What should I pack for my kindergartener's school lunch?

Question

My daughter is starting kindergarten and I bought some juicy juice 100 percent juice boxes for her and I know I can make her different kinds of sandwiches... but sandwiches get old. What else can I pack that a 5 year old would like and that is easy and quick for her to eat? Also a sandwich isnt much.... what else can I pack her on the days when I pack a sandwich?

Answer 1

Try fruit flavored water instead of juice.  It has good taste without all the sugar and calories.

Lunchables would be good because they're made especially for kids and the pizza ones particularly allow kids to show their creativity and make it the way they want.

Some healthy sandwich sides- that she'll like- baked chips, those cheese sticks in individual wrappers, mini rice cakes (soy ones are really good, healthy, and have a lot of flavor), carrot sticks, apples and peanut butter, banana, sun chips, 100 calorie packs cookies

Answer 2

sandwhich gummie bears cherrys orange juice or kolaid jammers

Answer 3

Pastas? Or a whole wheat pizza? They r alot healthier and ur daughter will like them too. Or how abt a apple pie with some juicy juice? Smells good huh? It will taste even good.

Answer 4

The lunch should consist of a drink ( or two if they're small cuz sometimes i drain my koolaides in like one sip)

a side

a dessert (none if they're bad)

some sort of fruit or veggie

and something a bit more substantial

Drinks

not milk cuz that gets warm through out the day but its good for breakfeast!

not soda! as much as they want it it'll ruin their teeth if they get too much of the good stuff at such a young age

juice and gatoraides good too

Sides

In a little container you could put in

macncheese

trailmix!

an actual salad?

deserts

make them get stickers on all their homework before you give this prize out, that will teach them to grow up nice and nerdy

cookies

doritos!

freetos!

cheetos!

why do all the chips have tos on the end of their names? does that suggest their made out of toes?! in that case

Lays!

those little bread thingys that you can sleep with cheese, i forget what their called.

veggies

celarry (i think i mispelled that like alot of other things) taste good with peanut butter and raisins

banannas also taste good with peanut butter havent tried it with raisens yet though

raisens! by them in those little boxes

oranges peaches

ahh the classic apple for their favorite teacher

more filling stuff

chicken stripps

sandwich

yesterdays really good leftovers?

possibly just the whole little lunchabbles thingy majig

DO NOT ARANGE FOOD INTO FACES KNOWN TO SOMETIMES SCARE LITTLE KIDS!!

Answer 5

Well, get a pack of chocolate milk (take the one with less sugar) and perhaps you could let your daughter bring a few biscuits to school, like Oreos or something like that.

Answer 6

pizza a coke some fries.. and a shake later on..

Answer 7

you could give her:

fruit cups

granola bars

tuna and crackers

or cheese and crackers

or cheese and apples

um, or a tortilla wrap with cream cheese tomatoes lettuce and ham

or pretzel stix

or make her a rice bowl (rice, veggies, chicken) in throw-away tupperware  

Answer 8

Lunchables

Answer 9

lunchables

carrot sticks and ranch dressing

crackers with slices of cut up cheese

apple slices and yogurt

string cheese

banana

leftovers from the night before

egg salad

tuna salad

pretzels and fruit

raisins

half a pita sandwich instead of bread

chex mix

a sticker or note in her lunchbox (kids love these little surprises!)

check out the links below for more ideas:

http://www.meatlessmonday.com/site/PageS...

http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/kids/fea...

http://www.healthcastle.com/lunchbox_hea...

http://www.kraftfoods.com/kf/YourKids/Lu...

All of these can be combined in different ways. Good luck!

Answer 10

a fun one is to just pack somethings in there and let her imagineation flow

Answer 11

I always like luchables. i missed elementary school.

Apple sauce,pudding, chips, fruit cocktails

Answer 12

Turky Cheez mayo it is so good pack chips 100 calorie pack carrots

Cheez mayo chopped baby carrots one sandwhich

answer mine?

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

Answer 13

um they are very picky eaters i know cuz of my sis but i would buy some healthy chips like the baked kinds they're good and dont have trans fat. fruits granny apples sweet fruits like substitute for candy...um carrots with ranch dont give your child peanut butter its unhealthy i heard that peanuts are preserved for so long people allow them to rot and you wouldnt want to give your child or kinder gardener rotten food...also fresh baked bread from bakerys because normal grocery stores tend to use to many preservatives to keep the bread good. also pastas or healthy snacks