School Lunch Ideas!

I have had a lot of fun planning and preparing lunches for ET since school started.  It is comforting to know that he is getting a balanced meal, and that I can be a part of his day in a small and simple way.  He only gets 20 minutes to eat so some days it is hard for him to eat everything.  He comes home from school and usually eats his leftovers for snack.  So far he has loved everything I have packed, and has not asked for the school lunch instead.  Success!

I bought him a laptop Bento style lunchbox.  I will post more lunches as the year progresses.


 Whole wheat tortilla wrapped around turkey and a string cheese, fruit leather bar with the word "love" punched out of it, apple slices, grape tomatoes skewered to look like hearts, and apple an cookie.  The cheese hand and heart was to remind him of the book, "The Kissing Hand."

Whole wheat chocolate chip waffle, hard-boiled egg, grapes, broccoli with ranch, and an apple shaped cookie.

Salad with cucumbers, tomatoes, shredded cheese, and sliced almonds, homemade whole wheat banana bread, and cottage cheese.

DIY Ants on a log (celery sticks, raisins, and chunky peanut butter), apple slices, whole wheat crackers, and a string cheese.

Ham and cheese kabobs, crackers, oranges, green beans and ranch, a mini s'mores cupcake, and a fun set of chopsticks for kids!

Peanut butter and jelly roll-ups, carrot sticks with dip, strawberries, and cheese curds.

Whole wheat apple bread, celery, chunky peanut butter, raisins, and cottage cheese.

Pita chips, deviled egg dip, carrot sticks, cheese stick, dried apricots and mangoes, and a chocolate milk!

Pizza sandwich on a whole wheat sandwich thin (pizza sauce, salami, and sliced mozzarella cheese), cantaloupe, grape tomatoes, pickle, and an oatmeal raisin cookie.

Whole wheat tortilla wrapped with cream cheese, turkey, and a pickle spear, raspberries, fresh broccoli with dip, and an oatmeal raisin cookie.

Cinnamon raisin bagel with cream cheese, a hard-boiled egg, carrot sticks with dip, a fruit leather bar, and candy corn!

Apple shaped turkey and cheese sandwiches, sliced zucchini, sugar snap peas, and carrot sticks, applesauce, fig newton cookie, and a honey stick!

Fruit and yogurt cereal bar, celery, chunky peanut butter, raisins, and yogurt with frozen blueberries.

Homemade granola bars, sliced zucchini, carrots sticks, grapes, and a ProBugs yogurt smoothie!

Homemade whole wheat roll with turkey and cheese, carrot sticks, apple rings, and a butterscotch blondie!

Homemade whole wheat roll with a small jar of honey for dipping, trail mix, cottage cheese, and carrot & celery sticks with dip.

Chicken pasta salad with celery and craisins, carrot sticks, sliced cucumbers, yogurt with blueberries, and angry bird fruit snacks.

Turkey and cheese curd kabobs, celery sticks with apple butter, cantaloupe, pretzel crisps, a chocolate pumpkin, and a surprise Halloween slap bracelet!

Mini whole wheat pancakes with syrup, hard-boiled egg, clementine, yogurt with blueberries, and Halloween shaped marshmallows!

Whole wheat breakfast cookie with a special monster note, salad with ranch, kiwi fruit, cashews and candy pumpkins!

Homemade Halloween cinnamon sugar tortillas chips served with a side of pumpkin butter, orange slices, pumpkin baby bel cheese, pumpkin shaped orange bell pepper and cucumber slices on a kabob stick.  The kabob sticks were made with Halloween stickers placed back to back.

Pumpkin shaped turkey and cheese sandwich on a whole wheat sandwich thin with a fruit leather jack-o-lantern face, carrot sticks, clementine with pumpkin face (food-safe marker), chocolate pudding with a bat drawn on the bottom of the container.

Whole wheat pumpkin cream cheese muffin, salad with ranch, cantaloupe cut into leaves, and a baby bel cheese with a heart punched out of the wax wrapper.