What's for lunch - Part 3
published:
Thursday | August 28, 2008
Nashauna Drummond, Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Bananas are rich in potassium and help to maintain normal blood pressure and heart functions.
What are tiny tots eating?
This is the final in our three-part series on ideas for back-to-school lunch boxes. We hope you found them useful. Many times the children bring back some of what you gave them for lunch. Since we have long moved past the days when you ate what you got happily or starve for the day, why not get their input in the whole process?
Food spoke with some children to find out what they eat first, last or not at all from the lunch boxes every day.
Five-year-old Justin Lincoln-Walker loves his sandwiches. Nothing makes him happier than seeing : a cheese sandwich, bun and cheese, cheese patty topped off with a Delight juice and a Chubby, in his lunch box.
He also loves sausages but he prefers to have them without bread - that will definitely be returned in the lunch box.
Banana chips and cheese sticks are also a favourite but apples and bananas go straight back home and sometimes the bun and cheese sandwich will end up being returned.
Jonté likes Cheetos!
Jonté Grant is seven years old and likes Cheetos, Doritos and Oreo cookies for his snacks at school. But the little fellow also loves fruits like kiwi and grapes so his mom packs those along too.
She usually packs two snacks and two juices (Delite and Fruta are two of his favourites in the latter) plus the fruit. He doesn't carry food home very often but on the rare occasion that he does, it doesn't last for very long; he usually finishes it before dinner.
Because he gets what he likes, if he trades anything, it might be any of the above snack foods. But whatever it is, it would have to be for another of his favourite snacks; popcorn!
daviot.kelly@gleanerjm.com
Tiana's pouch
There are lots of snack ideas to choose from in the supermarket. - photos by Kyle Macpherson/Freelance Photographer
Latoya Grindley, Gleaner Reporter
On most days, six-year-old Tiana Carson gets to pack her snack pouch, filling it with items she wants to eat at school. This is what she normally packs on a day she gets to choose:
1 pack of cheetos
1 Ziploc bag filled with Pringles
1 pack of Chippies banana chips
1 pack of Oreo cookies
1 chubby (preferably the bubble gum flavour)
1 bottle of water.
On days when she gets what she wants, if something is left behind, it would be the water bottle half full, which she drinks with any snack she saves to eat while on her way home in the school bus.
Tiana leaves school at 2 o'clock , after spending six hours and finds time to snack during her two breaks plus eats the lunch provided by the school. She shares with friends who don't like what's in their snack pack and the gesture is returned when she is not pleased with her snacks.
Camar
Four-year-old Camar Levy does not eat much and other than snacking at school, he drinks a lot. He loves cereals such as fruit loops as well as trix. Along with a container filled with milk, he takes a cereal of his choice to school. That is accompanied by a water bottle with two fruit juices of his choice. On his way home he snacks on Skittles - his favourite sweet.
A glass of water a day keeps the doctor away.
Both Tiana and Camar's least favourite items to take to school are fruits and vegetables. According to their parents, if they are not given away at school, they are taken back home untouched. Tiana prefers to eat fruits at home when she has no other option.
Timothy's treats
Six-year-old Timothy Brooks' favourite snacks for school are crisps (potato chips, cheetos etc.)
Though his mother ensures that he has healthy snacks such as sandwiches, fruits, and juices, he often trades away his sandwich for sweets or chips.
His mother said that whenever he does not eat a good breakfast she tells him that he has to eat the sandwich.
Cranky
Sometimes when he becomes cranky and does have breakfast, she adds a few extra snacks: small pack of cereal or more fruits. She said he knows that the fruits, which are usually apples or ripe bananas are a must; and must be taken back home.
She said that adding a sandwich is much cheaper than the Pringles and Doritos, so she makes sure he has a sandwich each day.
He is not allowed any sweets or sweet biscuits. His mother notes that he is not very picky, but he loves his chips and juices such as Ribeana, Cranberry Fruta, and Delight.
keisha.shakespeare@gleamerjm.com
Fresh cow's milk helps keep your bones healthy and strong.
Liqui Fruit Juice is a 100 per cent juice that is very refreshing and quite delicious. Any child will enjoy it.
