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Here’s yet another “round up” of my kids’ school lunches that I routinely share on Facebook. In case you are new here these links might help set the stage for you:
- School Lunch Roundup I and School Lunch Roundup II blog posts.
- Our favorite school lunch supplies including the divided Ziploc container and what lunchbag we fit all of this into.
- Everything you could ever want to know about the pictured, brightly-colored smoothie/freezie pop molds.
- Why we don’t track protein or worry about getting “enough.”
- Our full recipe index where you can find most (but not necessarily all) recipes pictured below.
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School Lunch Roundup Photos
Please share your school lunch ideas in the comments below!
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everything looks great! I have had so much fun making lunches for the kids. Its fun for me to get creative with it.
Do you have a lunch bag/box that you put the ziploc container in? Or do they just take the container by itself? I love the ziploc divided container, but haven’t found a lunch box that it will fit in with a drink and ice pack.
I bought my kids a “pack-it” lunch box – they fit in pretty good, with a water bottle; and you don’t need an ice pack – the pack-it is one! you can find them on Amazon. I even fit their morning snack in as well.
Go to the top of this post and Lisa has a link for her recommended lunch box from Land’s end. We have the older Land’s End fold up (non-zippered) style and it fits a ziplock divided container. It also has a side pocket that fits a Thermos brand Funtainer thermos. Though I don’t send water on days I send a smoothie pop.
Hi Erin. Yes, we like the Lands End lunch boxes seen here…https://www.100daysofrealfood.com/my-kitchen-essentials/#kids. Jill
These all look so good! I’m wanting to pack more for my daughter but I’m often at a lose (I feel so uninspired in the kitchen for lunch sometimes!!) To answer Erin’s question above about a lunch box to fit the Ziploc containers, we have found that the shallower, rectangle shape lunch boxes fit these containers very well. The taller ones, shaped more like a cube don’t really work, unless you don’t mind the lunch sitting on it’s side! The shallower, more rectangular ones hold them really well and have enough room on top for a napkin and utensils. No room really for a drink.
I can’t tell you how wonderful it is to see so many examples. When I look at these, I feel like, “I can do that!” It’s hard when you have grown up on junk and aren’t even sure what “real food” is supposed to look like. It’s because of you that we are making the leap to 100% real foods this year. Thank you!
These lunches look amazing! I don’t have any kids yet, but I will definitely save this link. I’d bring those lunches to work for myself too haha! Great pictures!
Is the veggie corn chowder homemade? Do you have a recipe you can share? It sounds so good and like something I’d love to try making for my little ones! Thanks!
Yes, this recipe please!
The corn chowder recipe is going to be in my upcoming cookbook…so nothing I am able to share at this time. Sorry for the tease! :)
I just wanted to say my oldest daughter is only 2.5 and home all day with me or her grandmom while I work part time, so I dont have to pack school lunches. I still use your ideas to help keep her routine varied, since otherwise she would eat pb&j everyday! But seeing your lunches, makes me actually look forward to packing lunches when she’s in school! So Thanks and keep up the great work!
Beautiful lunches! It actually inspires me (as an adult) to be a bit more creative with my own lunch box – thanks for the great blog, I really enjoy it!
This is awesome, thank you! We are at about 80% real food (cereal seems to be the toughest one). We have the same thermos and I have been sending hot grill cheese, pancakes and pizza for about a year now inside it. I just heat it up with some hot water while cooking the meal, then empty, wipe dry and it stays hot till lunch (apparently pita pizza gets a little soggy though). I really like your quantities and I love the stickers and notes also…
Thank you so much for posting these school lunch round ups. They really are inspirational. I have printed them all off and put them in our school lunch binder. I just wish my boyfriend’s kids would eat things like this. I can guarantee my son will have lunches that look this amazing, though! And I might start doing some for myself! :)