Oh No ..not Another Sandwich!

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Sunday night why don't you make 5 PB&Jelly sandwiches and pop them in the freezer? Each morning pull one out and put them in the kid's lunchbox. They'll be thawed by lunchtime.

Pack some pepperonies and triscuits and let the kids make their own lunchables. Oh wait. You said healthy ...... well u can't be perfect every day. Toss some carrot sticks in there.

Pasta salad with olive medely (it has olive, carrott, cauliflower). Snip in some cooked chicken in there too.

Whatever you were going to put on their sandwich, instead roll up into a tortilla. HEB makes great-tasting fresh tortillas - worth every penny.

Hummus and rice cakes.
Yogurt with chopped fresh fruit.
Salad with lots of veggies and chick peas or beans in it.
I generally pack DS a protein option (cheese, nuts, hummus, beans, peanut butter sandwich) and either 2 veggies and a fruit or 2 fruits and a veggie. I just ignore the idea that there needs to be a main item, sides and a dessert.

Target has small thermos brand thermos's and I am getting one of those for my daughter's lunch so I can switch things up. Then I can do spaghetti, vegetable soup (homemade not the can stuff), chicken noodles. Basically stuff that we had leftovers of, I can heat and put in her thermos the next morning.

In the meantime, there are wraps of all varieties. You could even make taco's with those chicken strips in the lunchmeat sandwiches, lettuce and shredded cheese with a little salsa.

You could even switch up the sandwiches, making them on different kinds of bread, like bagels or sub sandwich buns. Put different things in them like shredded carrots, bean sprouts, bbq beef.

We kind of have a rotation. My kids don't really care for sandwiches in the traditional sense, but they love tortilla wraps, tacos, quesadillas. We also do baked chicken nuggets, frozen pizza- the good kind, not the cheap stuff, mac and cheese, left overs from last nights dinner (chicken legs, pasta), ravioli, tortellini- these come in lots of varieties in the frozen food section, boiled eggs (my kids LOVE this!).
My oldest gets to use the microwave so he will take the single serving chunky soups sometimes.
Just some things we do.

Meals vary around our home...

breakfast can be anything from breakfast burritos (tortilla, left over taco hamburger meat, scrambled eggs and salsa) to frozen waffles or a bowl of cereal. I am telling you this - because my family are NOT picky eaters...

Lunch can be sloppy joes with french fries; tortilla wrap - chicken salad, egg salad or tuna salad; soup with a salad; grilled cheese with tomato soup (I know it's a sandwich); sometimes I will reheat leftovers for lunch as well...I've been known to make pizza for lunch too!!

My kids love celery with peanut butte or cheese in them.
Carrots and ranch dressing

Hope this helps!!

if your kids have a place to warm foods up you can do chicken nuggets, hamburger and other foods.

assuming they do not have a way to warm it up. you can do fresh fruit trays and veggie trays with some crackers or cheese. we also make our own lunchables with out the preservitaves and candy. i also look up bentos to find ideas,. while you dont have to be so artsy about it they give great foods that kids will eat.