Show us your lunchbox!

[Arimeh]

Lunch box inspections are scary !
When DS1 was in Prep his teacher got them all to draw a big circle on a piece of paper and then draw a line down through the middle of the circle. One side was labeled "bad" and the other side of the circle was labeled "good" then they all had to empty their lunch boxes out onto their pieces of paper and put each piece of food into the appropriate good or bad side. Then the teacher took photos and your child's photo was printed out and was sent home to you o.O
That was her way of letting you know what wasn't acceptable !!
Lots of mortified parents...caused quite a stir !

Far out thats a bit much!

[nothing2lose]

I reckon!

I wonder if said teacher would mind the same being done to her pantry??

[2CheekyMonkeys]

Just cooked some polenta and cheese muffins. Fingers crossed the kids like it. They have never had polenta so we will see.

[sangie]

Woah on the lunch box inspections!

Made some hummus but ran out of containers to freeze it in lol! Does anyone know how long it will keep for in the fridge?

[Tinks]

DD had a Nutella Roll (which is almost as bad as leftover maccas and wizz fizz but she eats it), grapes, an apple, yoghurt, 2 mini banana muffins and some rice crackers.

Lunchbox inspections? Seriously?

I always put frozen food in my kids lunchboxes too. I freeze it because it's easier but mainly it's so the kids don't eat all the school lunch stuff during the week.

[Beach Mama]

Lunch box inspections are scary !
When DS1 was in Prep his teacher got them all to draw a big circle on a piece of paper and then draw a line down through the middle of the circle. One side was labeled "bad" and the other side of the circle was labeled "good" then they all had to empty their lunch boxes out onto their pieces of paper and put each piece of food into the appropriate good or bad side. Then the teacher took photos and your child's photo was printed out and was sent home to you o.O
That was her way of letting you know what wasn't acceptable !!
Lots of mortified parents...caused quite a stir !

Holy cow that is awful!!!! As a teacher I would never do that and at one school any lunch was better than none so I started a breakfast club for kids who were coming to school without having had brekky.

[Phteven]

I haven't seen devilled eggs yet. Am I the only Mum who is lazy enough to think that a boiled egg is acceptable for lunch?
I send mine with popcorn too but they always seem to find another kid who will trade it for shapes/crisps.
Rice noodle rolls - you can make them the night before if you keep them in an airtight container.
DS2 likes to eat cucumbers like other kids eat apples so I send him with a lebanese cucumber for fruit break.
Hommus with something to dip in it.
A container of tatziki/raita.
A few olives/pickles.
Really if I sent DS2 with a mezze platter every day he would love it.

Lunchbox inspections?! I've never heard of them before. What do they hope to achieve with that?

[2CheekyMonkeys]

I thought a boiled egg is fine! Though I don't do it too often cause I worry about it sitting in lunch box all day and I don't want DD to get teased for the eggy smell. I remember when I was a kid this girl used to get teased for egg breath. :-(

[Phteven]

So Kim Chee is off the list?

[2CheekyMonkeys]

I just googled Kim chee and sounds like it may not be a good choice for those who are odor conscious.

[nothing2lose]

Lunchbox inspections?! I've never heard of them before. What do they hope to achieve with that?

It's payback for sending them our feral children each day.

[Phteven]

Preemptive payback. Sneaky.

My colleague and I were banned from eating kim chee at work many moons ago. We had to eat it outdoors lol.

[nothing2lose]

I like how you snuck the word moon into a discussion about Korean food. Clever

[Rouge]

DD used to cop flack for taking tuna to school, or egg, or risotto. It all smelt bad. But she didn't care she sat outside and ate it anyway. Koftas. That got some remarks from the parents. Heh.

[No.5]

Totally subbing as I have my first kid heading to school this year and I am beside myself with lunch boxes and she hasn't even started yet - tomorrow is the big day. I am going to need some ideas. My DD just doesn't eat - no idea what I'm going to do.

I'm with you Livi! My DS doesn't eat either. When he does it's sandwich after sandwich. Nothing else so it'll be a nightmare trying to sort out school lunches.. He won't even eat muffins. Cupcakes he'll only eat the icing

[Astrid]

I do boiled eggs sometimes for DD. I find it needs to be occasionally, on of those things that if is repetitive, she will stop eating it. Same with egg sandwiches
Popcorn as well. Good thing do sneak from an after school snack. Just make extra and put some aside for the following day.

Really with the homebaking, you can do special baking just for school, or if you are baking for other things, just sneak away some portions into the freezer

[~me~]

My Mum did curried egg sandwhiches so the egg smell wasn't as strong..seemed to work. My kids would not eat that though.

[M D]

Ok so now I am even more affraid of what I can put in DD's lunch box after the mention of lunch box inspections.