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Back to School Lunch Ideas
by Brandie Valenzuela
Description: Ideas for sack lunches.
It is that time of the year again - back to school! While
some are returning this next week, others have been
back for quite a while...my own children returned to
school over a month ago. However, it go without saying,
that no matter if your children have been back for a while
or if they are just now starting to get ready for the big
day, you can never have too many lunch ideas!
1) Save your yogurt containers! After eating the yogurt,
wash them thoroughly and fill with liquid Jell-O or pudding
mixture (before it sets), cap, and refrigerate. This gives
you individual snack-sized Jell-O or pudding at a fraction
of the cost.
2) Take leftover cooked chicken and make chicken strips.
Pack dippers such as salsa, ranch dressing, barbecue
sauce, ketchup, honey mustard, or pizza sauce.
3) Use a variety of breads. Try Italian varieties, sourdough,
different grains, Hawaiian bread, and different rolls.
4) Pack string cheese or cheese cubes. Send along bread
sticks or crackers to eat with them. Or pack a prepared
cheese spread with breadsticks for dipping.
5) Cut fresh fruit into bite-sized pieces and use fruit-flavored
yogurt or pudding as a dip. Or mix the fruit with your
prepared Jell-O (see Jell-O tip).
6) Each day include a short note to your child. Anything that
shows them you love them and you are thinking of them will
show your child you care.
7) Layer creamy peanut butter on a flour tortilla with jelly or
fruit spread and roll up "wrap" or "jellyroll" style. Slice
crosswise into pieces. Select the size tortilla depending on
your child's appetite.
8) Heat frozen waffles and make a sandwich with them,
using peanut butter and jelly. Or cut them into bite-sized
pieces or sticks and send syrup for dipping.
9) Add fun to your child's lunch by using colored plastic wraps.
Or during the holiday's, use special prints that are usually for
plastic wrap, zipper-type bags, and napkins.
10) Cut open a bagel and spread each side with cream cheese.
Lay several slices of lunchean meat on top of cream cheese
and make into a sandwich.
11) Kids love to dip! Send baby carrots, celery sticks, or
broccoli trees with their favorite dip or dressing. Or send peanut
butter as a dip, and include some sliced apples.
12) Create your own "Lunchables"...cut meat slices and cheese
into pieces that will fit on crackers. Pack the meat, cheese, and
crackers together. Have extra mustard or mayo packets from
your take-out? Pack those along for condiments.
13) If your child loves sandwiches and won't let you try anything
new, have fun with the sandwiches - cut the sandwich into
interesting shapes or cut with cookie cutters.
14) It doesn't have to be jelly everyday! Some other ideas for
sandwiches using with traditional peanut butter are: sliced
bananas, honey, butter/margerine, raisins, and thinly sliced
apples.
15) Did you know you can create "wraps" with bread? Simply
take a slice of your favorite bread (softer breads work better), and
lay a slice or two of your favorite lunch meat and cheese on it. Roll
up the bread tightly, making sure to press the edges of the bread
together to seal.
Reprinted with permission.
