[winson604]

My son going into Grade 5 is a picky eater so his lunches for the past 5 years mostly consisted his most go to favorite meal, pasta usually it was macaroni or something of similar size with alfredo sauce in a thermos. I know sandwiches and things along those lines are common staples because it's easy to make, cheap, and requires no heating up. He isn't a sandwich guy so pasta it was. Only this past year during his grade 4 year did he finally say he was getting a little bored so on some days he asked for fried rice or some other rice dish in his thermos instead. As for snacks he isn't a big fruits and veggie guy so it was whatever peanut free store bought snack he liked which changed year to year. This past year was mainly Z bars (kids version of cliff bars) and then we'd rotate other snacks like chips ahoy, ritz cheese crackers etc

As for the comment about shit coming back full, pretty true lol. I'd say 50% of the time it looked like his lunch was completely untouched and then the other 50% of the time either finished or partially eaten. If it looked like it was untouched I just make him eat it as his after school meal. I don't know if all schools do it it the same by at my sons they have eat time first for a certain amount of time followed by play, you can't just leave and go play during eating time but he's mostly busy talking with his friends which cuts into his eating time.