Kids lunches

I stuck in a rut these days with fixing my daughter lunch.  She's been having tons of soup and sandwiches, but I'm getting tired of making the same thing and I think she's getting bored of eating the same sort of things so frequently.  What does everyone feed their kids?

I make my girls our own version of a "lunchable". I thinks it's Oscar Meyers that make the lunchables, but I don't let my kids eat those and so we make our own. I pack them crackers and chesse and turkey or sandwich meat of some sort. They make their own ckacker sandwiches and love it. I also pack them carrot sticks with ranch dressing or apples with peanut butter and then some sort treat. It's kinda like an appetizer lunch.

It's by far their favorite home lunch. That and cold leftover pizza.

We have a pannini maker that makes lunches fun again.  I also like to make homemade chicken nuggets and freeze them, and homemade chips, which always go down a treat .

Pizza is handy as well, just make them out of an English muffin base.

Our daughter is a very picky eater who doesn't have a big appetite, the two of us are the same way, so she tends to be more of a grazer.

Try scrolling down on this page and looking at some of the comments. There are a lot of ideas for making lunches more fun. Livejournal has been working on changing servers so the site hasn't been responding off and on today so if it doesn't work now, just try it again in 5 minutes or so.

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I know what you mean about feeling like you are in a rut!  I' don't know how many peanut butter cracker sandwichs I've made (a current favorite with my daughter right now). 

My daughter often has leftover dinner from the night before.  My husband and I eat dinner after she goes to bed, so she gets a taste of what Mommy and Daddy had. 

I was just thinking today of how uncreative I'm getting right now though.  With my morning sickness, there are so many things that I can't stand the smell of, that I try to keep things fairly simple.  I'm glad that she doesn't seem to mind having the same things during the week!

My daughter often has leftover dinner from the night before.  My husband and I eat dinner after she goes to bed, so she gets a taste of what Mommy and Daddy had. 

I think that is the best lunch for kids. As a teacher, I always appreciated when parents gave their kids 'real' food. I think it helps to make kids' world bigger and keep them from becoming overly picky eaters.

Can you get Pillsbury crescent rolls (or similar) in the UK?  If so, you can put all different kinds of fillings in them before you bake them.  Peanut butter & jam is a favorite around here.  Or even just a bit of cheese for a variation on grilled cheese.

I remember when I was little (around 5 or 6), we always liked it when my mom would make us what was, in essence, appetizers.  She'd slice some salami and cheese and put it on a plate with some crackers.  Sometimes she'd also cut up veggies and give us a little dipping sauce (usually salad dressing).  We always thought it was the coolest way to eat lunch. 

I only wish I had problems coming up with interesting lunch ideas.  My son eats all of four different things right now.  It drives me crazy!  Oh, what fun it is to have a toddler. 

maybe do a search in the forum because I asked the same thing awhile back in regards to lunch box jazzyness I got a few responses about it.

DD  hates peanut butter.  I even tried her on my no bake peanut butter and oatmeal cookies.  No joy.

She does love tortillas, though, so what we'll do is melt some cheese on a tortilla w/some frijoles.  She likes that!  It's full of good stuff, too.

I've found the best lunches are whatever is on mum's plate.  My boy hates veggies -- it's always a fight to get him to eat them.  BUT, if they are my plate and I'm eating after him, he'll always come along and scrounge, including -- shock, horror -- broccoli.

I remember when I was little (around 5 or 6), we always liked it when my mom would make us what was, in essence, appetizers.  She'd slice some salami and cheese and put it on a plate with some crackers.  Sometimes she'd also cut up veggies and give us a little dipping sauce (usually salad dressing).  We always thought it was the coolest way to eat lunch. 

This is a great idea!  My husband did this for our daughter the other night for dinner.  He made her an "antipasto plate" with olives (which she loves), salami, sliced cheese, and red pepper strips with dip.  He is so much more creative than I am!

I've found the best lunches are whatever is on mum's plate.  My boy hates veggies -- it's always a fight to get him to eat them.  BUT, if they are my plate and I'm eating after him, he'll always come along and scrounge, including -- shock, horror -- broccoli.

My three year old will only eat raw broccoli, raw carrots, and canned green beans, veggie-wise. . .

But he's quite happy to eat anything with a face. . . Pizzas, sandwiches. . . I bought some happy-faced tater-tot things that he likes. . . . Cannibal.

. I bought some happy-faced tater-tot things that he likes. . . . Cannibal.

Smiles?  Are they not the BEST creation ever?  My son practically lives on them!

He first discovered them on the menu at "Sponge-Bob Evans", where my sister works as a hostess. . .

He first discovered them on the menu at "Sponge-Bob Evans", where my sister works as a hostess. . .

hee hee.... "Sponge-Bob Evans"