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Easy School Lunch Ideas

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These Easy School Lunch Ideas can help your mornings run more smoothly, keep the kids happy and provide a delicious meal to fuel them through their day.

I can hardly believe we’re already prepping for back to school. 

This year is a new adventure for all of us.  My son is going into junior high, in a new school district, and my daughter is also starting a new elementary school.  

New school, new friends, new routines, new car pool lines, new everything. 

So, essentially we’re starting over. As a mom, I want to ease both of my children into these unfamiliar situations to the best of my ability.

That starts with their favorite foods at lunchtime.

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Over the years I have learned what my children prefer in their lunches, how much to pack and what not to pack.

I shop at Kroger for Land O’Frost® Premium Meats

They have a variety of flavors, which my kids love, they’re a healthy and affordable protein and I love the resealable pouch for added freshness! My husband and I also love to make sandwiches for our lunches so we always have a few packages in the fridge at all times. Here are a few easy lunch solutions I’ve learned over the years to keep the kids happy during lunch time:

  • Pack their favorites
    • My son LOVES turkey sub sandwiches, so I start with Land O’Frost® Premium Meat Oven Roasted Turkey Breast, a sub roll, lettuce, cheese and mayonnaise, for him.
    • My daughter prefers tortillas, so for her, I use Land O’Frost® Premium Sub Kit Honey Ham & Turkey, and make her turkey and ham roll ups with cheese, lettuce and “special sauce.”
  • Pack more than you think they will eat
    • My kids started coming home starving after school which made me ask, “did you have enough to eat at lunchtime?”  Depending on the day, it was either a yes or a no.  Therefore, I started packing a few extra packaged items and told them if they didn’t eat them, to bring them home.  I also pack a few extra items in my son’s backpack so he has a snack on the bus.
  • Reliable lunch containers with compartments
    • I love these compartments containers that can keep foods separate.  They’re close tightly, so if I pack something with liquid, I know the juices won’t run into other parts of the container.  I just use a cold pack under the container and they fit right into their lunch boxes.

A few ideas for deli roll ups and deli sub sandwiches

Turkey and Cheese sub

  • Sub sandwich roll
  • mayonnaise
  • Land O’Frost® Premium Meat Oven Roasted Turkey Breast
  • cheddar cheese
  • iceburg lettuce

Turkey and everything but the bagel roll ups

  • Large tortilla
  • cream cheese
  • everything but the bagel seasoning
  • Land O’Frost® Premium Meat Oven Roasted Turkey Breas
  • string cheese
  • Roll up and slice

Turkey and ham with “special sauce”

  • Large tortilla
  • Land O’Frost® Premium Sub Kit Honey Ham & Turkey
  • special sauce
    • mayonnaise, ketchup, pickle relish
  • cheese (sharp, mild, colby)
  • shredded lettuce
  • Roll up and slice

I place these “main dishes” into the large compartment of the lunch containers and then into the smaller containers I include a few more of their favorite snacks. 

Including:

  • blueberries
  • white cheddar popcorn
  • strawberries
  • BBQ chips
  • yogurt covered raisins
  • cheese crackers

Use your children’s favorite foods to make their lunch feel extra special.

Sometimes I include Lunch Box Notes, but being my son is going into 6th grade, I don’t think that’s “cool” anymore so I’ll save my love language to packing his most loved foods.

What are some of your kids favorite lunches?

Filed Under: Kid Friendly Tagged With: back to school, kids, lunch

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I'm Megan, the strawberry blondie behind this kitchen. I'm a self proclaimed foodie who loves to EAT! I have a passion for sweet + salty, caffeine and chocolate.
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