Lunch Bag Ideas (No Heat)

celery sticks w/ Peanut Butter
carrot sticks w/ dipping sauce or salad dressing
animal crackers
graham crackers and peanut butter
raisins
dried fruits or nuts for the older child
yogart
pudding cup
oranges
strawberries w/ yogart dipping sauce
pita w/ any kind of filling sandwhick or veggies
broccoli heads with cheese dip sauce
ritz mini peanut butter crackers
cheese and wheat crackers

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My daughter is a little older but loves "cold" spaghettiO's from the can.They are actually room temp. and cheez-it's have out 2 new flavors: Cheddar Jack and White Cheddar.She takes this to lunch at school once a month.It's easy and other than a bowl to wash later (buy one with the lid for travel) no mess.

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T.:

It looks like you have tons of great ideas. Here are some more:
Whole grain bread with peanut butter and bananas or apples, wheat or other kinds of tortilla's (they come in so many fun colors) with hummus, tuna salad with wheat crackers and cheese

Healthy snacks: fresh fruit, dried fruit, olives, trail mix, applesauce cups, string cheese, avocado (my son loves them),fig newtons, animal crackers, graham crackers with peanut butter,bran muffins, yogurt with fruit...

Keep it healthy, as kids eat about 3/4 pounds of sugar per day and 1/4 pound of fat. We need to feed our kids healthier foods:-)

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Hi T.,

RE: fresh ideas for snacks

String Cheese, applesauce, graham crackers, honey graham crackers, cereal bars, fruit snacks, Chex Mix for kids, bananas, Ritz Crackers, Honey Nut Cheerios, Fruit Loops, Kraft Twist-ums (mozzarella and cheddar), Ritz S'mores, Pretzels, Animal Crackers

D.

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have them help you pick out things to make a trail mix such as cheerios, cheezits, raisens, m&m's, mini pretzels, combos, and let them pick each week and allow them to pour the things into a big gallon size ziploc bag and they can change ingredients every week if you pick small packages of each. this is what we do during the summer months as we travel alot and it makes for good snacks on the road. they also like it more cause it is something they made and they can pick it pur it and shake to mix all by themselves with a little help from mom

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I have packed everything from string cheese to microwave popcorn (already popped of course).Fresh fruit is always a good idea. Rice cakes (mini are best),peanut butter on ritz crackers. Chex mix, granola bars...hope that helps.

A. R.

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I get deli ham or turkey and roll it up and give my girls that with a cheese stick and some crackers. Use the thermos for chicken nuggets, I have cooked them that morning in the oven put then in a thermos and there you go. You can also do spaghetti-O's, ramen noodles just don't refriderate it and it will be fairly warm for them to eat. You can do grapes, oranges, pretty much any kind of fruit.

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Check out The Vegan Lunch box: http://veganlunchbox.blogspot.com/

It has so many great ideas. Although my family is not vegan, I use a lot of her ideas to pack my daughter's lunch, and even use some of the recipes for dinner, etc.

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I go to a website called allrecipes.com and they have great ideas for ANYTHING. Go check it out. They actually had a whole list of ideas for back to school lunches and snacks

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Just thought I'd share some ideas that I use for my kiddo:

Whole wheat tortilla roll-ups w/ lean lunch meat, cheese, and dressing

Cooked elbow pasta w/ Ro-tel tomoatoes (or reg stewed tomatoes if R-tel is too spicy!) with a sprinkle of parm cheese. Great even cold!

English muffin w/cream cheese & ham (amazing! trust me!)

snacks:

mandarin oranges
pretzels
yogurt
cottage cheese
string cheese
snap peas
whole grain fig newtons

For your thermos:
Make a big ol pot of veggie (beef optional) stew. It keeps for a whole week!

Good luck!

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Hi T.,

You have gotten some great ideas already, if you children still like the vieanna sauges you can pack those, theres the lunchables, if they like tuna they have the tuna lunches which come with tuna, crackers, and relish. As for the snacks my son loves the Dole fruit parfais ?SP? they come in peaches pineapple and apple cinn. They're pretty cheap too. Oh they have the jello that doesn't need to be cooled, I also buy that for my son.

Hope these few suggestions help.

M. R G

I have been using the Lunchables - they are in the cheese/lunchmeat section in the supermarket. They are wonderful! They have crackers and cheese, and meat (you can choose turkey, ham, bologna, etc...). Depending on how much you want to spend - you can even get them with a drink and dessert. Both of my children love them - and my youngest (before this year) had NEVER had anything like that - only hot meals. Try it and see how they like them.
For snacks we have been using Kelloggs granola munchums. They are fairly healthy (according to my nutruition magazine) and they taste fabulous! Good luck! Hope this helps.