I agree that I would also be getting them to make their own. DD1 is 7 and gets out the things that she wants in her lunch. I make her wrap but then pack in all the other stuff. She has meat in her wrap but she also has to remember to get an ice pack out of the freezer to go in it. There is also the rule that when she gets home from school she has to unpack her bag and put her lunch box in the kitchen so if it isn't there in the morning I don't pack lunch. that way any leftover food that hasn't been eaten goes into the next day, in the bin or in the dog bowl.
My DD sounds like your kids but she doesn't start school until next year. I will be sticking with vegemite sandwiches because I know it will be eaten.
I don't even think there is any point to doing lunch orders for my DD as she wouldn't even eat a sausage roll or nuggets or anything that the canteen serves for lunch. She is so fussy!
We had to make ours the night before, I remember. That way you can't complain you don't like it! What if you sit down with them and make a list of everything they'll be happy to eat, and then they can sort of put their orders in at the start of the week or something? Apart from sandwiches, how about zucchini slice, scones, hearty muffins (like fruit and oat), puff pastry tarts (I chuck a bunch of stuff like feta, cherry tomatoes, bacon in the centre of puff pastry squares. Or apples or peaches or something). Even if you freeze batches of muffins (I just looked up a recipe for breakfast muffins, breakfast, lunch, same diff), they can just pull them out as needed.
Otherwise. Let them go hungry? I mean, are they not eating because they think it's yuk, or are they preferring to skip lunch to play and socialise? You could see if their teacher can make sure they eat? My kids have their lunch for afternoon tea if they don't finish it. But if they're just doing other stuff, the food is there if they decide they're starving, but perhaps even if they have exactly what they want they wouldn't eat it if they're busy? Don't even know if that helps, but i hope you figure something out so they have some brain food for the arvo. Would they have a smoothie if you could figure out a way to keep it cool?
My kids were hte best eaters when they were young. Now they're so fussy, it's ridiculous. I probably should make them do their own lunches but quite honestly, our mornings are hectic and it's hard enough getting them up and dressed for school, I just don't need another thing to argue with them over.
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