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My daycare doesn't provide lunches, and even if they did I would send ds' lunch because we're vegetarian and I want to feed him organic food. We're in a total lunch rut, though, which I think is partly to blame for ds becoming more and more of a picky eater. I'd love to get some ideas on what else I could add to his menu, without adding too much time and trouble to an already harried day.
(Mods, please don't move this thread to good eating - this is really aimed at working moms with kids in daycare, not the general MDC populace).
So here's what ds will get in his lunchbag:
Main dish: an Amy's bean and cheese burrito, leftover whole wheat pasta and tomato sauce, a non-soy veggie burger, Annie's whole wheat mac and cheese, or a sunflower seed butter and jelly sandwich on WW bread (daycare doesn't allow peanut butter)
Fruit - applesauce, kiwi, banana, grapes, tangerine (2)
Dairy - yogurt, cheese stick, Danactive probiotic drink (he gets all 3 of these every day - he's a dairy fiend)
Snack - TLC crackers, Annie's cheddar bunnies, WW graham crackers, organic cheerios (1 of these)
We try feeding him what we eat but he generally rejects it (and so our leftovers don't go over well). Even stuff he will eat at home like broccoli and baby carrots go untouched at daycare.
Any ideas for foods that a) are healthy b) travel well and c) appeal to picky 28 month old vegetarians? (Even if you're not vegetarian, though, please share what you do - someone else could get some ideas!)
(Mods, please don't move this thread to good eating - this is really aimed at working moms with kids in daycare, not the general MDC populace).
So here's what ds will get in his lunchbag:
Main dish: an Amy's bean and cheese burrito, leftover whole wheat pasta and tomato sauce, a non-soy veggie burger, Annie's whole wheat mac and cheese, or a sunflower seed butter and jelly sandwich on WW bread (daycare doesn't allow peanut butter)
Fruit - applesauce, kiwi, banana, grapes, tangerine (2)
Dairy - yogurt, cheese stick, Danactive probiotic drink (he gets all 3 of these every day - he's a dairy fiend)
Snack - TLC crackers, Annie's cheddar bunnies, WW graham crackers, organic cheerios (1 of these)
We try feeding him what we eat but he generally rejects it (and so our leftovers don't go over well). Even stuff he will eat at home like broccoli and baby carrots go untouched at daycare.

Any ideas for foods that a) are healthy b) travel well and c) appeal to picky 28 month old vegetarians? (Even if you're not vegetarian, though, please share what you do - someone else could get some ideas!)