you could make wraps using lettuce? boiled egg, cucumber, tomoato and ham and peppers? cold meats? could make some meatballs? cold chicken drumsticks? i make a scotch egg (very english!) boiled egg wrapped in gluetn free suasage meat and then cooked, those are nice? frittata - omlete with veg and meat put in? scoop out some cucumber and fill it with tuna to make a sandwhich :-)

I have a 1st grader as well. Lucky for me she loves veggies like broccoli. Some days I'll cut up some broccoli, carrots, celery and get those little cherry tomatoes for her lunch (basically like taking a veggie tray) and I'll include some ranch to dip with. She doesn't like bread anyway, unless it's a breadstick from a pizza/italian place, so no sandwiches. I'll get pieces of meat and cheese and send them. She can have dairy, unlike me, and since cheese is a favorite of hers I keep it in her lunches. We also got a little thermos so she can take veggie or chicken "noodle" soup. I've also sent ravioli's in the thermos with her. She did say that they weren't as warm as she liked by time she got to lunch but she did eat it and said they still tasted good.