What do you pack your children for lunch everyday? (school)?

Question

my children are vegan and all i can think of thats easy is giving them almond butter on crackers(whole grain of coarse) and switching up the nut butter every week or so. I cant see myself cooking lunch in the morning to pack my kids off with and leftovers are disgusting. What else is there??? any ideas

Answer 1

There's this lady named Jennifer McCann that has a blog called Vegan Lunchbox. So many people read her blog and used her recipes that she ended up writing a book. I ordered it online, but I was at a bookstore the other day and saw that they had it. She has all kinds of fun vegan recipes, all tested by her young son. Here's the blog:

http://veganlunchbox.blogspot.com/

Good luck!

Answer 2

Here are some vegan recipes:

http://www.vegfamily.com/vegan-recipes/

I don't know if there are any non-cooking ones, but it doesn't hurt to look :]

Answer 3

How about stop passing your weird eating habits on to your kids and make them a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. If they choose to eat vegan some other time then that's their prerogative but for now you need to keep them nourished.

I pack for my kids:

cheese sandwiches

pb&j

hummus and pitta or bagel

tuna sandwiches

Answer 4

Give them fruits, raw veggies, mixed nuts, sandwiches with tofurky maybe and some veggies. Some Luna bars are also veg@n and you could pack them veg@n chocolate! So many options, just think harder =)

Answer 5

What We Put in Bentos (a short list)

"Faux Sushi" - trim the crusts off bread and roll flat with a rolling pin, spread with cream cheese, sliced turkey or ham, and some cheese, roll up and cut into rounds

Shaped Sandwiches - cut with cookie cutters, rolling the bread flat helps as well

Stuffed Muffins - use corn muffin mix as a base, mix according to the package, then add in diced turkey & veggies or diced ham & shredded cheese, etc, bake according to the package directions

Tuna salad - I use the scoopable Tostada chips as a holder and top with a cheese flower

Chef Salads with ranch - lettuce, cucumber, carrot, shredded turkey, cheese, chopped boiled egg

Boiled eggs

Fruit kebabs - melons, grapes & strawberries work well for this

Cheese & crackers - cut into shapes with cookie cutters

Pasta salad - sometimes with extra meat & cheese added for protein

For treats: yogurt jellies, panda or koala cookies, marshmallow jams, mini chocolate bars, Goldfish pretzels

For hot lunches: steamed pork dumplings, meatballs (sweet & sour are a favorite here), steamed rice usually pressed into shapes