Once the weather starts getting chilly, a basic peanut butter and jelly sandwich in your child’s lunch box gets pretty bland. Here are a dozen simple winter lunch ideas that will keep your kids warm and filled at school.
Winter lunch ideas
These ideas are easy to make ahead on the weekend for reheating during the week. They also make great weeknight meals with leftovers for the next day. There are a couple of ways to keep hot food hot at school.
- soup, pasta, chili, or anything somewhat liquid – thermos
- tortillas or anything that can stay completely hot – wrap in foil
- sandwiches on bread or anything that could get soggy – put the hot filling in a thermos and keep the bread separate for assembly at lunch time
Lunch recipes
Note: These recipes and the photos belong to the blogs below and are used with permission. Please pin individual recipes from those blogs; to pin this whole post please use the main image above.
1. chicken quesadillas | Stuffed Suitcase
2. sloppy joes | The Pioneer Woman
3. chicken noodle soup | One Mama’s Daily Drama
4. bacon, turkey & broccoli grilled cheese | Hot Eats and Cool Reads
5. pizza quesadillas with dipping sauce | Five Heart Home
6. slow cooker chili | One Mama’s Daily Drama
7. chicken tortilla soup | Becky’s Best Bites
8. slow cooker broccoli cheese soup | Well Plated
9. rustic Italian chicken | One Mama’s Daily Drama
10. one skillet spicy sausage jambalaya | Dukes & Duchesses
11. one pot Mexican skillet pasta | Damn Delicious
12. pasta and red sauce | One Mama’s Daily Drama
Do you send your kids a hot school lunch when the weather is cold? What are your favorite winter lunch recipes?
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