Lunch and Snack Packing










Tip

Be sure to check-in regularly with your children to get feedback on past meals you've packed. Some students have been known for repeatedly discarding food that they don't like rather than telling their parents to stop packing it.

Snacks and Sides

Fruits - fresh, dried, or baked

Apples or pears with nut butter (spritz sliced apples with lemon to preserve)
Apple baked with slice of cheese on top
Applesauce
Banana
Berries
Cuties or oranges peeled
Grapes
Melons cubed

Cheeses

Raw cheese with nuts or whole grain crackers
Cheese and crackers

Nuts

Vegetables

Celery filled with nut butter and sprinkled with raisins
Carrots, cucumbers or other with black bean dip or humus
Bell pepper strips or snow peas with cottage cheese dip
Rice cakes with nut butters
Chips and salsa or guacamole
Cheese Sticks
Yogurt or yogurt as a dip for fruit
Popcorn - plain or dressed up with seasonings
Hummus and Stacy’s Pita Chips
Pickles
Olives

Muffins

carrot, zucchini or banana made with almond meal

Main Entrees

Cold

Eggs - hard boiled, deviled, etc.
Boiled shrimp and cocktail sauce
Tuna, chicken or egg salad in Pita
Turkey and Bell Pepper Roll-up
Turkey Meatball Soup with Grated Carrots and Orzo Pasta
Pita Pocket filled with Carrots, Cheddar Cheese, and Buttermilk Ranch
Ham Salad with Pickles
Sushi Rolls with any leftover Fish, Brown Rice, Cucumber, and Carrots
Cubed Lunch Meat and Cheeses
Apple Sandwich - Sliced rings with peanut butter and granola inside

Hot - using a small thermos

Leftovers
Sandwich Thins, Pizza Sauce, Shredded Cheese and preferred toppings and served with a Caesar Salad

Soups, stews, chili
Spaghetti with meatballs
Cheese quesadillas
Sloppy Joe meat with bun on the side
Mini Crustless Quiches - made in muffin tins similar to a portable omelet
Burritos - black bean, rice and cheese
Tofu with Sweet Corn and Shelled Edamame--warmed and put in a thermos
Ribs

Ideas from:

Eating Well, Parenting, Good Housekeeping, Cooking Light

*Please note that listed items are suggestions from families and do not constitute an opinion of health by LCS.