Two or three times a week, my daughter goes to a babysitter and on those days, I always pack her food. While cooking for her at home is rarely a problem for me, I find packing her breakfast and lunch to be a challenge. When she is home, we have the flexibility to make eggs, pancakes, waffles, grilled cheese, chicken nuggets, quesadillas, mac and cheese etc. I realize I could send these and have her babysitter just warm them up, but let's be honest...a warmed up grilled cheese doesn't sound very appetizing! I just feel like I don't have good ideas for packing meals. I try to rotate through our regulars: For breakfast this includes oatmeal, toast and yogurt, and a whole wheat bagel. For lunch, I send leftovers from dinner and peanut butter and jelly. Yep, that's it for lunch. I will admit though- she loves her PB&J! :)
Thankfully, Leah has a huge variety of snacks that she enjoys eating and a lot of them are healthy and nutritious, so that's good. I just feel badly that her actual meals are so boring. Both of her parents are fairly boring eaters -- seriously, I alternate between turkey, cheese & mayo and PB&J every day. It doesn't bother me in the least bit. Every once in a while, I'll bring some leftovers from dinner but usually, my sandwiches taste perfect! But I don't want to limit her food choices and I really do want to expose her to as much as possible at a young age.
Do you have any good suggestions for breakfast or lunch foods? How much variety does your child have in his/her diet?
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