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Lunch Ideas Needed...

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Hi everyone :)

My son is going into the first grade and starts school next week. Now that he's going to be in school all day I need some kid friendly lunch ideas that I can pack for him. What are some of your kids favorite lunches?

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Nantzie Collaborator
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My kids love Pamela's Wheat Free Bread. It works really good as PB&J and any other sandwiches, toast, bread and butter, doesn't fall apart and is really close to wheat bread.

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kirst4588
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Order a case of Wellshire Farms gluten free dinosaur shaped chicken nuggets. It's so easy to put a few in a zip lock and throw it in the lunch box. Also, make a few boxes of Annies gluten-free macaroni and cheese on Sunday, and then portion them all out into little tupperware containers for the week, that can easily go in the lunch box.

Hi everyone :)

My son is going into the first grade and starts school next week. Now that he's going to be in school all day I need some kid friendly lunch ideas that I can pack for him. What are some of your kids favorite lunches?

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sparkles
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I think it is Ziplock that makes a divided container sort of like the containers that lunchables are in and make your child his own lunchable. Hormel makes a gluten-free turkey pepperoni....add some gluten-free crackers and cheese and your child has his very own lunchable. Be sure to add some kind of treat and some fruit. My kids always liked the lunchables and since we couldn't afford them, I would make them great "one of a kind" lunchables!!!!! (We didn't know about celiac disease when my kids were growing up....though l was really sick with it...just didn't know what it was) Anyway, there are sorts of homemade lunchables that you could make up and they are so easy to do that your child can start learning to make his own lunch. My kids all made their own lunches. It was something we did together right after supper when the kitchen was still a mess and everyone made what they wanted for the next day's lunch. The younger ones couldn't wait until they were in school and could make their own lunch. Train them young when they still think that doing chores is fun and by the time they figure out that what they are doing is a chore, it will be a habit and they will do it anyway.... works for laundry, cleaning....lots of stuff they need to learn anyway!!!! Good luck.... it can't be easy feeding a child with celiac disease when they are away from home!!!!!

wolfie Enthusiast
wolfie
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DS does PB sandwiches with Gluten-Free Pantry's French Bread, Go-Gurt Smoothies, applesauce, Enviro-Kids Crispy Rice Bars, Gushers, taco salads, grilled chicken salads, hard boiled eggs. We try to rotate so that he isn't always eating the same thing.

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my daughter just started first grade too and I get Ian's Allergen Free/gluten-free fish sticks and chicken nuggets. I heat them in the microwave in the morning, wrap them in foil and send in a small container of ketchup for dipping. Dinty Moore beef stew is gluten-free and Hormel Beanies and Weenies are gluten-free I heat those up in the morning and put in thermos. Amy's creamy tomato soup is gluten-free and also heat that up and put in thermos with some gluten-free crackers or cheese toast made with Kinnikinick Italian White Tapioca Rice Bread. I als make bologna, ham and cheese or pb&j sandwiches with K's bread. I warm it in the microwave in the morning and make the sandwich and put in sandwich baggie. When I make tacos for dinner if I have leftover shells and meat I can either make her a taco in the morning and wrap in foil or make a taco salad in a glad disposable reuseable container. Corn Thins are another fun thing to make sandwiches out of, they are yummy with tuna salad on them (you can pack the tuna salad in a separate container and he can just dip the corn thins in the tuna so they don't get soggy before lunch).

I download the schools lunch menu off of the county website every month and try to make something similar for my daughter each day. There are usually 3 choices on the menu and I can usually find something that I can substitute for her and make it similar. The lunch ladies are also helping me with hot veggies and fresh fruit. If she wants to get that she can. I just have to call in the morning and let them know she will be getting a hot vegetable and they will hold one aside for her that isn't cooked in broth or seasoned.

I also stock up on those single serving fruit cups and applesauce, yogurts and puddings and put those in her lunchbox. When I make popcorn, I bag up small portions in sandwich baggies and can also put that in her lunchbox. (sandwich baggies are my friend)

Cheese sticks, Hormel pepperoni, EnerG crackers, Glutino crackers, American cheese, corn thins, corn chips... on and on... these are all good for lunchable type lunches...

When I make spagetti for dinner I make enough for leftovers and I freeze in individual portions then can microwave one in the morning and put in thermos with some Glutino bread sticks on the side, I do the same with macaroni and cheese, the freezer and Tinkyada pasta are lifesavers! (I invested in a big drop in freezer so that I could have enough room for everything. it was the best investment I made)

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You guys are awsome!!! Thank you so much for your help :)

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