This morning I made the school lunches and then opened my son’s backpack only to find a note stating that in addition to nuts, there was a severe allergy in his class that prevents me from packing any food containing cooked or un-cooked eggs. No meatballs, pancake bites, egg-containing breads or pizza dough. I can totally handle the restrictions but I feel so very sorry for all families that must deal with scary allergies. It’s a tough world we live in, and I can’t imagine the level of anxiety the child and parents feel trusting other parents to pack egg-free lunches in order to be safe in the classroom.
While I love to make food and snacks from scratch, sometimes relying on companies with high standards, where ingredients are clearly written on a package is comforting as well as convenient. We’ve rounded up a few new snacks and will be giving them all away to one lucky family. Here’s a wrap-up of what we’ve discovered, along with a giveaway of all of these snacks and MORE.
- The delicious, ooey-gooey treat kids know and love. Rice Krispy squares are super easy to make, and you can freeze them individually and pop them in the lunchbox.
- Homemade fruit roll-ups (1 cup frozen raspberries, 1 cup frozen peaches, 1 tsp finely grated orange zest. Strain the fruit, puree, and then bake on Silpat in a 175 degree F oven for 4-5 hours).
- Sweet and savoury popcorn (drizzle with ¾ cup finely grated parmesan, 1 Tbsp dried Italian seasoning, 1 pinch crushed red pepper flakes)
- Fruit salad with some fresh mint thrown in
- Mini muffin tin ham and egg bites
- Protein Energy Balls (1 1/2 cups rolled oats, 1/2 cup vanilla protein powder, 1/2 tsp cinnamon, 1 T chia seeds, 1/2 cup smooth natural peanut butter, 3 T natural honey, 1 tsp vanilla extract, 1/3 cup raisins or chocolate chips, 3 T almond milk)
- Homemade granola bars
- Celery with spreadable cheese inside
- Avocado or cucumber sushi! (Don’t go for the fish without refrigeration).
- Blended banana, milk and vanilla protein powder in a bottle
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I like to pack cheese and crackers and fruit when their are allergies! There is a lil boy in my sons class who has a severe peanut allergy so we are away alot on what we pack. This would be very helpful and great! Thanks!
We pack our usual meals and snacks. Fresh fruit and veggies, leftovers from dinner. We don’t keep any nut products in the house. This helps to not send something by accident!
Well Sophie can’t bring anything for her snack or lunch that has eggs, fish or nuts. She usually takes a chicken and ranch wrap and carrot sticks.
Amazing giveaway. It is so hard to provide snacks everyday with so many allergies. It is usually fruits and veggies . Thanks.
often pack -fresh fruit, cheese with crackers, and cheese sandwich when we help with the grand children
FRUITS VEGGIES AND SNACKS LABELED ALLERGY GLUTEN FREE
We do fruit, vegetables, meats and bread. I just read the labels of everything I purchase!
fresh fruit or yogurt are good ones
The go-to lunch is tuna ‘salad’ with crackers, or quesadillas, and fruit or granola bars marked peanut free.
We like to have hummus with carrots and celery and granola bars of some sort
I pack the kids fruit and crackers
Veggies, Fruit, Cheese, Crackers, Yogurt and Snacks labelled allergy free are all good choices.
My son eats oat and honey granola bars but is looking for some variety so these would be perfect!
Besos Sarah.
My 2 year old is allergic to peanuts, so we eat lots of veggies and yogurt, and peanut free snacks!
Fruit is our choice of snack for allergies in the classroom.
We pack fruits and veggies, deli meat sandwiches, and peanut free snacks
I pack fresh fruit and vegetables.
We go for fruits and vegetables or homemade snacks.
My kids love veggies and dip! There are no allergies to this in either of their classrooms!
It would be fantastic to win this Allergy-Free Snack Basket.
In response to your question of
What do you pack for school lunches when there are severe allergies in their class?
I don’t have any children to send to school but for my nieces i would pack
a Ham and Cheese Sandwich, a Banana, a granola bar and a juice box.
Thank you for having this giveaway.
I stick to whole foods, like meats, cheese, a piece of fruit, raw veggies and a healthy whole grain bagel/bun. Thank you for the giveaway!
Lots of fruits and veggies.
I usually would pack fruit then
We pack fresh fruits and veggies
We respect the rules of the classroom when it comes to specific allergies, but we usually stick with fruits & vegs, nut free snacks just to be safe.
We pack fruits and nut-free snacks
We pack fresh fruits and vegetables, and cheese sandwiches.
We pack fruit and veggies sticks, cheese and crackers.
We have a very severe peanut allergy in my daughters class we can’t even feed our kids peanut butter for breakfast just in case of crumbs. We do Nutella instead
there are peanut allergies in the school and class, we like to do snack crackers or rice crackers, with meat, cheese and a variety of fruit
Fruit and veggies as well as any snacks I can find with the peanut free symbol prominently displayed on it!
I do sunbutter sandwiches and veggies with homemade hummus.
We pack sandwiches and granola, we just can’t have any fish or nuts
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not fun seeing someone affected by allergies. so Packing peanut butter free snacks is a must.
We pack fruit, veggies and home made muffins which we label
One really fun allergy friendly snack is Gerbs they come in sweet and savory mixes.
We pack sandwiches, and lots of fruits and veggies.
We pack brown rice and roasted veggies as well as bananas, apples, or celery.
I pack fruits and veggies! Lunch meat roll up with cheese!
We pack veggies and fruits mostly; my daughter likes a cheese & tomato wrap in her lunch.
I usually pack fruit, both fresh and dried for the kids to snack on at school.
Whatever is safe really. Rely on some store bought but alot is homemade where I took extra care . fruit is always good , home made trail mix with allergen friendly things is good as well since you can get most of the nutrients you need and is fun enough kids will eat it , stuff like raisins, gold fish crackers ,chocolate etc.
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I pack fresh fruit and veggies
Usually cheese strings, fruit, veggies and animal crackers
Cheese and crackers
we are not even allowed items like WowButter as they look too much like peanut butter! fruit is a safe choice, crackers and cheese and muffins
My kids love cheese strings, bear paws, nut-free granola bars, and fruit as school snacks
I usually pack steamed vegetables for kids to share who may have allergies.
I pack granola bars and similar snacks that are labelled peanut free, fruit and jello cups, lunch mates, sandwiches.
My daughter who has a severe nut allergy takes fruit and veggies
cheese, crackers,veggies and fruits
I always make sure the snacks are peanut free and send lots of fruit in their lunches.
It’s gluten free snacks I bake so I know what’s in them and fruit and vegetables.
I would pack veggies like celery and carrot sticks, fruit (apple, banana), tortilla wrap and pudding.
Fresh fruit and veggies and snack without peanuts
I pack fresh fruits and veggies and cheese and crackers.
Pretzels and hummus or ranch dip and veggies.
I pack them fruits, veggies, cheese, crackers, sometimes leftovers! Anything that is Peanut free of course!
We send hummus and crackers a lot, as well as red pepper slices and pretzels.
peanut free snacks,granola bars,yogurt,fruit
Any tye of but-free snacks are good. My kids especially like when I pack them fruit with yogurt to dip.
That’s a tough one. I would pack just meat, bread, fruit, and vegetables.
Sandwiches and veggies.
We pack fruits, veggies, cheese yogurts
Cheese sticks and fruit. My kids really like peaches and pears in their lunch.
I like carrots and hummus, and yogurt as school snacks.
We usually back cheese and crackers as well as fresh fruit ad veggies.
we do fruit and veggies with cheese and crackers
fruit, veggies, peanut-free granola bars (i always watch for the symbol that indicates made in a peanut-free facility!)
I pack veggies and fruit and sandwiches, we never pack nuts just in case there is an allergic person that might come into contact with it.
Fruit, rice crispies, mini chocolate bars and DORITOS
I pack a lot of fresh fruit and veggies, or make homemade treats so I know all the ingredients.
Cut up fruit and veggies, different kinds of crackers with different toppers.
I find it difficult to pack lunches when there are allergies. So many products contain something. Majority of products are non-peanut free which really limits your options. I tend to stick to peanut free products for snacks for my kids lunches and have taught them that even though it is nice to share – they are not to share their lunches because they may be peanut free but, you don’t know what other allergies the students have.
I pack veggies and fruits, cheese and yogurt
We do fruits, veggies, meat and crackers.
It really depends on what the allergies are… peanut free stuff is fairly common. There are some kids that are allergic to fish. So tuna is sometimes off the menu. Fruit and veggies is usually common, although there was one kid with a citrus allergy a couple of years ago.
Fruit & veggies, plus yogurt or cheese.