I always liked to make the day before.
I have only one left at primary school and she loves a sandwich with vegemite (she’s even the type that loves a dry piece of bread) so that is easy. She eats vegetarian and diary free and she also loves a vegetarian frankfurter and a pouch of coconut yogurt and a bowl of grapes. Then she gets some extra things aside which is every day something different, like vegetable muffin, protein balls, nuts, small Dutch pancakes, a boiled egg etc.
My other kids never liked to bring something warm either, they felt is was too bulky and would rather wait till they were home from school.

That’s such a great idea – making extra dinner left overs for lunch the next day. I’m someone who likes to get up early, because it makes me feel like I get a lot done. So I will wake up and make lunches then. I did try my kids making food themselves (they are teenagers) but I found they would more often than not end up not eating healthy or much so I prefer to make sure they have something with some nutritional and they can pack the snacks.

I make extras of dinner and send those in lunch boxes or use for daily snacks. I also make a lot of home made muesli bars and healthy muffins on weekends for the week. I was never a sandwich eater so I can’t bring myself to make them for my family.