Laura’s blog post today about making her family lasagne got me thinking… her son Jack didn’t like the lasagne that she made, although everyone else loved it.
It’s such a mission trying to work out what meals to cook, and it’s definitely more tricky when you have fussy eaters in the family! I know I’m not alone with this fight, and to be fair it’s understandable that everyone has their own tastes.
However, for the love of everything, give me a break!
The boys drive me a little batty! Especially when it comes to making school lunches… and I absolutely HATE packing lunches, especially when I know they’ll either be thrown away (B) or the lunchbox will come back in pristine condition (C).
My initial thought doing this blog post was to discuss what they don’t eat at all… mostly actually around pastas because Connor will not eat any type of pasta dish UNLESS it’s lasagne, spaghetti with mince, or two-minute noodles. That’s it. And there’s no debating this, and I end up getting him a ready meal when I cook another type of pasta.
My main problem is school lunches though… because these are the rules that I have to comply with:
Bradley doesn’t eat:
- Peanut butter
- Jams or honeys of any sort
- Salami
- Leftover meat unless it’s slow roasted beef
- Any kind of wrap because he says it gets soggy.
- Rolls because they squash in his bag now
- Fruit of any sort.
- Biscuits with cheese because the cheese goes funny and the biscuits soggy… and he’s too lazy to put them together if I pack them seperately
- He’ll eat salad items but not lettuce or baby corn
- Juice… he’d rather drink water from the water fountain
Connor doesn’t eat:
- Peanut butter
- Honey or jams (he’ll eat syrup or Nutella only)
- Ham
- Leftover meat unless it’s slow roasted beef
- He’ll eat salad items but not lettuce or sugar snap peas
- Fruit that’s hard work to get out of a peel or skin… it needs to be easy to eat at school
So, guaranteed I give up during the week, and they get tuck money, or a cheese sandwich and some raw veggies.
As a result, I’m not a lunchbok Pinterest fan 😉 there’s absolute NO point at all getting all fancy
Also, I just want to say, after looking at Pinterest for 5 minutes, that people have FAR too much time on their hands… seriously? I do not have the time or energy to do this every day!
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LOL! I TRIED to be a Pinterest Lunchbox mom, but I’ve learnt now… I just pack and chop up snacks into portions for the week, chuck in a sandwich and fruit and babam, it’s done. Anything fancy that I do (other than the occasional note) is generally not noticed. LOL. I might use one of those sandwich cutters. Maybe.
But ja. WAY TOO MUCH TIME ON THEIR HANDS
A sandwich is a lot of hard work in this house because of all the rules!
I’ve never even considered a note. Try looking on Pinterest, there are mad people that write notes on bananas!
Oh my, I can so relate. Only – my five year old doesn’t eat ANY pasta or meat or veggies or anything I make. Yogurt, fruit, fish fingers and raw salmon (can you believe?) is about it. He’ll have the school lunches, but to a certain extent – and he’s also just casually filled me in that he’s ‘allergic to soup’…
TG I don’t have the expensive salmon problem.
LOL re the soup thing, neither one of my kids will have soup, or pies!
Ja, he only gets salmon once a month, though! Haha! WHY must they be so fussy?!
Lunches are the pits. I wholeheartedly support schools making lunches! I will pay for it! We also have lists like this. Currently they both get chips and biltong. Cam gets a muffin but Kiara doesn’t because she doesn’t eat them.
I also don’t have the time or energy for pretty lunches!
Bradley complains that muffin would get squashed! I’m going to get him a bomb proof lunchbox now
Oh … sigh !!! Lunch is also tricky for me! But they’re always happy with their salad/veggies which is the same every single day!! At least it’s fresh and good for them and if they’re eating it every single day then it’s a bonus !! Connor has the added fruit which is an extra bonus 🙂
The easiest for me was to send a packet of Mini Cheddars, yoghurt and a banana. Boring, but they ate it. 🙂
I could so very easily be a pinterest lunchbox mom not because I have time on my hands per se, but because acts of service is my love language. I really need to do a post – maybe take pics for a week and show them on the blog. I don’t go all pretty …but they have a couple of things and it works for us. Apparently even though I think some things are boring (peanut butter), they ADORE it!
Ok do not shoot me ..I also hate making lunch but I try make the lunch boxes a little interesting, as I hate (even more) them having tuck when I can not see or control what my kids are eating. I usually pack the same for all three and omit what each one does not like as I hate wasting too. But I think the lunch box makes the difference have you tried: http://sistemaplastics.com/products/lunch/1.4l-lunch-cube-coloured, they are not cheap considering how frequently kids loose things, but available at PnP and separate all the nuts, biltong, cheese , fruit, etc perfectly.
I’m going to go hunting for those lunch boxes this weekend, thanks!
We have similar lunch issues here, glad I’m not alone! I’m trying to change things up a bit and and more snacks especially now that they’re in aftercare but essentially, the lunches are a peanut butter sandwich and a yoghurt for Claire and a ham sandwich and an apple for Ewan and heaven forbid they get swopped.
God I’m lucky mine eats everything but mushrooms! Still I hate packing lunch & she eats school lunch except for the last month of school before we break up for the summer- it’s her little treat! Haha bad mother alert!
You’re very lucky that she only refuses to eat mushrooms!
My kids have, until now, had sandwiches to school every single day. Lately, I’ve been half-arsed Pinterest lunch boxing them and they think it’s Christmas. The problem for us is keeping it gluten and dairy free for Jack, and then not having anyone feel left out or jealous because they’re not getting the “special” stuff…. *sigh*
Popular subject! I gave up long ago. I buy lunchbox things every month. It’s in the cupboard. Pack your lunch. Don’t pack it. Eat it . Don’t eat it. I couldn’t be arsed.
I should do that. They’d be late for school every day though
I think every single mom has times where lunchboxes give you headaches. Mine are certainly less picky than yours but my sure fire winner ones are yogurt, salty snacks ie mini cheddars, pretzels, dried fruit and blitong. Mine also love these new Bakers GOod morning biscuits Have you given those a try?
No I haven’t, should give them a try. Wish I could give them dried fruit but filled with sulphates so Brad can’t eat any except raisins
The one thing that freaks me out most about Kade going to “big” school is this very subject! I never know what to pack, what is good for them, how much etc. WAAAAAY stressful. Thank goodness he gets a school lunch at the moment cos this is way too hard for me.