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Because of all the food issues in our house, I have to pretty much make everything from scratch (no gluten or lactose for me, no corn for the dd, and b/c of my son's chemo no nitrates and no preservatives). That being said, I know my kids want to have the some kind of lunches that the other kids bring. So I make my sister take lunchables twice a week to work for lunch and save me the containers~then I 'remake' the lunchable using stuff that I know they can have. It's pretty easy actually, and very similar to the suggestions that lisa offerred. Their favorite is fajitas and they are actually very good cold. And because everything is assembled by them, I can even include lettuce and tomato (which the prepacked ones don't have) and nothing gets soggy because it's all assembled last minute, not in the morning. I also get her premade salad containers that grocery stores and fast food places sell side salads in. Toss your dressing in a snack size sandwich bag and you're good to go.
My only big recommendation is to invest in a boatload of plastic utensils. I got tired of losing flatware to the lunchroom. I swear some teacher has a whole set by now!
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