Lunch ideas for blue collar husband

What are some ideas for lunch and breakfast for your husband/partner that isnt a regular deli meat sandwich. He doesnt always have a microwave in his work truck, and will be out in the middle of nowhere. Needs to last all day in the lunchbox, he has a yeti cooler and ice pack. He is picky and will not always eat the same thing everyday. He needs foods that are not greasy either as we can't stomach oily food, eliminated fried foods to be more healthy

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I am sorry I dont have a recipe to share but there are lunchboxes that actual heat up to warm food! Maybe that will help? I think some even have a charger that works with car chargers.

Cold lunch component ideas:
Pasta salad
Hummus and veggies
Kielbasa or smoked sausage (this is delicious cold leftover)
Chicken salad
Tuna salad
Hard boiled eggs
Pepperoni, cheese, & crackers
BLT

Mine works in the snow currently no microwave lol
Thermos (add HOT basically boiling water and shut the lid while you’re prepping the food) makes it stay even more hot for longer.

My husband is super duper picky.
I’ll make chili dogs and put the hot part in the thermos.
Cheesy chicken bacon ranch sandwiches but the inside of the sandwich is in the thermos he just has to scoop it into the bread.
Meatball sub. Hot part in the thermos cheese inside too
Loaded baked potato soup (favorite)
Enchiladas (favorite)
Tacos just everything hot in the thermos he puts it in the shells and toppings are in little cups.
Sometimes just soup

Snacks are jerky, cheese, chips, protein bars, gummies, yogurt, fruit…he hates veggies unless it’s in salsa form

Using a thermos brand thermos he’s had no issues with it ever being cold once I found out you need to add like boiling water for awhile first to get the thermos hot so the food isn’t the part cooling it down before warming it up.

My husband has a lunch box heater like someone mentioned above so he takes leftovers when we have them, he is currently stuck on a PBJ kick right now cause he loves the jelly from Costco. I do a restock of his snack tote every week with jerky, trail mix, granola bars, pistachios, etc. His "treat" is usually whatever baked good I decided to make. In the summer I pack small Mason jars with strawberries and cucumbers.

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Is it bad of me to think this or no?

My husband has been abroad for work (1 day and exploring for 1 day) for 2 and a half days which means I’ve had both kids (1 year and 4 year old) for 2 and a half days plus cooking, cleaning, taking them to clubs, bedtimes!
He came home late afternoon and said I’m so tired, I just need to chill. I said can you wash up whilst I sort kids dinner out, he said he’ll do it later which means he won’t do it and I’ll end up doing it so I said no do it now please otherwise I’ll end up doing it and he said well you have been home and I’ve been away so you’ve just been relaxing.
Don’t know what planet he is on but having the kids alone for 2.5 days is not relaxing. I was stressed!

When he was away, I did miss him and wanted him to come back but now he’s back, I want him to go away again😂
Is that bad?

Post partum dad

I have a 2 month old. A few weeks ago my husband crashed out because he didn't feel like he was getting to bond with her. I started exclusively breastfeeding around that time and honestly didnt see the big deal. Baby and I left for a few days and when we got back home, everything was fine. He was extremely hands-on. He helped with my meals, her bedtime, bath, stories.....for a few weeks it was great. Then he randomly sounds depressed af. He says our lo is better off without him, he wants to sleep all day , he asks me not to watch tv then tried playing a video game. He refused to reply to me when i asked any follow-up questions. Then he woke up our baby trying to race me to the bathroom first thing in the morning . He's doing a weird mix of crying, trying, and giving up. Im starting to feel like I cant handle him not being able to handle life with baby and just want to be alone. Are there resources for men?

Feeding

My son is coming up to five months and I just started giving him oatmeal and rice cereal. When can you start trying veggies or fruits? I only give him the oatmeal or rice cereal once a day right now which is what the paediatrician had said to do. I’m just curious to when anybody tried anything else with their kids cause my son eats a lot of formula and he’s VERY curious when I eat.

Really bothered by this

A friend posted this and it really bothers me because that is exactly how she parents her kid, and it's rather unfortunate because when our kids hang out together, her kid has a meltdown at least 5x within an hour. We have know them for years and it's only gotten worse. My kids will concede to hers, because they don't want to see their friend crying, but it sucks because they give up so much of their toys and enjoyment to keep the peace. We aren't hanging out as much anymore but it's rather sad to think she doesn't intervene more in her child tantrums and just let's it slide

My 2 year old won’t eat nothing but snacks

Is this normal ? He won’t even try anything I eat .. he really only like pizza fries and spaghetti… nuggets and snacks bananas some other fruit but like anything else he won’t eat if try but I don’t want to force him I’m just I feel like bad I mean he isn’t losing weight I breastfeed mostly still

Is this normal

Let’s say you’re at a softplay with your 2 year old, and some friends & their toddlers.
You buy your 2 year old a kids meal - chicken nuggets, beans, and chips. They’re very happy with it and have almost eaten it all.
They’re sat at the table, fork in hand, consistently eating, and have one chicken nugget left.
Your adult friend comes over from behind you, picks up the last chicken nugget, and eats it.
There was no indication that your child wasn’t going to eat it, and they didn’t ask. They just took it with no warning and ate it right in front of you and your toddler.
How you reacting?