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10 easy back-to-school lunches for busy families

Nutritious, practical, and kid-approved options The return to school brings with it the familiar scramble of balancing healthy eating with limited preparation time. Families often juggle early mornings, after-school activities, and tight schedules, making it essential to have a reliable rotation of lunch options. Back-to-school lunches should not only be quick to prepare but also provide…

10 easy back-to-school lunches for busy families

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metabolic balance Monday Recipe - School Lunches for Kids

The challenge is not making the meals but having the children eat it when they are at school.  Here are some healthy lunch options to pack for children that they may not toss in the trash.

Tuna Sandwich -

Ingredients:

Finely chopped celery

Onion

Tuna

Basil leaves

Olive oil

Instructions:  Mix the ingredients and put it on two slices of rye bread. Wrap with wax paper to keep the sandwich together

Grilled chicken and avocado wrap

Ingredients:

Avocado

Chopped tomatoes With seeds removed (so it doesn’t make the wrap too soggy)

Sliced romain lettuce

Grilled chicken

Instructions: Grill Chicken the night before (chicken could be leftovers from the day before or made just for this sandwich)

Take Avocado cand mash it.  You could make guacamole by adding spices.

Put all the ingredients into a whole wheat tortilla and then wrap in wax paper.

(You could wrap all of the ingredients in large romaine lettuce leaves but that is not kid friendly unless your children have been raised without bread.)

Asparagus and Cheese Panini

Ingredients:

Gruyere (cheese your child likes)

Asparagus

Whole wheat Tortilla

Instructions: Place slices of cheese on the whole wheat tortilla and sprinkle with pepper.   Top with ribbons of asparagus (use a potato peeler or vegetable slicer.  Do not place whole pieces of asparagus unless you want them falling out of your kid’s sandwich.  Put the sandwich in a panini press or in a skillet until the cheese melts.  The melted cheese will hold the ingredients together.

Chicken sloppy joe

Ingredients:

Smashed tomatoes

Shredded rotisserie chicken

Shredded carrots

Spices to taste

Cilantro

Instruction: Mix all the ingredients and place in a separate container from the rye bread.  

Chickpea chips and dips

Ingredients:

Chickpea Chips

Smashed avocado

purred grilled bell peppers

Fresh tomatoes

finely chopped white onions

shredded carrots.

Cilntro

Instructions: Make Chickpea chips. Grill bell peppers and then puree them in a food processor.  Add salt and peper to taste.  For the salsa, combine the tomatoes, onions, cilantro and shredded carrots.  Pack the three dips separate from each other and the chips.

Good luck.  Getting children to eat their packed lunches is a global challenge!

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