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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Oct 24, 2016 20:19:41 GMT -5
I don't remember what thread we were talking about lunches in but I thought some of people were taz157, MJ2.0 and mpl. I finally had a chance to talk to a couple of the mommies after school. They love the thermos. They run hot water in it, heat up whatever meal and then it in the hot thermos. One has a keurig machine and other heats water on the stove. Their suggestions: hot dogs, soup, noodles or mac-a-cheese, chili and leftovers reheated, all made or reheated in the morning. They say their girls say the food is still warm to hot at lunchtime. Mommy C packs around 5 am and lunch is 1130ish, I think. Taco wraps using whatever works to wrap in (lettuce leaves) and chunks of deli meat and cheese, hard boiled eggs, homemade lunch ables using summer sausage, cheese and crackers, yogurt with an ice pack or a frozen gogurt, sandwiches using veggie wrap things if bread isn't an option. Cold pizza works if your kid will eat it. Add some fruit or veggies and a snack. A beverage depending on your kid.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2016 20:30:29 GMT -5
I really need to give the thermos a try for younger...I can't believe he won't eat sandwiches. Mac and cheese he likes.
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Post by msventoux on Oct 24, 2016 20:46:28 GMT -5
I haven't used it in awhile since I haven't been taking lunches to work, but I really liked my Mr. Bento thermos. It might be a bit big for kids, but I think there were other smaller models available. It might work to give kids a variety of hot meals during a day.
It's a thermos that had 4 lidded bowls that went in the interior. You would pour hot water in the thermos to get it warm, then heat up your food before putting them in the individual containers in the empty thermos. I could have soup or stew in the the larger bottom container, rice in another, stir fry veggies in another, and some other small snack in the smallest container. Worked for a variety of cold meals as well...salad, yogurt, etc. Mixing hot and cold meals together didn't work that well. Either hot or cold meals stayed at acceptable temperatures for hours.
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Post by taz157 on Oct 24, 2016 20:47:01 GMT -5
At DD's old school, I would heat things up and put them in a thermos, but she got a plate to use there. At her new school, she doesn't from what I can gather. To warm up the thermos, I would put hot water from the tap in it. FWIW, the water heater was about 15 feet from the faucet I used. Thanks for the ideas! ETA: I maybe able to get a different thermos that would work better.
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Post by justme on Oct 24, 2016 20:50:28 GMT -5
I was a picky kid. My mom shifted lunch packing duties to be pretty early. I'd put the hot water in the thermos then take precooked rice out of the fridge sliced some Velveeta in it, warmed it up until it mixed all together then into the thermos. Always warm, though I wasn't ever waking up super early thanks to sahm. (Yup, sahm and still made me make my own lunch lmao)
Its very mac n cheese like but it must have been easier to fix? I my mom was making me that before I took over.
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Post by swasat on Oct 24, 2016 21:00:06 GMT -5
I pack lunches for both my kids and have been for a lot of years now. I LOVE LOVE our thermos! It's the one from Lunchbots. I have a lot of the divided stainless steel lunch boxes from Lunchbots that have lasted me through the years. I pack leftovers a lot - Pasta, spaghetti and meatballs, soups, mac n cheese, cold salads, grilled/baked chicken, drumsticks, stews, pork roast, couscous etc. I also send burritos, grilled cheese sandwich, cold cut sandwiches, ham and cheese roll ups, bagel and cream cheese, waffles, corn bread, pancakes, French toast, zucchini bread, chocolate chip bread, muffins etc. Sides options - boliled eggs, fruits, cut up sausage, cereal bars, cheese stick, yogurt tubes, raisins, almonds, cucumbers, popcorn etc. I love getting a ideas from threads like this
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Post by MJ2.0 on Oct 24, 2016 22:16:54 GMT -5
This is a timely thread due to the explosion that X had when he found out DS was buying lunch instead of eating his own. I usually make/pack him a sun butter and jelly sandwich, multi grain tortilla chips/pretzels, a milk or water, and a fruit. Afternoon snack is apple juice, a cheese stick, and multi grain crackers. He tends to eat the lunches I give him, but he could stand to have more variety. I'll mention the thermos of mac and cheese to X - that will definitely ensure that DS eats his lunch. I also bought deli ham so he can have ham roll ups with his cheese and crackers as a homemade lunchable some days. I am also considering getting a couple of pizza Lunchables so he's not as tempted by the hot lunch line.
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Oct 25, 2016 6:57:55 GMT -5
Yeah, I remember you mentioning that. Mommy J swore that the hot dogs cooked fresh in the morning were still acceptably warm to hot for her DD's lunches when packed in the thermos. I think she and Mommy C both got their thermos for about $15 at Target.
I'd never heard of Mr Bento thermos before though. Bento boxes are those Japanese/Asian lunches with the pretty, seperated lunch parts, right?
There was a thread a couple of years ago where the OP (Molly Mouser, I think) raved about these veggie wrap things. Enough that I was curious and ordered some online. They look a lot like a fruit rollup or a fruit leather but you your sandwich stuff in them, roll them up anyway you want and use moisture to seal the ends. I'll see if I can come up with a brand. But maybe kind of thing would work for the no bread kids.
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Post by yogiii on Oct 25, 2016 7:04:54 GMT -5
I would like to give a shout out to DS who eats a pb sandwich with cukes or carrots and a fruit for lunch every day. I don't know that I'm capable of more than that right now .
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Post by MarleyKeezy78 on Oct 25, 2016 7:34:23 GMT -5
DS does like to buy, but he only likes to on certain days. He's picky so it's always the same packed lunch, bagel, drink, yogurt, string cheese, applesauce pouch and a pudding. At least I know he will eat that at school and get him to eat his fruits and veggies at hime, lol! I wish I could get him to eat a damn sandwich
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2016 7:39:51 GMT -5
DS does like to buy, but he only likes to on certain days. He's picky so it's always the same packed lunch, bagel, drink, yogurt, string cheese, applesauce pouch and a pudding. At least I know he will eat that at school and get him to eat his fruits and veggies at hime, lol! I wish I could get him to eat a damn sandwich Yours too? I thought I had the only weirdo. He won't eat any bread at all anymore. Maybe Hawaiian sweet roll, but that's about it. Today was pieces of ham, cheese stick, red peppers, granola bar, crackers and a juice box.
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Post by MarleyKeezy78 on Oct 25, 2016 7:44:59 GMT -5
DS does like to buy, but he only likes to on certain days. He's picky so it's always the same packed lunch, bagel, drink, yogurt, string cheese, applesauce pouch and a pudding. At least I know he will eat that at school and get him to eat his fruits and veggies at hime, lol! I wish I could get him to eat a damn sandwich Yours too? I thought I had the only weirdo. He won't eat any bread at all anymore. Maybe Hawaiian sweet roll, but that's about it. Today was pieces of ham, cheese stick, red peppers, granola bar, crackers and a juice box. He also won't eat hotdogs, hamburgers or pizza!!! No lunch meat either but he will eat calamari so Yup, total weirdo here too
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Post by NoNamePerson on Oct 25, 2016 8:42:52 GMT -5
Yours too? I thought I had the only weirdo. He won't eat any bread at all anymore. Maybe Hawaiian sweet roll, but that's about it. Today was pieces of ham, cheese stick, red peppers, granola bar, crackers and a juice box. He also won't eat hotdogs, hamburgers or pizza!!! No lunch meat either but he will eat calamari so Yup, total weirdo here too My son was the same way. But was scarfing down oysters on the half shell at 2!! He never bought lunch at school. I bought a "construction workers" style thermos for him early on plus a wide mouth one. I'm sure thermos have come a long way since the ones back in the early 70's. He took a lot of left overs/takeout from us eating out or the rare times I actually cooked - things like spaghetti /chili/soups, etc.
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Post by Tennesseer on Oct 25, 2016 8:50:39 GMT -5
Gussy up some ramen noodles for the thermos school lunch meal.
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Post by Sam_2.0 on Oct 25, 2016 9:22:17 GMT -5
Oh man. I am glad A isn't too picky. She gets peanut butter crackers, apple sauce, cheese stick, baby carrots, and either a juice box or a couple cookies. Every day is the same thing. I pack all of the lunches on Sun night and put them in the fridge. In the morning, she grabs a baggie & sticks it in her lunchbox and away she goes.
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Post by thyme4change on Oct 25, 2016 9:29:57 GMT -5
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Post by MJ2.0 on Oct 25, 2016 10:03:18 GMT -5
NOT FOR NO $36!!!!!
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Post by NoNamePerson on Oct 25, 2016 10:18:58 GMT -5
Yep, they've come a long way since the 70's!! Seems like the older ones held more food/liquid but could be wrong - sooooo long ago!!
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Post by lexxy703 on Oct 25, 2016 13:59:40 GMT -5
My mom always packed my thermos with leftover spaghetti or beef stew or whatever else would go in a thermos. It was always still warm at lunch. As NNP mentioned that was way back in the 70s. And they were the thermoses that came with the lunch box so I imagine they've come a long way.
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Oct 25, 2016 14:11:08 GMT -5
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Oct 25, 2016 14:12:40 GMT -5
We recently came into possession of DH's Scobby Doo thermos and lunchbox from the 1970s. LOL. I'm not sure if the thermos is still good. Those were glass then.
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Post by Shooby on Oct 26, 2016 6:50:30 GMT -5
DS does like to buy, but he only likes to on certain days. He's picky so it's always the same packed lunch, bagel, drink, yogurt, string cheese, applesauce pouch and a pudding. At least I know he will eat that at school and get him to eat his fruits and veggies at hime, lol! I wish I could get him to eat a damn sandwich I don't know what is up with this generation and sandwiches. And, for the longest time, my kids would not eat cereal with milk! I am like, what the heck! No, i am not making you eggs every morning!!
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Post by taz157 on Oct 26, 2016 7:07:12 GMT -5
DS does like to buy, but he only likes to on certain days. He's picky so it's always the same packed lunch, bagel, drink, yogurt, string cheese, applesauce pouch and a pudding. At least I know he will eat that at school and get him to eat his fruits and veggies at hime, lol! I wish I could get him to eat a damn sandwich I don't know what is up with this generation and sandwiches. And, for the longest time, my kids would not eat cereal with milk! I am like, what the heck! No, i am not making you eggs every morning!! My DD eats dry cereal in the morning when she has school and uses milk in her cereal on the weekends. She's not big on eating eggs though.
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Post by Shooby on Oct 26, 2016 7:12:56 GMT -5
Yeah, they would literally eat a bowl of dry cereal! I dont' get it! lol
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Post by MJ2.0 on Oct 26, 2016 7:25:28 GMT -5
DS likes sandwiches and cereal with milk. He doesn't eat eggs unless you sneak them in something. He does love bacon though!
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Post by tcu2003 on Oct 26, 2016 7:43:23 GMT -5
Yeah, they would literally eat a bowl of dry cereal! I dont' get it! lol I ate dry cereal without milk growing up, so it's not necessarily a new thing. I'm not a fan of milk, so I don't want that stuff poured all over my delicious cereal. DH is the same way. That said, my parents and sister both ate cereal with milk, so I was the only one on my family who ate cereal dry.
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Oct 26, 2016 8:00:52 GMT -5
My dd eats dry cereal. She's not a big fan of milk.
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Post by Sam_2.0 on Oct 26, 2016 9:07:04 GMT -5
Add me to the dry cereal eating club. Milk makes me sick. I was an adult before I discovered almond milk, so sometimes I will use that now.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Oct 26, 2016 9:10:53 GMT -5
Eating dry cereal isn't a new thing!! My son did that because at 18 months he decided he didn't like milk and I didn't fight the issue. I don't drink milk either and quit when I was very young according to those who recall. But what was weird was he would on occasion he would pour orange juice on some cereals.
Have to laugh at the PBJ sandwiches. Kiddo wouldn't eat PB&J on bread. Opened the PB jar and the Jelly jar and gave him a spoon! Happy as a bug in a rug with that.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2016 9:22:10 GMT -5
A friend on FB who's the mother of 4 school-age kids swears by this lunch box but they're not cheap. They're dishwasher-safe and apparently keep the foods in the individual compartments at their original temperatures- hot or cold. www.planetbox.com/When DS was little he was pretty absent-minded. I once put a piece of pie in a Tupperware container in his lunch sack and he returned without it- had thrown it in the trash with everything else. A high-tech lunch box would not have been a good investment.
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