french toast sticks w syrup cup, pancake sausage sticks, air fried elios pizzas cut into shapes are some things we do! tons of fruit but you already know that :D
Great way to start my Saturday morning with a video from you Kristin. What a great mom & wife you are, always such thoughtfully packed lunches for your family. Hope you all have a wonderful fall weekend. 🍁🍂🍁🍂
Fill a bowl with water and a pinch of salt, add the apples for 30 seconds or so pat dry, this keeps them from turning brown and they don't taste like lemon. 🙂
Even though my kids are grown and have kids of their own, its fun to see how home packed school lunch has changed over the years. I have 5kids and worked full time outside if home so it was easier to have the kids buy lunch at school. It was pricey because they had al la carte and of course they blew thru their budget by day three lol
Hi Kristin. Love your lunchbox videos!! You always amaze me with all the creative ways you come up with to make lunches nutritious and fun--for both your husband and children. Great job! Hugs.
I am a preschool teacher and all these are great ideas. Parents are always wondering what to pack for their kids to eat. You would be surprised by the amount of food kids waste. I think parents often overwhelme kids with so many choices that they often open to many things that just end up trashing .I see it everyday.
You put so much love into your lunch making for your kids and husband. I love all your ideas and have used many for my kids. Just a suggestion for the hot dog roll ups. Cut the hot dogs "almost" in half and stuff the middle cut pocket with some cheese before rolling up the tortilla. My kids love them that way. Love all your videos.
I would eat all those and I’m 34! Lol thank you for the ideas. My daughter is 2 years old but she’s in preschool and I’m always trying to think of creative things to pack her besides a sandwich
I will be using this as inspiration to make better lunches. I feel so overwhelmed about it sometimes, and my kids refuse to eat hot lunches. Thank you for making this!
I love your videos! I am hispanic and in my house we always ate our hot dogs in a corn tortilla instead of a bun and it’s the only way I can eat them now. I loved seeing you use tortillas that way in your video, it made me nostalgic 😊
So glad to see you cut the hotdog in half. They’re such a choking hazard, even for older kids. I get nervous abt that sort of thing too when I’m not around to keep an eye on them.
What a loving good mom giving her kids lunch instead of school lunch in Ethiopia they give vomit to students in school Krystan giving her kids living lunch and big loving hot lunches. ❤❤❤
Love these ideas! I have PreK age boy/girl twins, and my daughter is very picky but I think she would love a couple of these ..especially the pizza ideas & the hot dog roll ups!❤❤
I love how you do well-balanced lunches for your kids and hubbie. I also love to see what they eat and don't eat. Thanks for sharing! Shout out to Riley for being honest that the top of her grilled cheese looked weird. :)
I do peanut butter roll ups for my granddaughter. I ran out of bread one morning and used a tortilla. She loved it! She’d rather have the tortilla than the bread lol. What great ideas! Have a great week!
I just started watching my Grandson last week while he was on Fall break. You gave me some great ideas. He's 5 and we are finding out how ornery he really is. He basically had cereal and milk for breakfast and a small lunchable and anything else he liked usually chips and of course milk. Thanks for the ideas. 🥰 I like bananas on the dark side to. They are sweeter.
My granny always saved our juice bottles (good to grow, bug juice, etc.) and it was my favorite to drink chocolate milk out of when I stayed with to her!
Just bought a bento box for my middle schooler. Thank you for all the great ideas! My daughter will appreciate a break from pb&j and turkey sandwiches!😊
I know this is a few months old but I thought I'd still share. I often keep apple juice concentrate or orange juice concentrate in a jar in my freezer so that if I do need to soak some fruit I can just take out a tablespoon of fruit juice and add it with three tablespoons of water and voila
New to your channel 🤚 and im loving the content! I appreciate that you put things in the lunch box that my kiddo would actually eat. Other videos have pretty looking lunches but half the time I'm like my kid wouldn't eat that! So thanks for being real and relatable
Girl you and those good 2 grow juices me too😂😂❤they are perfect to reuse! My families favorite ranch is eat n park but since they dont sell it in stores I go get it by the quart from the restaurant. Now you got me wanting to try the GV ranch.
As for your son getting both school lunch and boxed lunches with my two boys it was there friends where getting it so they wanted to eat the same thing their friends where eating
I absolutely loved all the lunches you made for the kids yum o. My kids are just as picky when it comes to grilled sandwiches if I get the bread too toasted they will not eat and they love ranch too much lol they put on almost everything they eat. 😃
My daughter would say she was still hungry with nothing more than that to eat. She was a skinny girl, she weighed 87 pound at 15. She ate frequently, by her metabolism was so high, she just didn't gain weight.
As a food allergy mama, I wouldn't recommend replacing peanut butter with Almondbutter or Nutella... those are both Nut butters. I'd recommend Wowbutter, Cookie butter, or Sunflower Butter. I love your videos though. Just wanted to share.
I have a tree nut allergy and I can eat peanut butter because peanuts are not nuts they are legumes. Only 30% of people allergic to peanuts are also allergic to tree nuts. Nutella is made with hazelnuts.
I find it difficult having to change my child’s lunch to suit the 2 kids with allergies in School, not even in the same year. It would be so much easier for those 2 kids to eat separately as if its life threatening its essential they stay separate to eat then kids can eat what they prefer without being blamed for causing issues
Hey Kristen! Thank you so much for the before and after information! I have been watching lunchbox videos from different sources and notice most lunchboxes have a good amount of food in them-more than my kids usually eat in one sitting. I know everyone's eating habits are different-some kids skip breakfast and eat a bigger lunch and some kids snack all day and never really eat 3 squares. My kids eat 3 squares and a small snack before bed. They are all a healthy size and very active. Do your kids eat breakfast? Do they eat a late dinner? I'm just trying to figure out why people's lunchbox amounts seem to be too much for my oldest 2 kids (ages 10 and 8). Thanks!
What blessed little people to have a mom to put so much thought and love in their lunch and lives!
🥹❤️❤️
It’s so hard finding lunch ideas for my son on the spectrum but those hot dog roll ups at the end are going to be a hit!!! Such a good idea (:
french toast sticks w syrup cup, pancake sausage sticks, air fried elios pizzas cut into shapes are some things we do! tons of fruit but you already know that :D
I love these ideas, even for my adult lunches. And I like how you find ways to use up stuff you already have in new ways
Another great job, Kristin! I bet your kiddos are the envy of the school's lunch room!
Great way to start my Saturday morning with a video from you Kristin. What a great mom & wife you are, always such thoughtfully packed lunches for your family. Hope you all have a wonderful fall weekend. 🍁🍂🍁🍂
As a teacher, I love how you send a well-balanced lunch for your kids!
Did you forget veggies exist? 😅
Ya there is those mom that do send it but they don't eat lol
Ultra processed poison
Fill a bowl with water and a pinch of salt, add the apples for 30 seconds or so pat dry, this keeps them from turning brown and they don't taste like lemon. 🙂
Cool trick with the canning funnel.
Yes I’m 21 yrs old and will be making these recipes for my own lunch!!
Lmao facts haha!!
Finally someone who shows realistic lunches
Even though my kids are grown and have kids of their own, its fun to see how home packed school lunch has changed over the years.
I have 5kids and worked full time outside if home so it was easier to have the kids buy lunch at school. It was pricey because they had al la carte and of course they blew thru their budget by day three lol
Hi Kristin. Love your lunchbox videos!! You always amaze me with all the creative ways you come up with to make lunches nutritious and fun--for both your husband and children. Great job! Hugs.
Hi kristin love your lunchbox videos you always amaze me with all the creative ways you come up with to make lunchs nutruitius and fun for both.
I am a preschool teacher and all these are great ideas. Parents are always wondering what to pack for their kids to eat. You would be surprised by the amount of food kids waste. I think parents often overwhelme kids with so many choices that they often open to many things that just end up trashing .I see it everyday.
You put so much love into your lunch making for your kids and husband. I love all your ideas and have used many for my kids. Just a suggestion for the hot dog roll ups. Cut the hot dogs "almost" in half and stuff the middle cut pocket with some cheese before rolling up the tortilla. My kids love them that way. Love all your videos.
I would eat all those and I’m 34! Lol thank you for the ideas. My daughter is 2 years old but she’s in preschool and I’m always trying to think of creative things to pack her besides a sandwich
My 6yo loves the pinwheels
**TIP**
Put a lil raw baby spinach in the pinwheels like you would lettuce to add veggie. Also smashed avocado.
I will be using this as inspiration to make better lunches. I feel so overwhelmed about it sometimes, and my kids refuse to eat hot lunches. Thank you for making this!
You can use mayo in place of butter :) much easier to spread and has a higher spoke point and I promise it doesn't make it taste any different!
I learned that trick a while ago. So helpful!
The tortilla wrapped hotdog is a great idea, I might try that for my adult lunchbox!
Had it at a gas station with a sausage inside, it was good.
I love your videos! I am hispanic and in my house we always ate our hot dogs in a corn tortilla instead of a bun and it’s the only way I can eat them now. I loved seeing you use tortillas that way in your video, it made me nostalgic 😊
My favorite part is that your kids eat it wll almost everytime meaning they are happy with full fellows at school way to go momma!
Kristen, I pop the naan rounds in the toaster and wrap in aluminum foil. It doesn’t keep them warm but it does keep them soft.
What a great mom you are! So creative with their lunches!! They are so lucky to have you and Josh as parents and role models!! Way to go❤❤❤❤😂😂😂❤
I love these videos! I can watch these and the ones for your husband all day.
So glad to see you cut the hotdog in half. They’re such a choking hazard, even for older kids. I get nervous abt that sort of thing too when I’m not around to keep an eye on them.
What a loving good mom giving her kids lunch instead of school lunch in Ethiopia they give vomit to students in school
Krystan giving her kids living lunch and big loving hot lunches. ❤❤❤
You are an awesome mother,your kids are so lucky to have those great lunches. Wow. I love watching your videos
Your lunch videos are always my favorite! Always great ideas and easy!
Thank you for these realistic meal ideas!
Mayonnaise works the same as butter for grill cheeses and a delicious crusty crust.😁
Love these ideas! I have PreK age boy/girl twins, and my daughter is very picky but I think she would love a couple of these ..especially the pizza ideas & the hot dog roll ups!❤❤
Peanut butter and jelly on a tortilla wrap is really good and you could cut it in pin wheels 😊 my grandkids love this way
I love how you do well-balanced lunches for your kids and hubbie. I also love to see what they eat and don't eat. Thanks for sharing! Shout out to Riley for being honest that the top of her grilled cheese looked weird. :)
Thank you!! She is very honest haha!
I do peanut butter roll ups for my granddaughter. I ran out of bread one morning and used a tortilla. She loved it! She’d rather have the tortilla than the bread lol. What great ideas! Have a great week!
You can do a peanut butter/banana tortilla roll-up as well.
I just discovered you and am OBSESSED! Thank you so much for the amazing ideas...we are oficially out of our turkey sandwich slump!
I freeze the naan bread and then use the defrost setting on my toaster when I need them.
These are brilliant, thank you. I’m the cook in the family so this is super helpful
Love all the lunch box videos!!!!! Thanks for another video!!!❤
Thank you!! 💗
I just started watching my Grandson last week while he was on Fall break. You gave me some great ideas. He's 5 and we are finding out how ornery he really is. He basically had cereal and milk for breakfast and a small lunchable and anything else he liked usually chips and of course milk. Thanks for the ideas. 🥰 I like bananas on the dark side to. They are sweeter.
Great ideas… my girls are all grown. I wish you were around then I was packing lunches.. fantastic ideas
i don't have any kids but love watching your videos 😀
Hi! Super ideas for the kids lunchbox! Thanks for the recipes
My granny always saved our juice bottles (good to grow, bug juice, etc.) and it was my favorite to drink chocolate milk out of when I stayed with to her!
I love the lunches you pack for your husband
OMG love the pizza idea!!!!! Thank you for sharing, love your ideas. I have 5 school age kiddos and my husbands lunch to pack everyday.😊
I always enjoy these videos and get good ideas for my kiddos! Thanks!
Kristin,your lunch and dinner ideas ALWAYS look Tasty 😋 and filled with variety!😊 Your nails 💅 are Pretty!🩵
I feel like it is insane how little time kids get for lunch and recess these days.
I love all of these ideas! Videos of what you make for your kids’ lunches are my favorites and always saved🥰 thank u!
Those are some Great Lunches 😁 lots of variety !!
Girl you do an AMAZING job with lunches. #goals
I love your videos and voice so much ❤❤❤❤
Aw thank you!! 💗
Your the best thinking up special lunches for our family❤️
Just bought a bento box for my middle schooler. Thank you for all the great ideas! My daughter will appreciate a break from pb&j and turkey sandwiches!😊
Also I prefer brown bananas!
Another great video Kristin! You are such an awesome Mama! 💗💙
There is a drink container on Amazon that fits those toppers perfectly. I bought one and love it
They all look so good
Love all your sweet lunches for your children! ❤
Love your lunch ideas! Thank you!
Aww adorable lunches full of lots of love too.great video.many blessings to you all 😊❤😊❤
You can slice the apple then hold it together with a clean rubber band on unused hair tie!
My daughter really liked the waffle pizza pockets. She said she'll be making something similar for her lunch tomorrow.
I know this is a few months old but I thought I'd still share. I often keep apple juice concentrate or orange juice concentrate in a jar in my freezer so that if I do need to soak some fruit I can just take out a tablespoon of fruit juice and add it with three tablespoons of water and voila
Great ideas for the kiddos 😊😊😊
Such good ideas! Thank you!
We have a cabinet full of those Good2Grow cup heads! 😂
Fun tip to make apples more tasty for kids is cut them into cubes, shake em up in a container with lemon juice and cinnamon 😋
Sun butter. If there’s a peanut allergy they typically will limit all nut butters including Nutella!
Great lunch ideas! Thanks
New to your channel 🤚 and im loving the content! I appreciate that you put things in the lunch box that my kiddo would actually eat. Other videos have pretty looking lunches but half the time I'm like my kid wouldn't eat that! So thanks for being real and relatable
Thank you! I’m happy you’re here. ❤️
Great video you’re so creative
Hope you and your family had a nice Thanksgiving.
Thank you so much! We did, I hope you did too!
Oh yeah I love your videos they give me ideas for my sons lunches
Girl you and those good 2 grow juices me too😂😂❤they are perfect to reuse! My families favorite ranch is eat n park but since they dont sell it in stores I go get it by the quart from the restaurant. Now you got me wanting to try the GV ranch.
Totally dig this❤ my girls are twins, now 21 😮 so different bit so fun to pack a lunch
You’re a great mom!
Thanks mom for sharing 🙏 this gives me a lot of ideas
I love your lunchbox videos!
oh my gosh!!! the candy corn mix. i must get that!!!
I like the idea of pizza grilled cheese! That is going on my list for next week.
I love all of your videos. I get so many delicious recipes from you and others.
Thank you!! 🥰❤️
@KristinStepp you're welcome, friend. Hope you're doing well this lovely Saturday morning.
I buy the Land o Lakes spreadable butter with olive oil. I love it.
Lucky kiddoes!!
Great ideas and recipes 🥰 Thank you for sharing
I'm sure you've heard this heaps but your voice is so soothing! 😊 Love your vids, watching from New Zealand 🌞💚
As for your son getting both school lunch and boxed lunches with my two boys it was there friends where getting it so they wanted to eat the same thing their friends where eating
That makes sense! I’ve never thought about it like that.
I absolutely loved all the lunches you made for the kids yum o. My kids are just as picky when it comes to grilled sandwiches if I get the bread too toasted they will not eat and they love ranch too much lol they put on almost everything they eat. 😃
My daughter would say she was still hungry with nothing more than that to eat. She was a skinny girl, she weighed 87 pound at 15. She ate frequently, by her metabolism was so high, she just didn't gain weight.
I always enjoy your videos
As a food allergy mama, I wouldn't recommend replacing peanut butter with Almondbutter or Nutella... those are both Nut butters. I'd recommend Wowbutter, Cookie butter, or Sunflower Butter. I love your videos though. Just wanted to share.
I have a tree nut allergy and I can eat peanut butter because peanuts are not nuts they are legumes. Only 30% of people allergic to peanuts are also allergic to tree nuts. Nutella is made with hazelnuts.
I find it difficult having to change my child’s lunch to suit the 2 kids with allergies in School, not even in the same year. It would be so much easier for those 2 kids to eat separately as if its life threatening its essential they stay separate to eat then kids can eat what they prefer without being blamed for causing issues
Thank you so much I’m gonna use these ideas soon
I bet those pizza grilled cheese would be bomb dipped in that ranch 😋
Hi Kristin! Great lunches! Hope you all enjoyed the school break😊
Thank you, we have! 🥰
Just wondering how long is their lunch time? My kids wouldn't be able to finish all that.. they have 30 minutes. Do your kids get snack time as well?
Great video and variety. How many food breaks do they get?
I love I girl. Yay another video. Love all your recipes
Super Mom! Thanks for the inspiration!!
Where did you get the cute monogrammed lunch boxes ??? Thanks for the video. :)
Hey Kristen! Thank you so much for the before and after information! I have been watching lunchbox videos from different sources and notice most lunchboxes have a good amount of food in them-more than my kids usually eat in one sitting. I know everyone's eating habits are different-some kids skip breakfast and eat a bigger lunch and some kids snack all day and never really eat 3 squares. My kids eat 3 squares and a small snack before bed. They are all a healthy size and very active. Do your kids eat breakfast? Do they eat a late dinner? I'm just trying to figure out why people's lunchbox amounts seem to be too much for my oldest 2 kids (ages 10 and 8). Thanks!
Our schools are peanut free/safe as many now are