My daughter just started her senior year yesterday, so we are back to her packing lunches. She has been packing her own lunch since kindergarten (with some oversight of course.) I have never been impressed with school menus which seem to include a lot of pizza and chicken nuggets.
But, as she doesn’t like sandwiches it’s always a challenge to find something to bring. She usually packs a small bag of nuts, a small bag of crackers with cheese or peanut butter, popcorn, or pretzels, a piece of fruit and/or carrots, a granola or fiber bar and sometimes a cookie or pudding. In winter she’ll substitute yogurt for the crackers and nuts.
Always trying to expand the lunch I found some other lunch ideas:
I love those cute Bento lunches, but neither my daughter or I have the time or the patience. Some of the lunches seem easy enough though, like the one below with yogurt, blueberries, granola and wheat crackers with almond butter.
Eating Well healthy lunch recipes
What are your favorite lunches to pack?
I’ve been fortunate to discover a trick that works well for me. Recently, a change in transportation and work has meant eating lunch at work, where there is no microwave. Instead, I heat up my lunch (stirfries, beans and rice, or similar) really hot and ladle it into my thermos. Keeps it nice and warm for hours! Then I just eat it directly from the thermos, often in the park near work.
Thanks for the great tip Melissa!