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Summer will soon be here, lunches?

Posted: Apr 15, 2013

Need some ideas about the kids for this summer. I work the 2nd shift so after breakfast need something that will be easy for me to "throw" together and not spend time on. These kids are young, 1 going into middle school, but they will eat most things, not picky. I would like to have something fixed before I start my midday work day. ;

Well, if they aren't picky - sm

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You could make a big pot of chili, soup or spaghetti and they could eat it for a couple of days, or a big pot of beef stew. Put a roast in the crock pot with veggies and they could just eat when done. Cook a pork roast in the crock pot early and make pulled BBQ pork sandwiches. Get hotdogs and let them make them or tuna fish, fish sticks, etc.

My favorite quick lunch - see msg

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Glad they're not picky. I throw some chopped meat into a pan, stir it around and brown it and throw some seasoned salt in there, or just salt and pepper is fine if you don't have seasoned salt. Seasoned salt just makes it more interesting.

Take some Velveeta-type cheese, melt that all through, then squirt a bunch of ketchup in there---voi la, Sloppy Joes, sort of. Serve on hamburger buns or hot dog rolls.

Quick lunch ideas... - nm

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For mine which are about the same age as yours, I make them grilled cheese. I also do chicken noodle soup in the crockpot and then it can heat that up for a few days, and chili. Also, I buy peanut butter and marshmallow fluff and they make sandwiches. I usually have fruit in the summer like apples, pears, bananas. My daughter loves Nutella. I usually have that and she has it with crackers.

What I've also done this past year for breakfast was make egg cups in a muffin tin with sausage and egg but ham and cheese worked well too and they can be heated up.
http://coleensrecipes.blogspot.com/2012/02/easy-baked-mini-omelets.html

I will admit, I love Pinterest. There are so many ideas on there, and I've been able to plan meals, a shopping list, and it's so much less stress.

Oh... another easy one is french bread pizza. Just buy a loaf, some cheese, a little jar of sauce and pop them in the oven for a hot minute. They go over really well especially if I have pepperoni on them.

Should be sm for see message inside... - ooops! NM

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Summer, lunches, etc. - redmaj

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Google crockpot recipes. Seriously, I use mine a lot. A great breakfast is the night before, cut up apples and put them in the crock pot, sprinkle cinnamon, 1 cup oatmeal (I like steel cut, but don't use instant here). 1 cup water and 1 cup milk. Turn on low overnight and in the AM a good nutritious breakfast!!!

Do they like egg salad? That would be - easy for them to

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slap on a sandwich. Some carrot sticks and sliced peppers on the side? Or fruit salad?

Here lunches are very, very simple. They have the option of leftovers, or--sm - anon

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a sandwich. My 6 year old can make his own peanut butter sandwich and asks the older ones for help if need be. They are required to eat a piece of fruit or a vegetable (carrot sticks, cucumbers, clementines, apples, bananas, cherry tomatoes, etc) and then the nicer meal comes at dinner. I work a split shift and the first part starts at 11 and I am too busy trying to get other things done to worry much about lunches.

Apple chunks - Dipped in Peanut Butter

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Let them do the dipping, it's more fun than if you put the PB already on the chunks.

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