Practical School Lunch Ideas (Cold and Hot Lunch Ideas

• Meat

  • 1 Easy chicken sliders

• Produce

  • 1 Apricot
  • 1 Avocado, slices
  • 1 Baby carrots with ranch
  • 1 Banana, small
  • 1 Blueberries
  • 1 Clementines
  • 1 Cucumber, slices
  • 1 Dried fruit
  • 1 Fruit snacks or fruit leather
  • 1 Grapes
  • 1 Snap peas

• Canned Goods

  • 1 Applesauce

• Baking & Spices

  • 1 Diy trail mix

• Bread & Baked Goods

  • 1 Banana bread
  • 1 Muffin
  • 1 Tortilla pinwheels

• Snacks

  • 1 Chocolate chip cookie
  • 1 Pretzels

• Dairy

  • 1 Bagels and cream cheese, Mini
  • 1 String cheese
  • 1 Yogurt

• Frozen

  • 1 Fruit kabobs - (click
  • 1 Sandwich or sandwich kabobs

• Deli

  • 1 Salad

• Other

  • Juice - select a juice box that has reduced sugar and real fruit juice
  • Z-Bar

Found on natashaskitchen.com

Description

Ingredients

• Milk: my sons drink of choice so I always make sure he has milk for lunch.
• Juice - select a juice box that has reduced sugar and real fruit juice
• DIY lunchables: crackers, deli turkey or salami, sliced cheese
• Sandwich or sandwich kabobs
• Mini bagels and cream cheese
• Easy chicken sliders (canned chicken - drained well and mixed with mayo and black pepper to taste, place filling between lettuce and cheese to keep the bun from getting soggy)
• Tortilla pinwheels (cream cheese, sliced cheese, deli turkey, thinly sliced tomatoes, shredded lettuce or spinach - roll tightly and slice into rounds)
• Small banana
• Grapes
• Blueberries, strawberries or other berries
• Fruit kabobs - (click for recipe)
• Apricot, apple,.. whatever your kids love
• Applesauce
• Peeled clementines
• Baby carrots with ranch in mini cups
• Cucumber slices
• Snap peas
• Salad
• Avocado slices
• Banana bread
• Yogurt, Pudding
• String cheese
• Pretzels, or gold fish crackers
• Fruit snacks or fruit leather
• Dried fruit
• Z-Bar
• Muffin
• Chocolate chip cookie
• DIY trail mix

Directions

• Pack hot thermos in the morning (5 hours before its eaten)
• Heat the thermos first: add boiling water, cover and let sit 5 min then drain. Heat food until its hot. Place into heated thermos and close tightly with lid. Food will be warm at lunchtime.
• Soup (try: chicken noodle soup or meatball soup)
• Pasta (try: chicken alfredo, spaghetti with shrimp)
• Pilaf/rice, or stir fry (try: creamy chicken and rice, shrimp fried rice)
• Leftovers! You can really get creative with a thermos. Avoid foods with strong aromas (i.e. broccoli and cabbage)