Comments on: Packing School Lunches

By: 111 School Lunch Ideas - GOODEness Gracious

111 School Lunch Ideas - GOODEness Gracious — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 01:10:37 +0000

[…] re-read some posts from other moms that I recalled reading last year… Leah and Denise both had some wisdom to share that I […]

By: Amy Curtis

Amy Curtis — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 03:48:00 +0000

Wow! Seriously awesome ideas. I will have to remember all of this until my boys are in school.

By: Sumershine7

Sumershine7 — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:38:00 +0000

You should check out the Laptop Lunches bento boxes, http://www.laptoplunches.com. Their bento systems provide everything you’ll need to get started packing lunches for the school year. They also have a full online menu library and can email you menus on a weekly basis if you sign up. We started using them for our kids and now my husband and I use them as well!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 01:43:00 +0000

In reply to Kerin. Missed you Kerin! Glad to see you!!!

By: Kerin

Kerin — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 23:34:00 +0000

Yeppers… I remember those days of packing school lunches. Goodness from home, and my kiddos always felt pretty special with their momma made lunches 🙂
I’ve missed reading your posts, and can’t wait to catch up !
Hope you’re having a great day 🙂

By: Sanguilm

Sanguilm — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:52:00 +0000

A couple additions to the great suggestions so far:

frozen fruit cups,
frozen go-gurts
Pickles. my kids LOVE to pack pickles.
homemade “lunchables” with whatever meat/cheese/cracker combo we have on hand
chicken noodle soup – fan favorite.
cottage cheese
salads

The madness starts here in about 20 days….

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 20:49:00 +0000

I Love this post! My daughter is somewhat a picky eater so I pretty much packed sandwiches all last year. I did mi up what they were made on and made with to give her variety. I like the idea of the thermos to pack hot foods. I had some insulated plastic containers to use for that but she said the food didn’t stay warm enough. Thank you for sharing these great tips and ideas for hot foods to pack.

By: Kim

Kim — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:50:00 +0000

I always heat the thermos with just hot water from the tap. My son (14) loves cold pizza, so we often make a pizza strudel so that the toppings are concealed and not so messy. We will make a large enough one for a weeks worth of lunches.

He has also occasionally taken a thermos with 2 cooked hotdogs cut in half (to fit themos) in hot water – they do bloat a bit, but he does seem to mind. He takes the buns (also cut in half) and mini ketchups packs we have saved.

He heads to highschool in Sept, so I am sure he will be wanting to buy from the school cafeteria more often than bringing his lunch – once he starts spending his own money on it though, I am sure he will be back to brown bagging it 🙂

By: Cranberry Morning

Cranberry Morning — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:19:00 +0000

And then you need to make those kids look you in the eye and PROMISE not to trade it all in for Gummi Worms!

By: jane houin

jane houin — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:55:00 +0000

Have you seen that KFC’s side dish containers are now reusable – just like the ones of lunch meat comes in? Perfect small size for lunches! We like KFC as a fast food option any way, bc at least the kids get real veggies as a side instead of fries…