At home lunches

[waverly]

So far we have been doing with the nanny:

Regular and nacho lunchables which they are tired of
Pizza lunchables which they still like
Sandwiches
Frozen pizza
Pizza bagels frozen
Mac and Cheese
Chicken Nuggets
 
Any other suggestions for things she can make/ cook?  Any brands of things? 

[phdmomma]

Grilled cheese has been a big one this summer with our nanny.

[mae0111]

My kids have cheese, crackers, and fruit almost every day. I wish they’d eat PB&J more now since they can’t have it at school. Other ideas...

Hummus, pretzels and veggies
Chocolate hummus with graham crackers
Guacamole and chips and veggies
Pasta
Bagel pizzas
English muffin pizzas
Lunch meat rolled up or in sandwiches (my kids would die if I offered this)

[rere]

A lot of lunch meat. I have been cooking extra burgers that they can heat up the next day. Chips and salsa, pasta, canned soup,

[librarychica]

Black bean & cheese quesadillas (canned beans, pre shredded cheese and the 8yo can make them). They have that probably twice a week, sometimes with avocado slices. Sometimes with cherry tomatoes.

Some combo of
Rolled up turkey, salami, etc
Cheese and crackers
Fresh fruit, fruit cup
Pretzels and hummus
Canned soup (chicken and stars, chicken and stars, do y’all eat any other kind?)
Scrambled eggs and fruit

We also usually have leftovers of some kind available.

[librarychica]

Aug 19, 2020 15:40:01 GMT -5 phdmomma said:

Grilled cheese has been a big one this summer with our nanny.

Since I started WFH I’ve been eating a ton of grilled cheese. Sometimes grilled turkey and cheese. I love it! My kids will not even touch it. Weirdos.

[supertrooper1]

DS loves making his own pizza lunchables with mini naan bread and pizza toppings
sandwiches
pizza bagels
ants on a log
leftover spaghetti noodles and frozen meatballs

[twinmomma]

My kids are obsessed with omelettes lately. They like to help chop up some veggies to throw in and feel like very impressive chefs flipping it in the pan themselves. Bonus: they make me one too because they like cooking them so much!

[k3am]

I'm always impressed/intimidated/overwhelmed when I see lists like this.

95% of the time on school days, my kids eat PBJ's. For the other 5% of the time, if we have leftovers, pizza (for DS) or mac n cheese (for DD).

Weekends don't look much different, except the pizza or mac n cheese would be fresh vs. leftover. Occasionally nuggets will make an appearance on the weekend.

It may not be the "spice of life" (variety), but it's easy at least.

[186momx]

At the office we do (microwave & griddle available)
leftover Mac & cheese
Quesadilla (DD us happy with just cheese)
Tacos/burritos (heat up taco meet and either put it in a hard shell or a soft shell)
leftovers from dinner
grilled cheese
leftover Pizza
tri colored pasta salad

At home
dinos chicken nuggets with tater tots, steak fries, or rice
Canned beef with noodles
chicken patties (Costco breaded chicken burgers)
spaghetti (leftover sauce fresh noodles)
goulash (fall/winter item that we eat as leftovers)
fresh mac & cheese

DD doesn't eat sandwiches like PB&j or lunch meat.
librarychica, DD likes the vegetable beef with ABC letters or chicken n stars but no chicken noodle. I prefer Progresso chicken with wild rice, chicken noodle, chicken barley, beef barley as they all heat up in the microwave nicely.

[sandandsea]

We did a fend for yourself and kept the same as when they pack school lunches. Protein drawer, fruit/veg drawer, dairy drawer and grain and they pick one from each category with a milk box.

Pretzels with peanut butter was a big hit since they can’t take PB to school.

Veggie chips, pretzels, crackers, dinner roll, bread

Lunch meat roll up, turkey sausage, hot dogs, pepperoni, peanut butter

Fruits/veggies

Yogurt, cheese stick

[edwardo123]

We do brunch a lot when home- French toast with fruit, Egg in a hole, etc

Pasta with Parmesan and peas
Leftovers
Soup- I make homemade soups in my instant pot a lot- broccoli cheese, vegetable soup, tortellini, and Sausage, potato, kale soup are favorites
Grilled cheese
French bread pizza
Quesadillas
Snack plates- protein, fruit, veggie, carb (this is usually what I pack for school)

[mrsGreeko]

Hahahah this has been the biggest PITA with the whole staying at home all day every day all together forever and ever to me.

My kids mainly eat:
- air (I’m pretty sure one kid basically never actually eats lunch)
- ramen
- spaghettios
- boxed Mac and cheese
- Nutella sandwiches
- miso soup
- buttered noodles

This is with no fruit, no vegetables, no protein, just super processed carbs for lunch every day. We are killing it at this parenting thing.


I have other food, they just won’t eat it. To be fair DH is also really annoying at lunch time. And honestly he will go through a drive thru a couple times a week and will get the kids food too.

I give up. I cannot wait for school lunch to be an option again one day.

[mae0111]

mrsGreeko - that menu is what my kids would prefer. And it’s what they get 90% of the time. But I save a lot of that for dinner since lately they’re just running by me in a sprint looking for something they can grab on their way back out to ride bikes or something.

[mustardseed2007]

FFWC - I have always made "grilled cheese" for my DD by putting bread in the toaster and then putting those floppy kraft cheese slices between the warm pieces of bread. She always liked them.

Now the dang nanny makes real grilled cheese in the frying pan with butter and my daughter thinks she's a genius. I"m so annoyed my crappy grilled cheese has been exposed.

Frozen dumplings are big in this house too
As is ham and cheese roll ups
Hummus and pretzel chips with a side of fruit and cheese
Pigs in a blanket is always a huge hit
Hard boiled egg and a fruit
Frozen tequitos

[sandandsea]

Honey or Nutella sandwiches are only for weekends because otherwise they’d want it every day!!!!