LoveMyCrew
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Post by LoveMyCrew on Apr 24, 2014 12:37:55 GMT -5
I have a 9 year old that I am trying to change towards a more paleo way of eating. The biggest challenge is school lunch. I would love to hear what other families put in their kids lunches, especially their favourites. He is a big eater and our school is nut free! Thanks so much!
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Post by EJ on Apr 24, 2014 16:35:53 GMT -5
Here's Sarah's post on getting ready for school. I like her idea to have her daughter choose the foods she likes...and then she can't complain if they're included in the lunch because she chose them! Also, have you seen Nom Nom Paleo's week of school lunches? Maybe that would give you some ideas.
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Post by salixisme on Apr 24, 2014 17:40:46 GMT -5
Try looking at this : All these are packed lunches I have made - I don't photograph and post every single one, these are just a few of them.
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Post by EJ on Apr 24, 2014 23:02:31 GMT -5
I also found Packing a Paleo Lunch is Easier Than You Thought by The Paleo Parents. And salixisme brings up another good point-I just Googled "Paleo lunches" and there were links to Pinterest boards. Check out what other people are packing and hopefully it will give you ideas
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Post by salixisme on Apr 25, 2014 0:43:59 GMT -5
As EJ says, paleo lunches can be as easy or as hard as you want to make them. I do a paleo lunch for 6 people every day (2 adults and 4 kids age 15 down to 9).... a bit of forward planning, and some careful shopping an it can be easy. I also like the planet boxes or other bento style lunch boxes because they make packing a lunch intuitive... you just figure out what is going to fill each section.
And there are lots and lots of suggestions out there in google-land...
I make some stuff in advance - homemade energy bars/larabars, the odd bit of paleo baking, some plantain chips, a crustless quiche or some egg muffins. I may occasionally cook a joint to provide some cold meat, but most of the time I make up packed lunches based on whatever is in the fridge.
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Post by LoveMyCrew on Apr 25, 2014 10:38:29 GMT -5
Thanks so much, I had been doing some serious googling and have bookmarked the Nom Nom sight as well. Salixisme, Do you find the bento or planet boxes are big enough for your 15 year old? The biggest challenge is finding snacks that do not use almond flour or nuts of anysort. Kind of worried we are going to get sick of coconut everything :} And I'm definitely trying to include him more and thank goodness is being so patient. I guess the other challenge is we live rural so things like plantin are harder to get and lot of the other baking ingredients as well. In the meantime, I'm going to check out the rest of everyone's great looking suggestions. I'm just freaking out a bit because it's so different than what we've done before. We've always eaten pretty healthy but there was more focus on less meat and not more. Miss beans already!
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Post by salixisme on Apr 26, 2014 1:02:48 GMT -5
The planet box not only fills my 15 yr old, it fills me AND my husband... (44 yrs old and 41 yrs old). you may need to add some extra snacks separately for the voracious teen male, esp if he is into sports (I have only girls)... but a baggie of jerky, plantain chips, dried fruit or nuts would work well as an extra snack,and would not take too much space in a backpack. But an extra baggie of snack food is unobtrusive enough to be eaten in class... my teens do it all the time - in fact they have said that they have eaten their entire lunch (from the planet box!) in class... Try adding more proteins and good fats to fuel a teen boy... plus some veggies and pack fruits separately as that will save space.
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Post by salixisme on Apr 26, 2014 1:09:24 GMT -5
also, for a teen/older child,go for the biggest planetbox - dont try to save money by getting the smaller ones. We, as a family, bought 6 last September. Still going strong! For filling ideas try
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Post by joromero on Jun 18, 2014 4:29:50 GMT -5
My daughter takes mostly paleo lunches to school (although she hasn't quite kicked the odd sandwich out of the way!) - she'll have things like ham, olives, tomato slices, a few fruits like strawberries, blueberries or raspberries -she likes avocado too so sometimes she takes a bit of that. Funnily enough she wouldn't take a hard-boiled egg to school but when I had some quail's eggs leftover from cooking something else she took a couple of those hard-boiled and loved them!
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Post by michellet on Jul 31, 2014 6:30:35 GMT -5
My kids are picky and their tastes are ever changing. I feel like I can pack something one day and they refuse to eat it another. Usually by the second month of school I'm exhausted and sick of wasting food and give up. This year I really want to be diligent about packing them a good paleo lunch each day. I'm going to check out the above links, but would love any other ideas too!
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Post by jillh on Aug 1, 2014 17:39:26 GMT -5
I have a picky soon to be 11 y/o who was really content with a peanut butter and jelly sandwich everyday. I tried several things last year. His favorite was "Nutella" in a paleo tortilla. I used the recipe from stupideasypaleo.com- I believe it just uses arrowroot and coconut flour so they should pass the nut free restriction. They are also really easy to make up in the morning before school if you don't think ahead like me.
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Post by randi on Aug 3, 2014 23:33:53 GMT -5
My kids really like Nick's Sticks beef sticks, egg salad, paleo cupboard's zucchini hummus and veggies, meat (cooked chicken, ham, etc) & veggie kabobs (cherry tomatoes, cucumber, etc) on the shorter wooden skewers, black or kalamata olives, fruit, baby carrots, leftovers (stirfry, meatloaf), small square dark chocolate...
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Post by Melissa on Aug 9, 2014 8:26:05 GMT -5
Last year I started putting homemade beef jerky in my 7th grader's lunches instead of cookies. He loves the jerky and never complained about the absence of sweets!
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Post by cleaneatingmel on Aug 24, 2014 11:30:10 GMT -5
My son is probably half/half at this stage.
The main problem I have - he doesn't mind paleo foods, but he wants a LOT of them. He has a huge appetite, it costs a lot, lol.
He is turning 11.
Lucky I have one child!
I let him have white rice (some paleo sites say ok!)
He still has bread - my husband eat utter junk - so it's hard to keep my son eating good when bread and lollies are in our home. I can't control my husbands food intake but I encourage him to hide this stuff. Sometimes he will sometimes he won't. He just doesn't see it as a big deal, he doesn't 'get it' and has no interest in reading or learning about health. He thinks life is short, just do it.
Sorry, rant over! LOL!
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