Prep - how much food to take?

[christy]

Oh yeah! I forgot the afterschool binge.... oh my goodness. DD1 will start screaming for food before we are out of the driveway at school. I often have fruit or a biscuit or cake or something sweet for afternoon tea, she's tired and hungry and having a small snack on the way home with some sugar of any form (fruit or otherwise) helps her stabilise by the time she's home for a proper afternoon snack.

[Astrid]

DD1 is also so hungry after school, drives me batty as it is hard to be prepared coming straight from work

DD1 likes her sandwiches fairly basic, so just ham and cheese, chicken and cheese, so they freeze well. Sometimes I grate carrot with cheese and mix it together with some mayo and that freezes ok as well. I save cheese and vegemite for made on the morning, as they are my backup for not being organised.

[Phteven]

The woman who writes the $120 food challenge blog linked up to 2 great posts about school lunches on FB yesterday.
Lunchbox Treats – Twenty Ideas for Wrap Fillings « The $120 Food Challenge
Lunchbox Treats – Twenty Ideas for Sandwich Fillings « The $120 Food Challenge

[krysalyss]

Well we were pretty happy with how it all went. He did say he wanted more lunch in there but had left the nashi pear (and ate it in the car on the way home) so today I put the same in but with an extra sandwich and swapped the nectarine for a big banana so that should be good I think. Feeling a lot better now that we have survived one day and I didn't forget anything major.

[Mother Goose]

good to hear Krysalyss! Our first day is still a couple of weeks away and I'm starting to worry about the food thing. My DD tends to do more talking that eating and then is STARVING later...

[Gigi]

thanks for those links Onyx.

My dd told me she would like cheese and chutney, or ham and chutney sandwiches. Nothing else. And that's the reality. If i sneak in a 1cm sized piece of lettuce, or a tiny bit of grated carrot, into her sandwiches, she really lets me know about it. The list of what she refuses to eat, let alone even try, is so long. I guess school lunches, based on the very small amount of things she WILL eat, will be pretty limited, makes it easy for me - the irony.

[JLeigh29]

Glad he had enough! What about some extra protein to keep him fuller for longer? Cheese, yoghurt, nuts (if you aren't nut free), boiled egg, hommus etc