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Jani wrote:
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>> > But of course, we're vegetarian and pretty healthy eaters, so the other
> > kids make fun of whats in her lunchbox a lot. She went through a phase
> > where all she would take was PB&J or a cream-cheese bagel becasue that
>> > was okay with the other kids.
>> Ooh, that can be infuriating Luckily, the kids at my daughter's school
>> are more intrigued than sarky about "strange" foods.
>It drives me crazy. And they think everything's weird. Pesto is gross
because it's green. Veggies and dip with string cheese is a weird lunch
>becasue nobody likes vegetables that much. Bagels are okay, but smoked
>salmon spread makes you smell bad. Anything in a wrap is suspect. and
>cut-up cheeses with crackers gets "are you too poor to buy lunchables?"
Argh, the dreaded lunchables! Luckily I live in a fairly parsimonious area
of northern England, where "my mum says she is *not* paying two quid for a
bit of processed cheese and two cream crackers" is considered a perfectly
acceptable comment
>!!! Hummus and pita chips and black olives and feta cheese cubes, eyew
>yucky look at the babyfood tara has. And on and on.
That's a shame. (I asked my kids what they'd say to someone who thought
olives and feta was baby food, and they said "Huh? tell them that's
*grown-up* food, and maybe someday they'll grow into it!")
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>> Let's see, what have I done over the last term or so ... a layered salad
>> box
> (mixed green salad, pasta with mayo, grated cheese, grated carrot, olives)
>> with a wholemeal or crusty-white bread roll. A baggie with a mix of
>> little
> strawberries, grapes, melon chunks, pineapple chunks. Similar, with three
> or four different types of cheese cubes. Couple of mini-croissants with a
> tiny individual pot of jam (and a plastic picnic knife Slice of
> homemade
>> pizza. Little carton of hummus with breadsticks. Whole scrubbed carrots;
>> big slices of melon or pineapple.
>Your kids eat well!
Oh, we have phases of tuna-on-white and a packet of crisps, as well
>Tara loevs mini-croisaants but I usually fill them
with something. She'd love a small pot of jam. I'd put a small
>tupperware of cottage cheese or yogurt alongside and then some fruit.
She loves lunches like that. Thanks for the inspirations (and thanks
>for respecting our diet in your suggestions)!
You're welcome
Nuts'n'raisins was another one my kids mentioned, and
tropical mix - not sure what it's called in the US, but it's a mix of dried
fruits, banana chips and coconut shreds.
> As we've now gone hi-tech with an unbreakable thermos, soup has also
> appeared on the menu
Always a good thing. Our thermos gets filled with mac&cheese regularly.
Or spaghetti-os, She loves those things! Oh well, gotta give in
somewhere, right?
Oh, absolutely. My other daughter lived on curly fries when she first
started school dinners (lunchboxes are apparently Less Kewl at secondary
school) but the craze now seems to have worn off
Jani