WOW! It's been almost 2 months since I've posted...Sorry! We've been so busy (I know, who hasn't?) Summer was crazy and fun! We took a trip to Germany and Denmark to visit family, attended a bazillion kid camps, bought a beach house (love it) and managed to fill up all the remaining minutes of our day with miscellaneous activities. Needless to say, the summer flew by!
My kids are now settled back into school so I've had a few days to breathe and get my routine down. Organizing and scheduling just makes me happy and helps me to relax. With football and cheerleading now up and running, I've had to get back into my weekly meal planning so I can make sure my family is eating properly. I came up with a list of lunch ideas so I'm not so overwhelmed in the mornings trying to decide what to make. As most of you know, my son is gluten-intolerant so making lunch is sometimes challenging. I know so many of you have lunch ideas already (there are a million ideas online) but I thought I'd share mine...
Lunch Ideas
Main Items
Peanut butter banana sandwich on raisin bread
Peanut butter and sliced banana on bread (roll up and then slice like sushi)
English muffin pizza (tomato sauce and cheese)
Hot dog
Annie’s Mac & Cheese
Wheat cracker peanut butter "sandwiches”
Soup
Wrap with Hummus, Turkey, Cheese & Lettuce
Applegate Chicken Nuggets & Ketchup
Homemade Lunchable (sliced meat, low fat cheese and whole grain crackers)
Fruits & Veggies
All cut fruit (can add peanut butter yogurt dip)
Carrots & Ranch
Celery & Peanut Butter
Edamame
Salad
Natural Applesauce
Additional
Popcorn
Pretzels
Yogurt
Cheese
Pita Chips & Hummus
Veggie Crisps
Sugar-free Pudding
Sugar-free Jello
Graham crackers with Nutella
Hard boiled eggs
My kids are now settled back into school so I've had a few days to breathe and get my routine down. Organizing and scheduling just makes me happy and helps me to relax. With football and cheerleading now up and running, I've had to get back into my weekly meal planning so I can make sure my family is eating properly. I came up with a list of lunch ideas so I'm not so overwhelmed in the mornings trying to decide what to make. As most of you know, my son is gluten-intolerant so making lunch is sometimes challenging. I know so many of you have lunch ideas already (there are a million ideas online) but I thought I'd share mine...
Lunch Ideas
Main Items
Peanut butter banana sandwich on raisin bread
Peanut butter and sliced banana on bread (roll up and then slice like sushi)
English muffin pizza (tomato sauce and cheese)
Hot dog
Annie’s Mac & Cheese
Wheat cracker peanut butter "sandwiches”
Soup
Wrap with Hummus, Turkey, Cheese & Lettuce
Applegate Chicken Nuggets & Ketchup
Homemade Lunchable (sliced meat, low fat cheese and whole grain crackers)
Fruits & Veggies
All cut fruit (can add peanut butter yogurt dip)
Carrots & Ranch
Celery & Peanut Butter
Edamame
Salad
Natural Applesauce
Additional
Popcorn
Pretzels
Yogurt
Cheese
Pita Chips & Hummus
Veggie Crisps
Sugar-free Pudding
Sugar-free Jello
Graham crackers with Nutella
Hard boiled eggs
So many of you have more ideas and I'd love for you to share them here with everyone! The best advice I can give you is to TRY to stay away from putting a lot of pre-packaged foods in your kids lunches. Read labels. Watch sodium and sugar. Most of all, pack them lots of water...keep them hydrated! Pinterest has tons of ideas too...BEWARE...it can become addicting! Proceed with caution!
Happy Back To School To Everyone!!
Love your ideas. I do some of the same things for school lunches. One additional idea is a sandwich on a stick! I take a slice of turkey and cut it into squares, fold the squares and place them on a toothpick. Next I add a grape tomato,then top it with a cube of cheese. We also buy morning star mini "corn dogs" that make a great healthy alternative to the original.
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