really want to start serving things less processed and with more variety. I feel even worse because at night, when DH and I eat things the kids don't like, we usually serve them something from that sad list again. As for myself, I am so burned out on cold turkey sandwiches for lunch! If anyone has ideas of lunches you have in your rotation (either for your kids, or you, or both) I would LOVE to hear them!
Re: Ideas for lunches desperately needed (for mom AND kids!!)
This is the list I keep in our master folder for anyone who watches the girls:
LUNCHES
hot dogs (cut in fourths the long way) and mac
grilled cheese sammy with mixed veggies
quesadillas cheese, chicken, black bean with fruit
mac with mixed veggies
peanutbutter sammy with fruit ? pb and banana, pb and fruit puree
Earth's Best chicken nuggets with a veggie
popcorn fish, fruit, cheese
bite sized pieces of deli meat, cheese, fruit, crackers
tortilla with melted cheese and rolled into a taquito
cream cheese with cucumber or honey cream cheese with granola in a tortilla
pasta with veggies
scrambled eggs
rice and beans
chicken fried rice
mini pizzas ? crackers with sauce and cheese melted on top
pizza roll up- tortilla, sauce, cheese, melt and roll up
Soup with broth drained off
meatballs, string cheese, veggie, fruit
hard boiled eggs, deli meat, cheese, fruit
hamburgers
egg salad sammy
Banana peanut butter roll up (in a tortilla)
salad
pasta with pesto and cream cheese sauce
SNACKS
apples with peanut butter (or without)
string cheese
fruit cup (drain the juice)
grapes
pear
goldfish
cheerios
graham cracker sandwich with cream cheese
yogurt
cereal
apple sauce
pretzels with peanutbutter or cream cheese dip
granola bar
smoothie
crackers and cheese
Not sure for the kiddos but one of my favorites is an Apple/PB wrap.
Tortilla with peanut butter spread on it. Chopped nuts, raisins, and 1/2 apple. It's so yummy and very filling.
I also buy the pre-packaged salads from Trader Joes.