Back to School Lunch Ideas

[CountryGrl21]

Homemade Trail Mix Packages with nuts, raisins, dried fruit

Homemade Granola Bars

Hard-boiled eggs, cut into wedges

Apples with Caramel Dip

Fresh fruit salad — cut-up apples, bananas, fresh fruit in season,
walnuts

Tortilla roll-ups — flour tortillas with layers of any meat and
cheese and any spread of child’s choice

Tuna-fish or Egg-salad sandwiches

Buffalo wings or other pieces of cold chicken

Scrambled eggs (these are good hot or cold)

What are some of your ideas?

[JVallaincrt]

Lunch Box Survival Bars
Cooking Time: 30 to 40 minutes
Makes: about 16 bars

3 eggs
¾ cup (175 mL) sugar
¾ cup (175 mL) whole wheat flour
¼ cup (50 mL) wheat germ
2 cups (500 mL) mixed dried fruit, cut into 1⁄4 in (5 mm) bits
1 cup (250 mL) chopped dates
1 cup (250 mL) chocolate chips
1 cup (250 mL) shredded coconut

Preheat the oven to 350ºF (180ºC). Grease an 8 in (20 cm) square baking pan.

In a large bowl, with an electric mixer, beat the eggs with the sugar for 2 to 3 minutes or until light. Add the flour and the wheat germ and beat just until combined. Stir in the mixed dried fruit, dates, chocolate chips and coconut.

Mix well and pour into the prepared baking pan. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes, until lightly browned on the edges and a toothpick poked into the middle of the pan comes out clean. Let cool completely before cutting into bars with a serrated knife.

[CoolCat]

Bag-lunch ideas that require no refrigeration:

Mozzarella string-cheese sticks
Orange wedges
Whole-wheat carrot muffins
Bagel spread with cream cheese (you may want to try minibagels for
small children)
Sugar snap peas
Box of raisins
Tortilla rolled up with a slice of mild cheese
Fresh green beans
Small tangerines (Clementines are so easy to peel that the kids can do
it themselves)
Banana bread spread with peanut butter and a little honey
Cucumber coins
Melon cubes
Cream cheese and apple butter on whole-grain bread
Veggie mix (baby carrots, snap peas)
Dried apricots
Half of a pita stuffed with shredded carrot and mild cheese (or peanut butter)
Individual cup of applesauce

How about using the following chart to mix and match from? Select one
from each group. Bread:

Pita (either small individual size or half of a regular-size)
Muffin
Quick bread (banana, pumpkin, apple, etc.)
Whole-wheat bun
Bagel
Tortilla
Raisin bread

Fillings:

Peanut butter, plain or with (pick one) honey, banana, jelly, shredded
carrot, raisin
Cream cheese, plain or with (pick one) jelly, apple butter, shredded veggies
Mild cheese
Hummus

Veggies:

Baby carrots or carrot sticks
Fresh green beans
Sugar snap peas
Cucumber coins
Crisp, tender broccoli florets sprinkled with non-salt seasoning
Zucchini sticks

Fruits:

Half a banana
Small apple
Orange wedge
Raisins or other dried fruits
Drained pineapple chunks (or fresh)
Individual applesauce container
Melon cubes

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