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Homemade lunch box ideas

posted 20th May '12
I'm sick of buying the crap from supermarkets that full of weird ingredients and numbers... I want to switch to making homemade stuff to pack into my son's lunch box.

Please share what you like to make!

I've found a recipe for muesli bars and I often will make him pikelets or muffins, but please post what recipes/ideas you've had success with!
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I have 2 kids & live in Australia
posted 20th May '12
My daughter just gets a sandwich and some fruit and veg. Rarely gets muesli, maybe once a week.

But I'm watching this because some variety also would be nice.
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I have 2 kids & 1 angel baby & live in Seven Hills, Australia
posted 20th May '12
Look up how to make fruit leather! That's always a good option for snack or desert after lunch!
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I have 1 child & live in Michigan
posted 20th May '12
I make lunches for myself for work and I do a lot of leftovers. Invest in some nice tupperwear.
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I'm due May 31st (a girl), have 11 kids & 1 angel baby & live in Beverly Hills, California
posted 20th May '12
When they were in school I would make lunchable type meals. On "pizza" days they'd get those sandwich thins with a little bit of cheese, pepperonis, a few spinach leaves, and sauce to make their own pizza with a fruit. Some days I would make them little kabobs with cheese and deli meat, a side of fruit, a few raw veggies and crackers. Other days I would make them pinwheels with tortillas and either pb&j or deli meats with fruits and some veggies.
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I'm due October 28th, have 3 kids & live in Texas
posted 20th May '12
i like this website

http://easylunchboxes.smugmug.com/The-Best-Lunchbox-System/Yummy-Lunch-Ideas/10136835_YSuyb#!i=696914291&k=YxmUd
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I have 2 kids & live in Leadville, Colorado
posted 20th May '12
Quoting zombie.:" i like this website http://easylunchboxes.smugmug.com/The-Best-Lunchbox-System/Yummy-Lunch-Ideas/10136835_YSuyb#!i=696914291&k=YxmUd"

That is perfect, thank you!

He only goes to daycare one afternoon a week but I get sick of putting the same stuff in. I want to start making my own granola bars and give him a variety every week. I love bento box and lunch box pictures... Total food porn.
quotesmurfs?
I have 2 kids & live in Australia
posted 20th May '12
Quoting Lind.:" That is perfect, thank you! He only goes to daycare one afternoon a week but I get sick of putting ... [snip!] ... making my own granola bars and give him a variety every week. I love bento box and lunch box pictures... Total food porn. "

no problem.
quotesmurfs?
I have 2 kids & live in Leadville, Colorado
posted 21st May '12
Quoting zombie.:" i like this website http://easylunchboxes.smugmug.com/The-Best-Lunchbox-System/Yummy-Lunch-Ideas/10136835_YSuyb#!i=696914291&k=YxmUd"

bookmarking!
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I have 1 child & live in Michigan
posted 21st May '12
Quoting *...*...*...*:" bookmarking!"

Is the fruit leather very fiddly or messy to make?
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I have 2 kids & live in Australia
posted 22nd May '12
Quoting Lind.:" Is the fruit leather very fiddly or messy to make?"


I didn't think so.

You just stew a fruit combo (or just one fruit) add sugar (taste test it while gradually adding sugar)

I then pureed it and spread it on a silicone baking mat then dried it in the oven on super low heat (like 175) for 8 hours...or until it became tacky.

Then put parchment paper underneath and cut it into strips and rolled it up and placed in a air tight baggy.

We are friends on FB...Go look at my mobile uplaods and on the sixth row down is a picture of it before it went in the oven
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I have 1 child & live in Michigan
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