Some of the other ladies have already given you super ideas ... I'd also add salads (just normal salad with some meat/egg/cheese for protein - with some potato/rice/pasta/bean salad as well, if they're needing the extra stodginess to fill their little tummies).
I second the yoghurt - it's great for keeping them full!
Fruit is so handy - and bananas and mandarins are extra great, because they don't need washing!
I agree with doodle's comment that organisation is key - I used to make up two big batches of things on the weekend, and then tubbed them up for the week for DH and my lunches. Things that I found keep really well and are good for lunches are lasagne, pastabake, quiche, chilli, curry and stirfry. I find pasta and rice is a better base than noodles and potato, but I guess it depends on whether you freeze or not ...
I also have found that lots of salads can be chopped up and tubbed in an air tight crisper and will last all week (carrot, celery, cucumber, capsicum). Tomatoes and lettuce I find don't last that long once chopped up - but you can always just throw in a few lettuce leaves and use cherry tomatoes in with the salad in the crisper And you can boil eggs, cube cheese, and cook and chop up meat in advance too, so all you have to do the night before is tear up some lettuce, and chuck in a cup full of the salad and some of the protein, and there's a great healthy lunch, which can just go with a pot of yoghurt and a piece of fruit.
And you can boil eggs, cube cheese, and cook and chop up meat in advance too, so all you have to do the night before is tear up some lettuce, and chuck in a cup full of the salad and some of the protein, and there's a great healthy lunch, which can just go with a pot of yoghurt and a piece of fruit.
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