What’s in my Kids Lunchbox | Lunch Ideas for School | October 2023 

What blessed little people to have a mom to put so much thought and love in their lunch and lives!

Fill a bowl with water and a pinch of salt, add the apples for 30 seconds or so pat dry, this keeps them from turning brown and they don't taste like lemon. 🙂

As a teacher, I love how you send a well-balanced lunch for your kids!

It’s so hard finding lunch ideas for my son on the spectrum but those hot dog roll ups at the end are going to be a hit!!! Such a good idea (:

My 6yo loves the pinwheels **TIP** Put a lil raw baby spinach in the pinwheels like you would lettuce to add veggie. Also smashed avocado.

Another great job, Kristin! I bet your kiddos are the envy of the school's lunch room!

I love these ideas, even for my adult lunches. And I like how you find ways to use up stuff you already have in new ways

You are an awesome mother,your kids are so lucky to have those great lunches. Wow. I love watching your videos

Yes I’m 21 yrs old and will be making these recipes for my own lunch!!

Great way to start my Saturday morning with a video from you Kristin. What a great mom & wife you are, always such thoughtfully packed lunches for your family. Hope you all have a wonderful fall weekend. 🍁🍂🍁🍂

As a food allergy mama, I wouldn't recommend replacing peanut butter with Almondbutter or Nutella... those are both Nut butters. I'd recommend Wowbutter, Cookie butter, or Sunflower Butter. I love your videos though. Just wanted to share.

Cool trick with the canning funnel.

You can use mayo in place of butter :) much easier to spread and has a higher spoke point and I promise it doesn't make it taste any different!

You put so much love into your lunch making for your kids and husband. I love all your ideas and have used many for my kids. Just a suggestion for the hot dog roll ups. Cut the hot dogs "almost" in half and stuff the middle cut pocket with some cheese before rolling up the tortilla. My kids love them that way. Love all your videos.

Hi Kristin. Love your lunchbox videos!! You always amaze me with all the creative ways you come up with to make lunches nutritious and fun--for both your husband and children. Great job! Hugs.

Your lunch videos are always my favorite! Always great ideas and easy!

Even though my kids are grown and have kids of their own, its fun to see how home packed school lunch has changed over the years. I have 5kids and worked full time outside if home so it was easier to have the kids buy lunch at school. It was pricey because they had al la carte and of course they blew thru their budget by day three lol

I love all of these ideas! Videos of what you make for your kids’ lunches are my favorites and always saved🥰 thank u!

I would eat all those and I’m 34! Lol thank you for the ideas. My daughter is 2 years old but she’s in preschool and I’m always trying to think of creative things to pack her besides a sandwich

I love your videos! I am hispanic and in my house we always ate our hot dogs in a corn tortilla instead of a bun and it’s the only way I can eat them now. I loved seeing you use tortillas that way in your video, it made me nostalgic 😊

I am a preschool teacher and all these are great ideas. Parents are always wondering what to pack for their kids to eat. You would be surprised by the amount of food kids waste. I think parents often overwhelme kids with so many choices that they often open to many things that just end up trashing .I see it everyday.

I always enjoy these videos and get good ideas for my kiddos! Thanks!

Hi! Super ideas for the kids lunchbox! Thanks for the recipes

Love all your sweet lunches for your children! ❤

Love your lunch ideas! Thank you!

I love these videos! I can watch these and the ones for your husband all day.

Girl you do an AMAZING job with lunches. #goals

I'm glad I'm not the only one to have to open a real messy lunch box 😂

i don't have any kids but love watching your videos 😀

Your the best thinking up special lunches for our family❤️

Thank you for these realistic meal ideas!

Love all the lunch box videos!!!!! Thanks for another video!!!❤

Another great video Kristin! You are such an awesome Mama! 💗💙

Kristin,your lunch and dinner ideas ALWAYS look Tasty 😋 and filled with variety!😊 Your nails 💅 are Pretty!🩵

So glad to see you cut the hotdog in half. They’re such a choking hazard, even for older kids. I get nervous abt that sort of thing too when I’m not around to keep an eye on them.

Kristen, I pop the naan rounds in the toaster and wrap in aluminum foil. It doesn’t keep them warm but it does keep them soft.

Aww adorable lunches full of lots of love too.great video.many blessings to you all 😊❤😊❤

I just discovered you and am OBSESSED! Thank you so much for the amazing ideas...we are oficially out of our turkey sandwich slump!

I love your lunchbox videos!

They all look so good

Those are some Great Lunches 😁 lots of variety !!

Such good ideas! Thank you!

Thanks mom for sharing 🙏 this gives me a lot of ideas

Great ideas… my girls are all grown. I wish you were around then I was packing lunches.. fantastic ideas

I just started watching my Grandson last week while he was on Fall break. You gave me some great ideas. He's 5 and we are finding out how ornery he really is. He basically had cereal and milk for breakfast and a small lunchable and anything else he liked usually chips and of course milk. Thanks for the ideas. 🥰 I like bananas on the dark side to. They are sweeter.

Great ideas for the kiddos 😊😊😊

The tortilla wrapped hotdog is a great idea, I might try that for my adult lunchbox!

I love I girl. Yay another video. Love all your recipes

Great ideas and recipes 🥰 Thank you for sharing

Lucky kiddoes!!

Thanks for sharing Kristin! Love your videos always ❤

I love your videos and voice so much ❤❤❤❤

I love the lunches you pack for your husband

You’re a great mom!

Peanut butter and jelly on a tortilla wrap is really good and you could cut it in pin wheels 😊 my grandkids love this way

I always enjoy your videos

Super Mom! Thanks for the inspiration!!

Hi Kristin! Great lunches! Hope you all enjoyed the school break😊

oh my gosh!!! the candy corn mix. i must get that!!!

Totally dig this❤ my girls are twins, now 21 😮 so different bit so fun to pack a lunch

I freeze the naan bread and then use the defrost setting on my toaster when I need them.

My granny always saved our juice bottles (good to grow, bug juice, etc.) and it was my favorite to drink chocolate milk out of when I stayed with to her!

Great video you’re so creative

I love all of your videos. I get so many delicious recipes from you and others.

I do peanut butter roll ups for my granddaughter. I ran out of bread one morning and used a tortilla. She loved it! She’d rather have the tortilla than the bread lol. What great ideas! Have a great week!

We have a cabinet full of those Good2Grow cup heads! 😂

Girl you and those good 2 grow juices me too😂😂❤they are perfect to reuse! My families favorite ranch is eat n park but since they dont sell it in stores I go get it by the quart from the restaurant. Now you got me wanting to try the GV ranch.

I'm sure you've heard this heaps but your voice is so soothing! 😊 Love your vids, watching from New Zealand 🌞💚

Love your videos xx

Great ideas ❤❤❤❤

I absolutely loved all the lunches you made for the kids yum o. My kids are just as picky when it comes to grilled sandwiches if I get the bread too toasted they will not eat and they love ranch too much lol they put on almost everything they eat. 😃

I love how you do well-balanced lunches for your kids and hubbie. I also love to see what they eat and don't eat. Thanks for sharing! Shout out to Riley for being honest that the top of her grilled cheese looked weird. :)

I love your videos so much

Tysm, for sharing, I miss this❤👍💙💕

You can slice the apple then hold it together with a clean rubber band on unused hair tie!

My daughter really liked the waffle pizza pockets. She said she'll be making something similar for her lunch tomorrow.

Love these videos

I buy the Land o Lakes spreadable butter with olive oil. I love it.

As for your son getting both school lunch and boxed lunches with my two boys it was there friends where getting it so they wanted to eat the same thing their friends where eating

Hope you and your family had a nice Thanksgiving.

Sun butter. If there’s a peanut allergy they typically will limit all nut butters including Nutella!

Our schools are peanut free/safe as many now are

Now theeeese ... Definitely trying for my picky 2 year old lol. Have you thought of making a video for quick lunch ideas for when you're in a rush? Hah

I bet those pizza grilled cheese would be bomb dipped in that ranch 😋

Fun tip to make apples more tasty for kids is cut them into cubes, shake em up in a container with lemon juice and cinnamon 😋

I'm gonna try the tortilla wrapped hotdogs for my kids

I feel like it is insane how little time kids get for lunch and recess these days.

Great video ❤

Hey Kristen! Thank you so much for the before and after information! I have been watching lunchbox videos from different sources and notice most lunchboxes have a good amount of food in them-more than my kids usually eat in one sitting. I know everyone's eating habits are different-some kids skip breakfast and eat a bigger lunch and some kids snack all day and never really eat 3 squares. My kids eat 3 squares and a small snack before bed. They are all a healthy size and very active. Do your kids eat breakfast? Do they eat a late dinner? I'm just trying to figure out why people's lunchbox amounts seem to be too much for my oldest 2 kids (ages 10 and 8). Thanks!

looks great! what is the green thing in the bottom of the lunchbox?

I was today years old when I found out you can put a regular piece of bread in the waffle maker 😮🎉

Great video and variety. How many food breaks do they get?

You need the butter spray😊

That bowl you mixed the ranch in is adorable!! Is it Walmart ??

cool

I wish my son would try new stuff it’s PB& J all the time it seems like lol 😂 but he eats ok at home. Idk why when he packs a lunch he won’t try new stuff smh 🤦🏼‍♀️ I add like half of a Turkey sandwich in with the pb and j just to sorta see if he will try it.

Not to be nosey, but approximately how much do you think it costs for your family to home-lunch. I have been debating on doing this with my kiddos and I don't wanna break the bank unless I have too.

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Can you share how you write your meal plan?

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