Whats for lunch????

dkny155

Breakfast and dinner are pretty easy but need some lunch ideas please. Also snack ideas as well. Thanks

paigenicole23

I cook for my son just the same as I do for the rest of us. Steel cut oatmeal is an amazing snack for my son (especially road trip food). We pack it in to-go soup containers and because there is no dairy it travels well. Depending on your personal choice on introducing eggs, we often do a scrambled egg seasoned with pepper and a side of tomatoes or red potatoes and a fruit or cheese. If you scramble the egg in a microwave safe container (I use pyrex measuring cup) it becomes a nice, round fluffy egg like you'd find on an egg sandwich that is easy to break into grab-able pieces. Quesadillas with or without chicken inside, along with black beans and corn is a favorite. Cubes of cheese, chunks of fresh bell pepper and chicken, pork or a fresh non-preservative deli meat. Ground beef and noodles and vegetables.

Snacks: All fruit smoothies. 

Quinoa or rice or barely. 

Lightly-seasoned baked red potatoes I prep once a week and keep ready in the fridge

Baked mac and cheese (I won't use the store bought chemical kind). 

Baked apples and cinnamon. 

Banana-applesauce-oatmeal cookies or muffins I bake early in the week for ready to go snacks. Baked sweet potato sticks with a little cinnamon

Cuties (I peel for him-don't like the syrup in the canned mandarin oranges)

Peanut butter (again depends on your choice of introduction on this) and banana stacks

Cinnamon, vanilla powder, garlic, pepper, cumin, fresh herbs-all are great to add a bit to change up his meals. We can jams/preserves once a year, and a simple sauce of apricot preserves mixed with balsamic vinegar and reduced that we serve with Duck my son LOVED, so I will sometimes put that on his chicken or pork.

Good luck with serving your son, as I know some kids are picky. Just try a lot of fresh things, you never know what they will like. A 13 month old I have play dates with loves to eat raw onion like an apple.