What does your kid eat for lunch?

Pelusa214

DD gets a pb&j sandwich basically every single day for lunch because it's the only thing I know she'll actually eat & is somewhat nutritious.  She only just started eating more than a bite or two at each meal (and still doesn't usually eat dinner, just throws it on the floor), so I'm just glad she's eating, but I'd like to feed her a little more variety. 

Any ideas?  She can't have any milk products (milk allergy).

ToBeMrsT

usually chicken nuggets.  Today he will have spaghetti. 

roxysurf99

If we are at home he might have scrambled eggs with cheese or chicken nuggets or toast with cream cheese and jelly.  If we are out it is usually a peanut butter sandwich or cheese and crackers.

MandC17

We usually alternate between cheese sandwiches, quesadillas, pb&j, chicken nuggets, Boca chick'n nuggets and veggie burger patties.

ETA: Tee milk allergy must make it hard for you. Almost everything DD eats has cheese in it.  Maybe you could try some of the soy cheese and make a cheese sandwich or quesadilla.

Pelusa214

MandC17:

We usually alternate between cheese sandwiches, quesadillas, pb&j, chicken nuggets, Boca chick'n nuggets and veggie burger patties.

ETA: Tee milk allergy must make it hard for you. Almost everything DD eats has cheese in it.  Maybe you could try some of the soy cheese and make a cheese sandwich or quesadilla.

Yeah, it does make it tough.  Even the stupid veggie burgers & nuggets have milk in them :-(  And DD usually won't eat grilled chicken - she just chews it & spits it out.  If I had just 1 other thing to feed her that she would actually eat, I wouldn't feel so bad.

KGsky

DD has school lunch, but they give them chicken nuggets, mini pizzas, green beans, peaches, fish sticks, tuna sandwiches, peas, rice and beans, french fries, and a whole lot more. HTH!

MrsJinNH

I've been giving DS whole wheat pasta with tomato sauce (usually just pureed tomatoes from a can with water mixed in) and then I mix in ground beef, bison, turkey or chicken. It's a good way to get some meat into him.

Also, he loves avocado which can also be yummy mixed with ground or diced meat.

Pelusa214

I have another question - it seems like a lot of you give mushy-type things that you need to eat with a spoon.  Do you feed DC?  Because DD practically refuses to be fed, she wants to feed herself with the spoon, but a lot of stuff is still really hard for her to pick up & keep on the spoon all the way to her mouth.

Also, how do you get your DC to eat spaghetti?  She STILL won't eat it :-(  Well, actually, I made orzo last night & it was the first time she actually swallowed a few pieces, but every other kind (spaghetti cut up into pieces, rotini, elbows) have been a giant fail.

wifey~n~mama

DS loves everything which is weird cause my oldest is so dang picky. So he eats basically what I eat. He loves chicken, or eggs, chicken nuggets, pasta noodles with or without spag sauce. Cooked Carrots and green beans, I haven't given him peanut butter yet but he loves plain bread or toast with a little butter. Rice is a favorite of his. Or I'll even make him soup like chicken noodle and drain it and he'll eat that. I could go on and on the kid loves his food so much.