Running Out of Lunch Ideas?
Try These Easy Non-Sandwich Lunches!
If you’re tired of packing the same sandwiches every day and your kids are starting to complain, I’ve got the solution for you! With my non-sandwich school lunch ideas, you’ll have plenty of creative, nutritious options that are easy to pack and fun for your kids to eat.
Quick, Simple Lunch Ideas That Aren’t Sandwiches
I know how challenging it can be to keep lunches exciting while juggling a busy schedule. Whether your child doesn’t like sandwiches, or you’re just looking for new ideas, these lunches without bread will help you mix things up.
As a busy mom packing school lunches for four kids, I’ve been through it all. From bite-sized wraps to hearty salads and protein-packed snack boxes, I’ve mastered the art of making lunchtime stress-free for parents and fun for kids.
I’ve packed every kind of lunch imaginable.
Cold lunch, hot lunch, sandwiches, salads, quesadillas, soup…
My most popular lunches over the years have been the non sandwich lunches.
Keep reading and I’ve got lots more lunch idea and tips for you.
I’ve got my top five tips for easy lunch packing, ideas for gluten-free and nut-free lunches, ideas for some of my favorite breakfast-for-lunch, my favorite lunch packing product, tips for how I keep apples from turning brown, and so much more.
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Most of my packed lunches for kids are packed in EasyLunchboxes. These are a great inexpensive bento style lunch box and we love them because they truly do make lunch packing easy. I’ve got a whole post here where I have done a detailed review of these lunchboxes for you including all the reasons we love them.
You can find them and a lot of my other favorite lunch packing products here on my Amazon Storefront (I earn a small commission when you purchase).
Non Sandwich Lunch Ideas
My most popular posts about lunch packing ideas for kids are the no sandwich lunch ideas. The images below will take you to my pages and posts with all of my non sandwich lunch ideas, most of them are lunches without bread, and a lot of other fun packed lunch ideas without sandwiches.
If you want to pack lunches that look like mine - I’ve got you all covered with everything I use listed in my Amazon store, be sure to check it out.
Now for the lunches.
Start here if you new to lunch packing and want to pack non sandwich lunches - this first post has my top 5 non sandwich lunch ideas. Even if this is all you ever do, this will give you a different lunch every day of the week.
My top 5 ideas for simple non sandwich lunch packing. Start here if you are new to lunch packing.
The next four images will take you to four pages loaded with pictures of actual non sandwich lunches I have packed for my family. These aren’t fake lunches staged for photos - these are the real deal. I have packed literally hundreds of these lunches. Bookmark and Pin these pages so you never run out of lunch ideas.
And if you want more beyond just the non sandwich lunches - keep scrolling down for links to more of my lunch ideas and lunch packing tips.
Page 1 of non sandwich lunches that I have packed. There are too many to put on one page, so after you check these out be sure to click the links for the next page of lunches.
Page 2 of real non sandwich lunches I have packed for my kids.
Page 3 of no sandwich lunches
The last page! All the rest of the no sandwich lunches that I have packed and photographed over the years.
More Lunch Packing Ideas and Tips
I’ve got lots more than just the no sandwich lunches.
Keep on reading below and click the images below for my top tips and tricks to make all of your lunch packing easy.
These are all of my tried and true methods for packing the best school lunches, tips for how to make lunch packing easy, links to all of my favorite lunch packing products, and my viral tips on how you can pack lunch ahead of time - even several days ahead. I promise you packing lunch ahead of time will change your life.
If you’re new to school lunch packing:
Read this next post first. It’s my top tips for making lunch packing easy. This will get you off to a great start.
Now that you’ve got the basics - browse through the rest of the linked images below. This is a collection of my most popular tips and ideas for school lunch packing success.
And as always - feel free to message me on Instagram or Threads if you have any questions. I love to chat.
