Toddler Lunch Box Question

Hi,

If the problem is leftover food is getting spoilt, that cannot be avoided as half eaten food would have bacteria from the saliva and it will spoil it because the weather is hot. You can pack smaller portions in different containers and give them. Even more to prevent spoilage make sure u mix the food with a bit of ghee and be sure to heat up the food well in a different contianer and then pack it. If you want the food to be warm, I suggest you buy those thermostat lunch bags that are available in Amazon online. Make sure while packing the food you do not come in contact with food with bare hands. Try avoiding recipes with coconut and potato as they aid in spoilage.

Good luck.

 

Yah by the time they are back from school it def would get spolit!
but.. Do you give them rice + sambhar everyday?? Sambhar you must be adding veggies like peas which spoil quick/and toor dal also get spoiled easily and is gas forming....

I think you can give them roti wraps (fried aloo wrapped in parathas?), add some ghee/oil in curries and add rotis/parathas..can you spend 30 min in the morning for preparing their lunch fresh? sorry I dont know about your work and home situation..but it would be best to give them lunch prepared in the morning rather than in night...
google easy to cook healthy quick dishes for kids lunch boxes, maybe you can prepare most of the lunch in the night except just the cooking part, like making idlis hardly needs kitchen presence...

roti wraps with any fried veggie (aloo, aloogobhi, cabbage etc), fried idlies or idli dhoklas, puri-sabjis etc..

for kids to eat warm food, invest in good quality insulated lunch boxes, I am not sure they should heat the food in microwave, if they have access to it in school....

 

Oh I didnt know you had pickey eater, I also didnt know you are in US, so in US schools, there is no microwave to heat the lunch? ice packs are easily available in walmart, you just put them in lunchbox to keep them from spoiling....try if you like any rachel ray school lunch box:

https://www.walmart.com/ip/38252090...75035&wl11=online&wl12=38252090&wl13=&veh=sem

does your kid eat fritters? veggie fritters would be nice with tomato ketchup...try for your kid to eat variety of foods esp in holidays or weekend, try actively on working your kid to eat different texture and variety foods....it is also imp for the kids to have balanced meal, else they will be deficient in imp and vital nutrients...

good luck