Nut-free lunchbox ideas

[Jessiebean]

TBH I didn't realise how easy I have it in relation to food choices for my daughter. I did post what we give her for lunch & snack for kinder however, given there are other food intolerances/allergies I have no idea if they were helpful or not? There is a website that is gluten, dairy & wheat free called the naturopaths kitchen and in addition Janella Purcell does do some lunchbox ideas that are a little the same way inclined & she is much more vegetarian friendly as she eats that way everyday. Perhaps have a look at those sites Jessiebean & Limeslice (?) and see if they are of some use. I hope you can find something suitable and not so boring for your little poppets.

Thanks for the tip offs for the websites I will have a look!
olive-wow sesame and smearable dairy free as well.. I would just cry! I feel for the parents who have allergic children but I think I would just have to choose another kinder as that list takes out most of the food I make!

[Jessiebean]

http://www.phoenixallergynetwork.org...lylunchbox.pdf
this has some more interesting ideas.
I am stuck on muffins and pikelets at the moment and biscuits for the egg free school lunch (chocolate is allowed however!)

[Olive]

its not that bad tbh...egg is fine in muffins etc..just not boiled etc...
DD has stuff sucn as fruit, hard chesse, a mini muffins, vegie sticks, rice crackers etc..

[Jessiebean]

I had a think overnight here is a list (which I want to expand on as I am not happy with variety)
pizza scrolls (or cheese and sweet chilli or spinach and cheese)
toasted seeds(pumpkin and sunflower with soy and sweet chilli)
carrots
muffins
yoghurt with berries
fruit
cheese and crackers
honey and tahini sandwiches
cheese sandwiches (avocado as well for five year old)
pita chips and dip (tbh the dip is rarely eaten unless we are at home)...
will wrack my brains for more after school run...
there is so much cheese on this list!

[Jessiebean]

popcorn
pikelets
red capsicum strips...
Ok now I am becoming obsessed and must find lot's of ideas and add them to my pinterest...

[Jessiebean]

Chickpea patties, pita bread filled with spinach, olives, capsicum, cucumber, hummus, focaccia with roasted veggies, tuna and rice, grain salad (grains, capers, sultanas), homemade veggie chips. The list goes on. There are SO many lunch options without nuts, even without meat and dairy, it's just a matter of getting creative.

...and finding things that actually get eaten- our eldest is given 10 minutes to eat so anything like noodles or sushi or pita stuffed with salad is off the list- he doesn't have time to eat it with his five year old hand eye co-ordination! TBH he even finds cheese sliced up on a sandwich a challenge when eating on the run which is why scrolls work well for him.

[Phteven]

Just on the subject of variety...... I know that all children are different but mine actually seem to thrive on monotony. I suspect that variety is more important to adult than children. Every day for 2 years I have asked DS2 what he wants on his sandwich and every day without fail he says hommus. Once he astonished me by asking for philly cheese and honey but then 2 minutes later he said that he'd changed his mind and he wanted hommus. About once a week he asks if he can have peanut butter even though he knows the answer is no. DS1 mixes it up by which I mean that he usually asks for the same thing for 3 weeks and then he changes to something new and asks for that for 3 weeks. I try for a bit of variety in the snack department but I'm pretty sure that they would be ok if they got the dame snacks and fruit every day.