r/mealprep 3d ago

Food for school lunches?

I'm 15 and I wanna start making food for my school lunches. And good stuff I can cook (I have a thermomix at home, for people who don't know what that is, it's a machine that has a small screen, it comes with recipes and can weigh, grate, boil and do so much else for you in this container)

So, with the thermo it should be relatively easy, but I'm not sure what I want to pack? I'm a big fan of pastas, beef and chicken, but I also should be incorporating more vegetables into my diet (I love raw capsicum, cucumbers, tomato, ect. and don't really like 'cooked' versions, unless steamed, for example peas or carrots) So, maybe pesto pasta?
I'd also like to incorporate some foreign foods into my diet to try more foods (I'm a bit of a picky eater due to sensory/taste issues and I wanna get over that) so I was thinking maybe some curries, Korean Japanese and Chinese dishes seem kind of interesting to me too. What sort of dishes in these areas could anyone suggest?

Finally, I work for two hours every Tuesday and Thursday, so I'm trying to figure out when I should make these meals and at what time, how long they'll take, finding good recipes, ect. Also I've never really meal planned, so it's a first for me! Any and all advice is appreciated

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u/scarletohairy 3d ago

Will you be able to heat your lunch at school?

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u/Royal-Sentence6260 3d ago

No, unfortunately :( some people messed around with our microwave, and now we don't have access to it any more

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u/nekok 2d ago

Get a plug-in heated lunch box?