Hey,

I wondered if any of your give your kids lunches for school?
Tommy is not interested in school dinners and has has packed lunches since he started school.

I just wondered if you had any ideas what i can put in them? Not he's in junior school the will not let them have crisps, chocolate or anything remotely treat orientated and the wont allow juice [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
only water.

I have been giving him a sandwich, perrerarmi *sp a yogurt or little pot of jelly and a piece of fruit. i'm pretty sure he's gonna get bored of that every day for the next 3 years lol

Hi, My LO's not in school yet but it did get me thinking..
I found this if its any use..has some good idea's on for health foods and snacks but offers a variation too.
Also, what about stuff like thick smoothies, offering things like flavoured rice cakes etc.

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I honestly didn't realise they didn't allow 'sweets' in Jr schools [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] Wow, how things have changed, the highlight of my day was my 2 finger kit kat [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Or maybe this one - Has some good idea's like salads with a nice dressing on maybe (might go a bit soggy by lunch though [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] ) But you can add fruits and such with lettuce, some cherry toms, carrot sticks etc

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Also..sorry am still looking hehe, What about pasta stuff..pasta's good hot or cold. We have like a pasta salad with tuna/ham, cheese and sweetcorn with a dollop of mayo..yummy. x

Lol Thanks Zee i'll take a look and see how he feels about some of the ideas!
I'm not sure if its every school or just his that dont allow sweets etc but i think its madness!
i suppose i do understand why the do it, but like you i use to love my kitkat of a lunch time! those were the days lol

I haven't got any ides sorry but I cannot believe they won't allow juice [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] Fruit juice classes as 1 of your 5 a day, so surely it would be better than water? [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] Strange [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] anyway those sites Zee found are great [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

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Lol Thanks Zee i'll take a look and see how he feels about some of the ideas!
I'm not sure if its every school or just his that dont allow sweets etc but i think its madness!
i suppose i do understand why the do it, but like you i use to love my kitkat of a lunch time! those were the days lol

Probably due to health reasons, but also lunch boxes are like trainers lol, I loved my kit kat, but my friend always got a mars bar and I was sooooo jealous [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

I have the same problem! Ryan is so fussy and the school also wont allow squash/crisps.

Ryan has most days

Sandwhich, yogurt, cheese dipper, and some tuc biscuits. If i put fruit in he wont eat it!!

Thanks for the links Zee.

i make either sandwiches or rolls. vary from sandwich fillers like eggy or chicken mayo to cold meats or cheese. occasionally iv been sneaking him nutella!!

i always put in a piece of fruit, yogurt/froob/tube thing cereal bar or one of the rice crispie type bars. i put in cheese strings or a dairylea snack pot, and a flavoured water

we also aint allowed to give them fizzy drinks, fruit shoots, sweets, choc or crisps!!!! yet they sell them in the tuck shop [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

mine take packed lunches ,,, i grudge the near 2 quid a day each for them to have half sandwich and grapes if they choose cold dinners !

they usually have a bottle of water , a sandwich . a box of raisons . a babybel or cheesestring, a yoghurt tube and either a miniroll or cereal bar

havent read all the other posts cos im nackerd so sorry if i repeat anything

leo used to have packed lunch: sandwich, wrapp or cold pasta...he even took pasta bolognase one day
usually a cheese string or baby bell
a cerial bar or one of them fruit bar things
a yoghurt
fruit, but would chose different things, sometimes grapes, sometimes apple ect

school dinners are so much easier

leo's school are allowed juice and friday is 'treat day' so they can take a cake or crisps or something x