My daughter's school has this policy school wide, so I've been making peanut free lunches for her all year but she only goes to school two days a week.
I gotta get the creative juices going again! My son had fallen into a PB&J slump. Without the ability to re-heat, it sure limits the main course options....but, luckily I have this blog! I can go back through and get lunch ideas from what I have done in the past!
Yikes! I don't know what I would do if I got that letter! Kidlet eats peanut butter almost every day!
ReplyDeleteI feel your pain, Amanda. My children just don't like peanut butter that much, so it's not a good option around here either. However, they will sometimes eat almond butter and jelly. If your kids don't like it at first, you could try blending it with peanut butter (for home lunches) and gradually change the ratio. This is a fun variation that my kids have liked (with almond butter):
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Have you tried soy butter or sunbutter as a PB&J alternative? There's even peabutter now. I hope to do a post comparing all of them very soon.
ReplyDeleteGood luck finding something to replace the pb & j! My son is allergic, and we use soy butter instead. There's not too much of a taste difference and keeps him happy!
ReplyDeleteI don't think my kids would survive if it weren't for peanut butter!
ReplyDeleteWe've done almond butter quite a bit, I send it with my daughter sometimes. My son isn't crazy about it.
ReplyDeleteI'll have to branch out and try the soy and sun r peabutter (never heard of sunbutter or peabutter!).
Thanks for the ideas!!
Out of all the alternatives sunbutter tastes almost exactly like peanut butter--most kids don't even realize thre was a switch!!
ReplyDeleteI find it surprising that the school can tell you what not to pack for your own kids. That boggles my mind actually.
ReplyDeleteWe've been in nut-free situations since my son started school. Next year, they have a nut-free table, so I can sent PB and J. Probably don't want to get me started on what I think about the whole ida, but it is what it is! We do a lot of cheese and crackers, he also loves hard-boiled eggs. I put a little salt in one of the sauce containers.
ReplyDeleteI actually have 2 kids who have peanut allergies. It is a VERY serious thing, and I think it shouldn't be just for a class but for the whole school...like my sons' schools are. For some children who have a peanut allergy, even the slightest smell of peanut butter will send them into an anaphylatic reaction (a.ka. shortness of breath, closing of the throat)!! Trust me, it's hard for me because I love a good ole' fashion PBJ!! Before you say anything about PBJ, please put yourself in the shoes of parents who have kids that have severe allergies! (BTW, a parent's suggestion of peanut butter sandwiches for snack at a daycare my kids use to attend, is how we found out my 4 year old has a very severe allergy!)
ReplyDeleteI teach at my daughter's preschool and have peanut allergies in my class the last few years. I am so glad it is a peanut free school because in the toddler/preschool years a child could get peanut butter hands wiped on them or could even possibly end up eating crumbs from another child. (not proud of this one, but I had a three year old in my class pick up a chunk of cookie off the floor that another child dropped. I thought she was taking it to the trash can with the rest another item she had in her hand. She ate it before I could even react! -point it, as careful as we are, it happens.
ReplyDeleteI also taught at a high school in the past where we lost a sophomore because he ate a cookie (he knew but thought one wouldn't hurt) had peanut butter chips in it. That has stuck with me big time.
With my son's school, I was just very taken aback that they are asking just his class, now, in April to be peanut free. I actually wish the whole school would go that route, not just select classes. They sit so close together in the cafeteria.
Thanks for your awareness... I just sometimes wish others would understand how hard it is to find foods peanut or nut free...and not to mention peanuts are not their only allergies...poor babies!
ReplyDeleteBTW, thanks for your blog...it's giving me some great ideas for my boys lunches...though they are VERY resistant! Determined to change, Ha!
ReplyDeleteOh, we know resistance around here! we are not strangers to that. The best advice I ever got was to keep putting a few bites worth of whatever it is they are resisting on their plate and eventually THEY will decide to try it! Also, if they don't like something, try again a few months later cause kids' tastes change all the time!
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