yogurt, muffins, granola bars, apples, bananas, pretzels, chocolate teddy crackers, v8 fusion in his water bottle
he started preschool in July :)
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hand made goodness (rice krispie squares, rocky roads and veggies)
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BHTX1962
Posts: 559 9/4/09 10:14 P
Bento boxes are so cool!
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Posts: 770 9/4/09 9:46 A
No but I pack her breakfast since lunch is provided. I always go healthy with fruit or fruit and grahm crackers or low calorie cereal. She loves it and knows nothing about the other junkfood breakfast options!
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That's actually where I bought my daughter's (and my) lunchbox!!! She LOVES it!
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BHTX1962
Posts: 559 9/3/09 9:15 P
You should go to laptoplunches they have a great website with cool ideas
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. Psalm 139:14 (New International Version)
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Today's Lunch: *Ham Slices *Ritz Crackers *Watermelon *Whole Wheat Pasta *Cheese Stick *Apple Juice
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LUVS99
Posts: 8 9/1/09 1:40 P
My kids haven't started school yet, but here's an exmaple of what I pack:
-Lettuce, cheese, mayonaise, and tomato sandwich on wheat bread. -A serving of goldfish -A serving of grapes -A Homemade cookie -A waterbottle or apple juice
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Arwen's lunch today consisted of: *Ham sandwich on 1/3 of a mini French loaf *Homemade trail mix (Teddy Grahams, raisins, M&Ms, and mini marshmallows) *Grapes *Watermelon (from our garden!) *Cheese stick *8 oz apple juice
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TURQUOIS26
Posts: 83 9/1/09 11:22 A
either a pb&j sandwich, ravioli or spaghetti & meatballs; grapes, yogurt raisins, snack size pringles, fruit leather, applesauce
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Posts: 542 9/1/09 10:58 A
PB&J on whole-grain white bread small bag of chips homemade oatmeal cookies water or juice
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My kids get a sandwich, pretzels or goldfish, and a fruit. They buy their milk at school.
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My little one won't eat many of the hot lunch meals (or enough of them to make it worth paying for) His lunch box usually has a string cheese, gogurt, a peanut butter sandwich or peanut butter crackers, bunny grahams and a water bottle.
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Posts: 893 9/1/09 10:33 A
What a great thread. My kids start back next week and I am desperate to find something my picky 7 year will eat. I will have to pour through the ideas here to find something for her. Thanks!
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my son almost always eats school lunches because I don't tend to pack a dessert (i.e. don't want them in the house for me to munch on!). and he complained loudly when I packed lunches with no desserts:)
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Today's lunch included: *Apple and Peanut Butter Quesadilla *White Cheddar Cheetos *Homemade Snack Mix (Teddy Grahams, Mini Marshmallows, and Raisins) *Grapes *String Cheese *12 oz Apple Juice
We have a rule: whatever doesn't get eaten at lunchtime is the first option for an after-school snack.
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Since she's in summer camp thru her school, they feed her lunch and two snacks. But when she's back in school to learn, we pack her lunch and it's usually a turkey & cheese, ham & cheese or PBJ sandwich, a fruit roll up, grapes or whatever fruit she's craving that day, chips, and a juice pouch.
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School starts up for my kindergartener (sniffle) Tuesday...hoping to pack her healthy lunches as much as possible.
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JUNEPA
Posts: 1,502 7/31/09 2:37 A
School's out for the summer Yippee, Yahoo, and Yahoo-ee
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Where you end up is more important than where you start out.
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JUNEPA
Posts: 1,502 4/20/09 1:25 P
DD packed her own lunch, nutella on whole grain bread and an apple
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JUNEPA
Posts: 1,502 4/6/09 1:04 P
DD PB&J on whole wheat and carrot and celery sticks DS rice and ham and a fruit cup
Edited by: JUNEPA at: 4/6/2009 (13:06)
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Tomorrow she's getting: 1/2 PB & J on wheat baby carrot & broccoli w/ Ranch 1/2 an orange string cheese
She helped make lunch tonight before bed and I've found that her helping encourages her to eat it!
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1/2 PB&J on wheat 4 baby carrots & 2 broccoli "trees" w/ 2 T Ranch string cheese Pringles mini
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Posts: 52 2/3/09 12:59 P
Yesterday my daughter got PB & Honey on a slice of wheat bread (folded in half), part-skim string cheese, Trix yogurt, and then pretzels for her afternoon snack.
Today she's buying b/c she left her lunch box at school.
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1/2 PB & J on wheat bread 2 each: baby carrots, broccoli, & cauliflower 1 T Ranch dressing 1/2 c grapes Sargento Colby/Jack cheese snack 7 Quakes Carmel Corn cakes
For a five-year old, I'd say she's eating pretty healthy today!
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leftover pasta in a small thermos
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all of the schools in our area are "nut free" ....so no PB & J which sucks because my kids would eat that everyday!! So instead it is tuna sandwiches, egg sandwiches, cheese sandwiches, along with low fat nut free granola bars, low fat pudding, yogurt, cheese strings, fruits... lot's of fruit. I stopped putting in drink boxes because my daughters doctor explained to me the lack of nutrients they give. LOADS of sugar and nothing beneficial, so both my children take a water bottle to school.
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sushi (california rolls) chips, apples, and oreo cookies What a bizarre combination..but he loves it.
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*left-over KFC chicken leg (meat pulled from the bone, skin removed) *1/2 Pillsbury Grands Butter Tastin' biscuit *1/2 c sliced peacher *1/4 c peas (YUCK! I don't like 'em but she LOVES 'em!) *Quaker Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip granola bar
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turkey sandwich, baked Lays chips, and an apple
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CSIENK
Posts: 3,103 12/4/08 3:55 P
Should have said in my last post that my kids pack their own lunches (high schoolers). Today I think my daughter took a yogurt, clementine and a turkey-broccoli mini-quiche that I made in muffin cups yesterday. And my son took a lean pocket, apple and some pretzels.
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SDALESSIO
Posts: 59 12/3/08 11:23 A
Usually fruit, yogurt, goldfish, cheese stick, water and/or juice/milk box. Plus sandwich meat for my daughter. They are both in preschool and it is a nut free school. My son doesn't really eat meat only peanut butter so it is very hard to pack for him.
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Posts: 176 12/3/08 10:59 A
Peanut Butter & Jelly on Whole Wheat Apple Small bag of miniature cookies Juice Box
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Posts: 3,103 12/3/08 10:33 A
Mac 'n Cheese Mandarin Oranges Pretzels
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leftover chicken & rice dish 1/2 an apple w/ carmel dip fruit snacks cheese stick snack box of raisins
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6-inch tortilla smeared with PB & J and rolled up 1/2 c grapes cheese stick 1/4 c cottage cheese homemade M & M oatmel bar
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no school today
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I'm not packing anything for kids since I don't have any, but I packed a can of soup and some oyster crackers for my boyfriend today.
Everything turns out ok in the end. If it's not ok, then it's not the end!
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Ham on Whole wheat white bread, applesauce, chips and 100% juice.
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dido
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He is eating at school again today
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He is eating school lunch today
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No school today
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He is eating school lunch.
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FLORIDAGIRL
Posts: 10,981 10/29/08 10:25 A
My daughter packs her own lunch...but she has either a sandwich with turkey and vegies or leftovers that she heats up, or a lean cuisine and then snack is lowfat yogurt. She is taking homemade lf potato soup with 100 cal pack of cheeze-its and an apple this week and she drinks water with her meal. She has milk in the morning and then in the afternoon after school.
Lori
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He is eating school lunch today!
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A peanut butter and banana sandwich, Capri Sun Juice, a granola bar, a bag of chips, and a fruit cup (diced peaches). He normally gets a lunchable in place of the sandwich but I occasionally mix it up so he won't get bored of the same old thing.
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He is eating school lunch!
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PUDDINS2
Posts: 117 10/28/08 1:49 A
yacult is the brand name but you can get it in 'no name' brands as well. It is a lactobacillus casei fermented drink that puts back the 'good' bacteria into your gut (as yohgurt does). Are you sad you asked now! It comes in a little tiny milk bottle shaped container and is very good for you. kids love it over in OZ as well as places like Japan.
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Ok, I just have to ask: What is a yacult?
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No school today!
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He has a ham sandwich, chips, raisins and an orange with a 100% juice box.
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PUDDINS2
Posts: 117 10/24/08 4:53 A
son took blueberries, two chicken s/w on wholewheat no butter, fruit leather, orange, bottle of water, small piece of fruit cake,two 90% fruit snakes, a yacult and a small bag of cheezels. my daughter took an orange, a tossed salad with oil and vinegar dressing, a small piece of fruit cake, celery and peanut butter, two 90% fruit snakes, a small bag of cheezels, a yacult and a bottle of water. On fridays I allow them to splurge with the bag of chips.
Edited by: PUDDINS2 at: 10/24/2008 (04:51)
RDONALDSON1
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Half of a sandwich (bologna) Jucie Box Chips Cheese stick
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pb and j, carrot sticks, grapes and apple juice
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ham sandwich, applesauce, juice box, & animal crackers
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SALKLINE
Posts: 533 10/23/08 12:12 A
Chicken caesar salad, watermelon cubes, Starbucks mocha, pretzels, strawberries, and Clif Bars for my 15 year old dance team daughter. She needs protein, veggies, fruits, salt, potassium and surprisingly, the mocha has the same calorie and carb protein ratio as chocolate milk and she will drink the mocha!
PUDDINS2
Posts: 117 10/23/08 12:00 A
my son (15) took two wholemeal sandwiches with chicken and a tiny bit of mayo (no butter), some fresh blueberries, small piece of fruit cake,carrot sticks, a handful of almonds, bottle of water, mamee noodles. my daughter (12) took a small can of spagetti, an orange, a banana, small piece of fruit cake, celery sticks with peanut butter to dip in, a handful of almonds, mamee noodles and a bottle of water
Edited by: PUDDINS2 at: 10/22/2008 (23:58)
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Today my kids had sunflower seed butter on rye bread, a box of raisins and a banana.
Vibeke ~ Putting the vegetables back in vegetarian.
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he is eating school lunch
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My children's school is nut free, so PB&J is out of the question! They also don't have access to a microwave. They usually bring a turkey or cheese sandwich with chips and an apple, pasta with sauce in a thermos, chili, or leftovers like baked chicken nuggets and baked fries in a thermos.
You can keep the food warm until lunch time in a thermos by doing this: Put boiling water in the thermos and close the lid for about 5 minutes while preparing the food to put in it. If sending pasta or soup, heat it on the stove until it is boiling. If sending other leftovers that cannot be cooked that way on the stove, place them in the oven until very hot. Once the food is ready, pour out the boiling water from the thermos and put the hot food into it. Seal it up immediately. My daughter says that by lunch time her food is perfectly warm the way she likes it. I learned that tip from another mom at my daughter's school.
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he is eating school lunch
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school lunch again today
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he is eating school lunch today
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no school today
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eat school lunch
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Posts: 2,101 10/6/08 3:26 P
Money...
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Today is a PB&J, four slices of Apple, some chips and two oreos for snack. He also gets a chocolate milk everyday
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He is eating Hot lunch at school
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today was cold pizza and an apple
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sandwich, chips, apple slices and juice
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They both eat at school.I was quite shocked to see how healthy the food really was
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Posts: 1,723 9/25/08 9:16 P
He ate school lunch again today
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Today I made him a triple decker sandwich with three thin slices of Jalepeno/Cheddar bread, with ham, cheese, mustard and lettuce. (He loved it.)
I've also packed him some pita pocket sandwiches. These have been his favorite so far. Mix turkey and ham, cheese, lettuce.
Another day I had made these homemade pepperoni calzones. I heated one up real good that morning, wrapped it in a paper towel, then with foil. He has the last lunch, so it was barely warm, but it was warm enough for him, and he loved it.
To keep the regular sandwiches cool, we slightly freeze one of the Kool-aid flavored water pouches.
And of course, I put in some type of chip, and usually a dessert of some kind. I did put in some fruit this week, and he said he ate it. :)
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Posts: 120 9/25/08 4:35 P
Turkey and cheese sandwich, yogurt, baby carrots, and peanut butter crackers. Eats everything up. Oh...and this is for my husband. But he sometimes acts like a little kid. Lol!
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Posts: 538 9/25/08 4:08 P
I have run into the problem with my daughter not eating her sandwich, also. If she doesn't eat her lunch, she doesn't get a snack when she gets home. She muxt wait for dinner. Lucky for her, we eat dinner around 4:30!! Usually she has eaten everything else in her lunchbox, just not the sandwich! Like you all, she is very limited on her side items. Now I have introduced a thermos into her lunch, so there's more of a variety...soup, salad(she loves that), something like that.
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I'm lucky with my son. He'll take just about anything. Soups galore or pretty much any kind of sandwich. His absolute favorite is an egg salad sandwich. He'll do the occasional pb&j but would prefer anything else. All the sandwiches have a little mayo and lettuce on them.
My daughter is my finicky eater. I try and I try to get her to sample more stuff, but her bottom line is either a pb&suger (a VERY light sprinkle) or 1.5 turkey dogs cut up. She's so funny - she tells me her taste buds just haven't developed yet. I told her they would if she would just try more stuff!
They both get one junk thing and one healthy thing - usually an apple, raisins, grapes or carrots for the healthy thing and chips or a sweet thing like a ho-ho or cookies. That's their big treat for the day so they have to decide if they want it in their lunch or for dessert.
They usually get to have one sweet drink for the day so they can choose from a juice box or make a Kool-Aid out of their water with those little packets. The rest of the day they get water or milk. We splurge enough on the weekends when we pick a night to go out and they can have a soda.
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Posts: 52 9/25/08 1:21 P
It wasn't for my kids, but for my niece. She requested turkey on whole wheat with a little mustard, lettuce, tomato. She also got a thermos of Campbells healthy request chicken noodle, 1 cup of my homemade applesauce and a diet pepsi. She is 16 and about 75 pounds overweight. She is watching me lose my weight and staying motivated, so she turns to me to help her. I'm so proud!!! She also carries around a 48 oz. bottle of water that she drinks throughout the day at school.
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Posts: 582 9/25/08 11:10 A
my son likes a turkey w/cheese on wheat. A piece of fruit or two, carrots, and water. In the winter he likes to put dinner leftovers in his thermos. And he insists on taking a bottle of water.
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Posts: 51 9/25/08 10:22 A
Danielle-If you put hot food in a thermos it should be pretty warm by noon. I put a folded up paper-towel between thermos and drink and the ice pack on the other side of the drink. or wrap drink and ice pack in papertowel. I send leftover spaghetti, hamb helper, I make grilled cheese (Wrap in foil)and tomato soup, even cheese dip and chips/veggies. The nacho cheese dip has either meat &/or beans so they are still getting protein and it is something different.
JOKOLENNONO
Posts: 9 9/25/08 10:16 A
My son is 6 and in 1st grade. I usually pack:
*applesauce *1/2 cup of trail mix *banana *turkey breast & cheese sandwich on multi-grain bread *gatorade g2 drink
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Posts: 185 9/25/08 10:14 A
My son takes a cheese roll up - tortilla microwaved with shredded cheese and rolled up. It is cold by the time he eats it, but I microwave it so that it will roll up and stick together. He also takes a little yogurt from Trader Joe's, carrots and sometimes an apple.
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Posts: 81 9/25/08 8:52 A
My kids are 7 and 4 , one in second grade one in junior kindergarten..right now the craze of the week is zuchini bread sanwiches...just put some low fat cheese cheese spread on the zuchini bread, or muffins and my kids are stoked, also raisen packs, mini gos, home made apple sause and home made roast beef sandwichesd, i dont trust stroe bought lunch meat after the lysteria scare here in canada, so i invested in a meat slicer and when we have a roast, i slice the left overs for lunch meat, its wonderful no nitrates!
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Posts: 107 9/25/08 5:46 A
My teenagers make their own lunches, but my 5 year old gets a Capri-Sun, a bottle of water, half a sandwich with chicken or turkey and light mayonnaise, a cheese string (when they are on sale), a low-fat yogurt, and a small pack of baked chips. Sometimes she gets small cookie too. She gets a piec eof fruit and a milk during the morning break time at school.
My teens can have all of that, but they choose Doritos instead of baked chips, and one of them always brings fruit.
When i was at high school here in the UK i had a brace fited and couldnt eat very well for a few days. My mum made me soup in a thermos flask and it was still warm enough by lunch at 12.45(and it's much colder here i think)!
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Posts: 1,677 9/24/08 10:49 P
Is it true that if you heat something really hot and place it in a thermos it will still be warm a few hours later?
My daughter doesn't have microwave or fridge, so I usually pack an ice pack to keep her juice cold and didn't know if it would take away from the heat of the thermos.
I normally pack the lunch around 8 and she eats an noon...
She doesn't like sandwiches, so I'm running out of ideas!
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Posts: 308 9/24/08 10:46 P
My daughter used to take a PB&J every day last year for Kindergarten, but she started first grade out this year wanting just a PB sandwich, no jelly. Now she doesn't even want a sandwich. Just PB crackers, some cheetos, and a little debbie. She does drink, water. That's at least one healthy thing. I also sometimes substitute a package of fruit snacks or pudding for the little debbies. Whenever I send fruit (banana, apple, grapes, peaches, whatever) it comes right back home in her lunch box. My child is skinny as a rail, so I'm not too worried. I just don't want her to eat junk all her life and have a problem later. At least she wants healthier meals at home (tomato soup, grilled cheese, chicken, peas and carrots, corn on the cob, and spaghetti noodles with parmesan cheese on it are her faves).
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Posts: 288 9/24/08 10:01 P
My kid would love that lunch, a lean pocket. I wish they had a micro at school.
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Posts: 264 9/24/08 7:17 P
i suck - a lean pocket and a granola bar...
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Posts: 49 9/24/08 6:15 P
My preschoolers school is nut-free. She ate 2 hard- boiled eggs, grapes, cucumber, and milk
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Posts: 288 9/24/08 5:49 P
I envy all these Moms that can send PB& J too. I never ate them so my kids haven't either but it sure would be easy and inexpensive. My youngest took turkey and cheese in a sub roll today. Boar's Head Turkey=$10.99 lb! They only like the natural turkey breast so it's BH or Sara Lee brand which seems to go bad too fast. Karen
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pb & j water bottle apple sauce 100 calorie pack
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Posts: 3,853 9/24/08 5:04 P
I envy you guys that can send pb&j. My son's school is nut-free, banana-free and pineapple-free :(
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