Whats some good lunches for children, mine don't like sandwiches.. any suggestions!?

Answer 1

I prepare lunches for a family with 4 picky kids. None of them like sandwiches either. What I do is pre-package a bunch of different things on Sunday afternoon and every school night, each kid comes by with their bag and they are allowed to choose one item from each bin except the "veggie" bin. They can take as many as they like and usually each kid now takes more than one veg. because they get to pick it.

Cheese or yogurt: 2 pieces of string cheese, 6 slices of cheddar, 2 large round slices of colby-jack, individual cottage cheese container, yogurt container or yogurt drink.

Grain: serving sized bag of pretzels, a thin pita bread rolled up in a baggie, half of a whole wheat bagel, half of a thick pita bread, 6-8 whole wheat crackers

Veggie: all serving sizes of: carrots, celery, cherry tomatoes, radishes, blanched green beans, cucumber.

Fruit: all sliced and ready to eat bags of: apple, oranges, blueberries, strawberries, mango, melon, pineapple.

Water --plain or flavored. Not sweetened.

Treat--individual small container of peanut butter to dip apples or celery in, two small store bought cookies, handful of teddy grahams, 1 homemade cookie, serving of skittles or other chewy candy, 2 sticks of licorace, etc.

I make it all in advance and put 6 tubs in the fridge, each one contains an assortment of different things. One has several varities of cheese, the next has all the crackers, bagels, grains. The next has 4 or 5 different treats to choose from. (Don't forget, only one item from each catagory per lunch...except veggies) And so on.

Each kid grabs a lunch sack, tosses in a water and a napkin and then picks one item from each bin in the fridge. A custom-made lunch for each kid, each day!

I started by asking each kid to give me a list of 5 "favorites" from each category and I make sure I get 3+ from each kid's list, in every category. Fortunately, they like a lot of the same things.

Answer 2

Taco Dogs

1 package (1 pound) hot dogs

10 slices process American cheese

10 hard taco shells, warmed

1 can (16 ounces) baked beans, warmed

Prepare hot dogs according to package directions. Place a cheese slice and hot dog in each taco shell; top with beans. Yield: 10 tacos.
Chicken Salad Stacks

4 7-to-8-inch flour tortillas

1/2 cup tub cream cheese

1 cup deli chicken or tuna salad

3 lettuce leaves

3 to 4 pimiento-stuffed olives, pitted ripe olives or cherry tomatoes (optional)

Spread 3 tortillas with cream cheese. Top each with some chicken salad and a lettuce leaf. Stack tortillas; top with remaining tortilla. Cut stack into wedges to serve. Pierce each wedge with a decorative pick or a toothpick topped with olives or tomatoes, if desired. Makes 3 servings
30-Second Fruit Salad

1 15-ounce can mandarin orange slices

1 banana, sliced

Maraschino cherries for garnish

Open can of oranges and pour out juice. Put oranges and banana slices in bowl and top with a few cherries

Answer 3

I've always been told that lunchables don't provide enough food for a meal. Buy some thermoses (sp?) from your local store and send spaghetti o's, soup, etc. Just be sure to heat it up in the thermos in the morning before they leave and it will still be good by lunch!

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Corn Bread Muffins, Pita Bread filled with leftovers, salads, pizza, sliced fruit, cheese and crakers, Chicken drumpsticks, Spaggetti in a Thermos, Homemade Soup.
Hope it helps..

Answer 6

Have your kids ever tried wraps? You could make delicious wraps with tuna salad, grilled chicken, veggies, etc? It's different from a sandwich and my kids really love them.

My son also went through a phase where I made him a salad each day and sent it to school with him. It breaks up the routine. Good luck.

Answer 7

There are choices.....fruit salad, yogurt, you can even do cereal, regular salad, soup. Perhaps you should consider having your children buy lunch at school; they may prefer to have a hot lunch as opposed to something that is packed in a lunch box with an ice pack.

Answer 8

Lunchables

Answer 9

you will be making a rod for your back
make them eat the bread or they go without lol
cut the crust off them
& put egg & lettuce filling
vegemite & lettuce
' ' ' ' & cheese
cheese & pickles
cheese & lettuce or baby spinich
ham & tomato
tin baked beans
tin salmon & a few healty type of crackers
salad in a bowl & 2 slices of cheese
chicken & salad
meat & salad
home made pasta & cheese
but i would stick to sandwiches mainly if you don't wan't to be to bogged down

Answer 10

Try making wraps-they're much better than sandwiches. Or get a thermos and pack soup.