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  1. I’ve had great success this year getting my daughter to try different things in her lunchbox. She’s happy to have the crudites without dressing – raw carrots or steamed broccoli are favourites.

    And we’ve moved from sandwiches (which she pecked at) to wraps and pitta pockets (which she devours) and I force her to pick two or three things at the beginning of the week which we then alternate during the week.

    She also loves leftover pasta pesto, pasta carbonara, egg-fried rice or risotto – so I make a little extra when I’m cooking something she’ll like and give her that for lunch next day.

    I’m still trying to get tomatoes into her but no luck yet – she’ll eat them in every other form except their natural one.

  2. you might want to be a careful giving cold rice, or egg-fried rice – I believe its not advised by the food safety people.

  3. Cold rice should be fine, hot or warm rice (may be) a problem. Unless off course its a warm day (food will get warm…)

  4. http://www.eatwell.gov.uk/healthydiet/nutritionessentials/starchfoods/#elem229909

    the danger appears to be when rice is left at room temperature, but this is likely to happen if its left in a schoolbag. Its dodgy.

  5. Yep, appreciate the feedback, Liam – I’m all for training the immune system with kids but there’s no point in making her sick on purpose. It hasn’t so far but I might steer clear of it from now on.