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Lunch Ideas....please help

hwsgigles8hwsgigles8 member
in Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months

I am a teacher and just went back to work last week.  It was easy over the summer making lunch for DS because I could just make whatever we had around.

Now that I have to pack his lunch, I am having a hard time.  I have done PB&J or Mac & cheese as the main meal with yogurt, goldfish, and fruit as sides.

What else do you find quick and easy to send to the babysitter with your child? I don't want him to get sick of eating the same thing every day.  He is a GREAT eater and the only thing he doesn't eat a lot of right now is meat (chicken).  I was thinking I could do turkey, cheese, and bread at times.  I just don't know...

TIA!




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Re: Lunch Ideas....please help

  • rlyttlerlyttle member

    That sucks that you have to pack his lunch! Could you send things for her to make? Chicken nuggets, hot dogs, fish sticks, meat balls, quasidillas? Sometimes I do a quick lunch like fruit cup, nutra grain bar

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  • CanaryIsland629CanaryIsland629 member
    cheese quesadillas, chicken nuggets, ravioli, leftover dinner
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  • twohniyttwohniyt
    Everything the above ladies said.  Morning Star has a lot of things in the freezer section.  Veggie corndogs are another thing we just started too.
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  • dor79dor79

    We do a lot of soup... make a batch on weekends and jar it and freeze and the babysitters, heats and serves

    -Hard boiled eggs and home made waffles are usually a hit with us as well

    -Quesadilla too

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  • septmom11septmom11 member
    I do alot of freezer cooking for DDs meals while i am at work.  For lunch she usually gets chicken bites, mini turkey meat loaf, quasadilla peices, meatballs, mac and cheese, any pasta and a side of veggies.  I just microwave it the night before if its frozen  and stick it in the fridge.  The babysitter heats it up.
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  • snozberriessnozberries member
    We do a lot of the same foods. quesadillas, chicken nuggets, grilled cheese, hot dogs, mac and cheese, etc
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  • mesmom2011mesmom2011

    I freeze meals in small glass containers and my DH heats them and feeds them to DD at lunch time.  I prepare a large batch of something each weekend, feed it to my DD for lunch or dinner and freeze the rest.  She has good, healthy food and my DH has a convienent choice.  Some of DD's favorites are:

    oatmeal:  I use the 1 - minute kind and add a bunch of frozen blueberries (or other fruit).  I sweeten it with cherry puree, but you wouldn't have to do that.

    pasta:  I cook ditalini pasta with shoestring carrots, peas and any other veggies I feel like adding.  I puree some spinach and add it to pasta sauce along with some grilled chicken. 

    rice:  I cook brown rice, chicken stock and mixed frozen veggies in my rice cooker.  I make a "sauce" with pureed spinach and pureed zuchinni.  I add in cooked, seasoned chicken or beef and DD loves it. 

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