Ingredients
Equipment
Method
Preparation Steps
- Prepare deli meat and cheese: Roll up nitrate-free deli meat with an organic cheese stick.
- Prepare hard-boiled eggs: Cut hard-boiled eggs in half and sprinkle with pink salt.
- Assemble jerky and cheese: Pair grass-fed beef jerky sticks with an organic cheese stick.
- Make peanut butter and jelly: Prepare a sandwich using sprouted bread, all-natural peanut butter, no-sugar-added jelly, or raw honey.
- Create chicken and cheese wraps: Shred organic chicken and raw cheese, then wrap them in organic tortillas.
- Assemble peanut butter and cream cheese sandwich: Make a sandwich with sprouted bread, all-natural peanut butter, and organic cream cheese.
- Serve crackers and cheese: Offer sprouted crackers with chunks or slices of raw cheese.
- Slice chicken sausage: Cut fully-cooked chicken sausage, like Aidell's Chicken Apple flavor, which can be eaten cold.
- Prepare sliced apples: Slice apples to be eaten plain or with peanut butter.
- Offer bananas: Provide whole bananas.
- Prepare oranges: Include little peelable mandarins or sliced oranges.
- Serve grapes: Offer fresh grapes.
- Serve pears: Provide fresh pears.
- Offer berries: Include a variety of fresh berries.
- Include dried fruit: Pack dried fruits such as raisins, dried blueberries, freeze-dried apples, or unsweetened all-fruit strips.
- Pack applesauce pouches: Include convenient applesauce pouches.
- Serve grape tomatoes: Offer whole grape tomatoes.
- Prepare sliced peppers: Slice red, yellow, and orange peppers to dip in hummus, guacamole, or homemade ranch dressing.
- Serve sliced cucumbers: Include sliced cucumbers.
- Prepare baby carrots: Slice baby carrots for dipping in hummus, guacamole, or homemade ranch dressing.
- Make air-popped popcorn: Air-pop organic popcorn kernels and store in zipper bags for later.
- Prepare Ezekiel cinnamon raisin bread: Toast Ezekiel cinnamon raisin bread with butter or peanut butter, or pack it to be toasted just before eating.
- Include leftover sweet potato fries: Pack leftover roasted sweet potato "fries" to be eaten at room temperature.
- Pack leftover pancake/waffle: Include a leftover homemade healthy pancake or waffle.
- Offer crunchy snacks: Provide high-quality sweet potato chips, tortilla chips, pretzels, or veggie straws.
- Serve guacamole: Offer guacamole for dipping tortilla chips, carrots, and peppers.
- Serve homemade ranch dressing: Provide homemade ranch dressing for dipping peppers and carrots.
- Serve hummus: Offer hummus for dipping peppers and carrots.
- Serve peanut butter for dipping: Include peanut butter for dipping carrots and apples.
- Include dark chocolate chips: Add a few dark chocolate chips as a treat.
- Offer raw nuts: Pack raw nuts like almonds, pistachios, cashews, and pecans.
- Include homemade treats: Provide a homemade healthy cookie or muffin.
- Pack fruit & nut bars: Include a fruit & nut bar, such as Larabar or a similar version.
Notes
These diverse and healthy lunch ideas are perfect for busy parents looking to prepare nutritious and appealing meals for their children. Many items can be prepped in advance, making mealtime easier. Remember to adjust quantities and combinations based on your child's preferences and dietary needs.