https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 06 May 2026 14:35:37 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-los-lunch-plans-for-the-week#post-2608110 Sun, 21 Aug 2016 22:27:24 +0000 Anagram 2608110@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My kids always eat dinner leftovers for lunch the next day, year round (whether I'm working and sending the foods or whether it's summer and I'm home like now).</p> <p>So tomorrow, they'll have turkey burger patties with herbed potatos and broccoli.</p> <p>Basically every lunch and dinner I do protein with 2 veggies or 1 veggie/1 starch. And then once a week some type of pasts with veggie sauce. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-los-lunch-plans-for-the-week#post-2607956 Sun, 21 Aug 2016 11:59:21 +0000 ElbieKay 2607956@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always send (1) hummus and crackers and (2) a cut fruit or veggies for snack, and (3) some sort of "main course" and (4) cut fruit or veggies for lunch. He only takes lunch 2-3x per week because sometimes his grandparents take him out for lunch, and sometimes there is a pizza day at school.</p> <p>The "main course" is either a sandwich, a deconstructed sandwich (cubed turkey, sliced cheese and a piece of bread), pasta with tomato sauce or pesto and often with chicken sausage mixed in, or some sort of leftovers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-los-lunch-plans-for-the-week#post-2607939 Sun, 21 Aug 2016 10:08:47 +0000 matador84 2607939@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I keep it easy.<br /> Once a week they get a lunchable. So gross but they love them.<br /> Annie's Mac and Cheese and I put in their thermos.<br /> Cheese cubes or string cheese and lunch meat<br /> Fruit or applesauce pouch<br /> Graham crackers/pretzels/veggie sticks<br /> I rotate different combinations through the week </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-los-lunch-plans-for-the-week#post-2607877 Sat, 20 Aug 2016 23:45:06 +0000 gingerbebe 2607877@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is starting preschool in September so I'm trying to offer meals like he will get when he packs his lunch. He usually doesn't eat sandwiches and he's still getting the hang of utensils so it's tricky. </p> <p>In the rotation (for either lunch or dinner):</p> <p>- Rice balls like @yerpie110 but we do plain rice with crushed up nori, furikake, scrambled egg, and frozen corn usually.</p> <p>- Mini tortellini tossed with butter and parm.</p> <p>- Pigs in a blanket</p> <p>- Pizza pinwheels (take Pillsbury pizza crust dough, spread with pizza toppings, slice and bake like cinnamon rolls).</p> <p>- Chicken and cilantro wontons (frozen)</p> <p>- Pressed ham and cheese pockets in the sandwich toaster (hoping the smooshed/grilled aspect will hide the sandwichyness).</p> <p>- Mac n cheese with shredded veggies and ham mixed in. </p> <p>- Chicken nuggets.</p> <p>- Aidell's chicken meatballs with pasta.</p> <p>- Corndog bites.</p> <p>I will serve with carrot chips or frozen peas or corn, and fresh fruit. This week we have blueberries, blackberries, and pluots. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-los-lunch-plans-for-the-week#post-2607874 Sat, 20 Aug 2016 23:23:47 +0000 yerpie110 2607874@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: yup! Dd1 doesn't mind those cold/room temp.</p> <p>@lawbee11: exactly! No microwave at school, and dd1 appears okay with eating most of her lunches cold/room temp.</p> <p>Hope your kids will enjoy them! They are both staples in our house :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-los-lunch-plans-for-the-week#post-2607867 Sat, 20 Aug 2016 22:48:34 +0000 Boogs 2607867@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO likes:</p> <p>Greek inspired chicken I cook in the oven, and eats it in a pita with tzatziki. </p> <p>DIY lunchables with meat, cheese and crackers.</p> <p>PB&amp;J</p> <p>Salami sandwich</p> <p>Most kinds of pasta</p> <p>Quesadillas</p> <p>Chicken nuggets</p> <p>Tacos</p> <p>Mac and cheese</p> <p>Instead of a sandwich I stick the ingredients in a tortilla and make a roll up </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-los-lunch-plans-for-the-week#post-2607864 Sat, 20 Aug 2016 22:31:18 +0000 lawbee11 2607864@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yerpie110: Those crescent rolls sound so good! So do you just take them out of the freezer and by lunch time they're thawed and your LO eats them cold/at room temp? Or do you warm them up? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-los-lunch-plans-for-the-week#post-2607863 Sat, 20 Aug 2016 22:24:18 +0000 youboots 2607863@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Turkey<br /> Blueberries<br /> Blackberries<br /> Raspberries<br /> American cheese<br /> Shredded cheddar cheese<br /> Avacado<br /> Black beans<br /> Cottage cheese<br /> Etc </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-los-lunch-plans-for-the-week#post-2607861 Sat, 20 Aug 2016 22:09:50 +0000 Foodnerd81 2607861@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@caterw: to be fair she prefers toast but no toaster oven. But yeah she much prefers cold cheese. I try to make grilled cheese and she wants it cold so she can eat the cheese separate. I've even given her a bowl of peanut butter with apple slices since she was just eating the peanut butter off the bread with her fingers. But she eats veggies too so I won't complain. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-los-lunch-plans-for-the-week#post-2607860 Sat, 20 Aug 2016 22:03:48 +0000 caterw 2607860@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: Do we have the same kid? DD will basically only eat two lunches- either peanut butter with no jelly on untoasted, crustless bread (or salami and crackers), served with cheese, fruit, and raw veggies. Every. Single. Day. </p> <p> I once tried to make her a grilled cheese- she looked at me like I was crazy and said "Sandwiches are peanut butter, mommy." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-los-lunch-plans-for-the-week#post-2607855 Sat, 20 Aug 2016 21:39:10 +0000 Foodnerd81 2607855@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yerpie110: so you just roll the rice and other stuff up and then serve the balls cold? I'll try it! And I've done that with crescents with ham and cheese but never added veggies. Smart! Thanks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-los-lunch-plans-for-the-week#post-2607848 Sat, 20 Aug 2016 21:25:50 +0000 yerpie110 2607848@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Super easy!!! For the crescent rolls, I boil frozen pre-cut broccoli, open the crescent roll, peel each out (seriously the hardest part), take the coldcuts and spread onto each triangle, and by that time, the broccoli is done. Drain, add to each, wrap them, and bake! I follow the directions on the can - think its 375 for 12 minutes. Cool, and then freeze! The crescent rolls are extremely versatile and you can put pretty much anything in them. Nutella is my favorite :)</p> <p>For the rice balls, we eat rice pretty much every night, so I'll take some hot rice straight from the rice cooker (won't work with cold rice), put in a bowl, add some apple cider vinegar, and let it cool just a touch. Then I take whatever we ate for dinner, chop it up, mix it in the rice. Then just scoop out and mash with my hands into small balls. Dd1 loves it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-los-lunch-plans-for-the-week#post-2607841 Sat, 20 Aug 2016 21:10:12 +0000 Foodnerd81 2607841@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yerpie110: how do you make the rice balls? And the crescents? Forget LO, I want those. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-los-lunch-plans-for-the-week#post-2607828 Sat, 20 Aug 2016 20:47:12 +0000 Silva 2607828@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a newborn at home so I'm not overthinking it. Plus, when she's home, she either eats pb&amp;j or pb&amp;shoney or Mac and cheese (we let her choose her lunch).<br /> School is nut free, and they provide snacks.<br /> She has camp m-th this week, when school starts it will just be twice a week.<br /> I will probably pack:<br /> Sunbutter and jelly (or honey)<br /> Carrot and bell pepper sticks with hummus<br /> Fruit<br /> Milk</p> <p>Maybe occasionally throw in some goldfish. She will also sometimes eat hummus and cheese wraps, so maybe we will do those occasionally. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-los-lunch-plans-for-the-week#post-2607815 Sat, 20 Aug 2016 19:50:10 +0000 yerpie110 2607815@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I usually rotate every day between the following:</p> <p>Mac and cheese/pasta/ravioli in thermos<br /> Sunflower butter and jelly sandwich (nut free school)<br /> Turkey, provolone, broccoli crescent roll (I pre make them - super easy, bake, then freeze)<br /> Chicken sausage, peas and carrots<br /> Rice balls with leftover dinner and vegetable mixed in</p> <p>Plus she gets milk (from school), fruit, and some rotation of crackers (goldfish, veggie sticks, etc.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-los-lunch-plans-for-the-week#post-2607791 Sat, 20 Aug 2016 18:26:51 +0000 Foodnerd81 2607791@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I need this thread. My toddler rotates between peanut butter on bread (no jelly, and I can't even toast it because our toaster oven broke and we aren't buying a new one until we move!), and cheese with pouches or grapes and carrots. I need more ideas that are super easy. We like to bring a picnic to the playground for lunch since we are trapped inside between the baby's naps a lot and lunchtime is the only chance we get sometimes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-los-lunch-plans-for-the-week#post-2607789 Sat, 20 Aug 2016 18:17:31 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2607789@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We tried turkey and cream cheese roll ups this week and she wouldn't eat them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-los-lunch-plans-for-the-week#post-2607767 Sat, 20 Aug 2016 16:57:31 +0000 yin 2607767@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He starts kindergarten this week, and I'm going to try to give him his favorite meals to help with the adjustment. Normal lunches are just leftovers in our house, but I'm going to pack him a ham sandwich with pickles on the side for Thursday and dumplings for Friday. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-los-lunch-plans-for-the-week#post-2607735 Sat, 20 Aug 2016 15:10:57 +0000 Bao 2607735@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am going grocery shopping tonight or tomorrow and I'm stumped on what to get the girls for lunches this coming week. I like simple and kid friendly but I swear I've been repeating meals every other day. What is your LO eating for lunch this coming week? </p>