Showing posts with label lunch ideas for UC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lunch ideas for UC. Show all posts

Saturday, September 21, 2013

Typical School Lunch

This post isn't just what Liam eats, but what we eat as a family for lunch. Liam has a hard time digesting raw vegetables so for him we modify. I will give examples of when we modify.

Protein:

  • Turkey roll up: Turkey (nitrate free) rolled up with pickles, cucumber or  cherry tomatoes for Liam Savy my daughter will put mayo and mustard on the turkey then roll up either a pickle, bell pepper, cucumber, or avocado.  Sometimes for Savy we wrap the meat in Lettuce. Liam cannot eat any lettuce so he stick with just the meat
  • Nitrate free Salami
  • Nitrate free Ham
  • Nitrate free Bacon
  • Chicken legs
  • Homemade Chicken Fingers
  • Salad with veggies and left over meat (Savy eats this but Liam can't have salad)
  • Steak pieces left over from dinner
  • Hummus with carrots, cucumber, bell pepper, mushrooms, sugar snap peas, broccoli, and cauliflower. If you notice she is not a fan of tomatoes. Liam does not eat Hummus. He doesn't like it. I often wonder if it upsets his tummy since he has never liked it.
  • Jerky

Fruit:
summer/spring
  •  watermelon
  •  strawberries
  •  nectarines
  •  peaches
  •  grapes
  • pineapple 
  • pears
  • plums
  • kiwis
  • berries

Fall / Winter :
  • apple slices
  • orange slices
  • frozen or fresh pineapple
  • grapes if good
  • kiwi
  • Packaged Dole mandarins or pineapple in a container that is in its own juices. I don't buy the ones with syrup in them.  
Veggies:
  • Carrots- Liam can eat two baby carrots
  • Cucumber slices- Liam can eat as long as no skin
  • Snap Peas- Liam can eat a couple raw but I blanch them so he can have more
  • Small Bell Peppers or Sliced- Liam does okay with these as long as its not a lot
  • Cherry Tomatoes- Liam loves these
  • Pickles
  • Celery- Liam cannot eat Celery


Extras:

  • Fruit leathers
  • Bunny snacks
  • Applesauce Pouches
  • Fruit and Veggie Pouches
  • Dried Cranberries
  • Raisins
  • Trail Mix: Raw almonds, cashews, sunflowers, and pistachios 
  • Bars: Homemade, KIND, and LARA 
  • Kettle in Olive Oil Potato Chips
  • Dried Fruit
  • Plantains
  • Coconut Yogurt
  • Jello

If you need more ideas ask away.