Looking for lunch box suggestions...
Our rotation looks a little like this:
turkey and cheese sandwiches or pinwheels
mac and cheese in a thermos
Pb and J
chicken salad sandwiches
leftover pizza
bagels and cream cheese
carrots
apples/applesauce
pears
grapes
melon
string cheese
yogurt
raisins
veggie booty or cheese curls or sun chips
pretzels
goldfish
kids cliff bars
We live in Seattle and things here are very green. I pack the kids lunches in as much reusable containers as possible and try to keep the ziplock baggie use to a minimum.
I'd love to see other's lunchbox rotations. I need new "main course" ideas.
Re: Healthy lunch options?
Hard boiled eggs
Egg salad sandwich
cold pasta salad - (cucumbers, tomato,olives, favorite veggies, cheese cubes, fav dressing)
Rice pilaf/rice and veggies
Almond butter & banana sandwiches
celery and peanut/almond butter with raisins on top
homemade trail mix :nuts, craisins, raisins, dried fruit, m&m's, nuts, chex cereal
left over dinners, soups, chili, sloppy joes in thermos
cheese, crackers, garlic sausage or lunch meat, pickles to make cheese/cracker sandwiches
lettuce wraps/roll ups
I pack DD's lunch with these "main course" items: Although from time to time I will pack leftover dinners in their lunches.
Turkey hot dogs/ whole wheat bun
Peanut Butter and Jelly Pin wheels
whole wheat crackers, ham or turkey, cheese (similar to lunchable)
sandwich
chicken salad or tuna salad with crackers
salad w/ light dressing
Pasta salad
macaroni and cheese w/ sliced turkey dog
I bought this cookbook recently, and think that it's wonderful: