Summer has come and gone once again. School has come and we’re packing the same old lunches sandwiches, when your child gets home we unpack their lunchboxes to find that their sandwich has been left, we wonder what can I give them that will actually make them want to eat lunch and not leave it. Here I give to you 10, easy and delicious no sandwich lunch ideas that your kids will love!
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#10. Simple Burrito with Corn on the Cob
What you need:
- Ground beef seasoned with taco seasoning
- Flour tortillas
- Cheese whatever your child prefers
- Minute rice
- Lettuce
- Mild salsa
Side: Boiled corn
Directions: Boil corn for about 20 minutes cut into 1/4s. Toss the burrito together, cut up the corn and voila your child has a Mexican based lunch made within 20 minutes.
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#9. Make Their Own Pita Pizza
What you need:
- 3-4 Small pitas
- 1/2 can of Pizza Sauce
- Shredded Cheese
- Olives, Bell Peppers or any Vegetables your Child Likes on their Pizza
- Pepperoni
Side: Hickory Sticks
Directions:
Cut up bell peppers, take olives out of jar, pour pizza sauce than shred cheese and put all into separate containers. Put the pitas into a bigger container and if you have a big enough container put all small containers into the big one. Unless you have an all in one container put everything in there. This easy lunch will have your children begging for more!
#8: Spaghetti with Garlic Bread and Caesar Salad
What you need:
- Spiral Pasta Noodles(boiled)
- Tomato Pasta Sauce
- Ground Beef
- Salt and Pepper to their liking
- Mushrooms and Bell Peppers
- Garlic
- Lettuce Caesar Dressing
- Croutons
Directions:
Boil pasta. Meanwhile cook ground beef, cut up bell pepper, mushrooms and garlic. Open up can of pasta sauce. Once ground beef has browned add the bell pepper, mushrooms and garlic let bell peppers and mushrooms soften than add pasta sauce, let warm up for 15 minutes. Drain noodles once they have soften. Tear up lettuce put in bigger container than put caesar dressing and croutons in separate containers inside bigger container. If you have all in one container put it all in that one. Bringing the dinner table to your childs lunchbox! With an easy to make lunch or even left overs!
#7. Lunchable Look Alike
What you need:
- Pepperoni or any other meat slices
- Ritz Crackers
- Cheese
- Cucumbers
- Kit-Kat or any Treat your Child would Love
Directions:
Cut up Cheese into squares that will fit the ritz crackers. Put crackers, pepperoni or any other meat also cut to fit the ritz crackers and cheese if it doesn’t already fit into separate containers aswell as the cucumbers and the Kit-Kat. Without having to spend $3 or more on one stacker it’s self. Plus its quick and easy not to mention your kids will love it!
#6.Pizza Wrap with Carrots and Dip
What you need:
- Flour Tortillas
- Pizza Sauce
- Pepperoni
- Olives or Bell pepper
- Cheese
- Carrots
- Ranch Dip
Directions:
Top flour tortilla with pizza sauce, than pepperoni slices, add vege’s and cheese than roll up. Put in bigger container than add carrots in one small container and ranch dip in another than add into bigger container unless you have an all in one container like this one: **. Pizza wraps aren’t only easy but your kids will think it’s delicious!
#5.Artichoke and Spinach Dip
What you need:
- 1 bar Cream Cheese
- 1 1/4 cup Spinach
- 1 can of Artichoke’s
- 3/4 cup Parmesan Cheese
- 1/2 tsp Garlic Powder
- 1 cup Mozzarella Cheese
- Pitas
Directions:
Heat oven to 350 degree’s fahrenheit. Mix all ingredients together. Put into glass baking pan.Cut up pitas into 1/4s. Than bake for 20 minutes than cool.Put artichoke dip into container and the pitas into bigger container than put the smaller container into the big one. Unless you have an all in one container than put it in that one.
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#4.Subway Coldcut Sub with Popcorn
What you need:
- Sub Bun
- Lettuce
- 3 slices each Ham and Salami and Bologna
- Cheese 2 slices
- Top with any Other Vegetables your Child likes
- Sub Sauce and Mayo if Desired
- Pop Corn with any Popcorn Seasoning or Without or Chips
Directions:
Put cheese slices on sub bun put in toaster oven to toast and melt cheese. Meanwhile prepare any vegetables your putting on it and take out conditments your child will be putting on it, put conditments in all in one container or separate containers and put popcorn into microwave keep checking on it. Once sub it done toasting approx 3-5 minutes put meats and vegetables on the sub than put into big container and cut in half than along with smaller containers or in all in one containers don’t forget to put the popcorn in a container or your all in one container. Than there you go a subway sub that’s good for your child yet easy to make!
#3. Chicken Caesar Wrap with Parm Asparagus and Popcorn
What you need:
- Lettuce as much as needed
- Caesar Dressing
- 2 Chicken Breast
- Big Flour Tortilla
- 6 Asparagus
- 1/4 cup Parmesan Cheese
- 2 tsp Margarine or Butter
- 1/4 bag Popcorn
Directions:
Get 2 frying pans on stove on medium heat. Clean than cut chicken into strips season as desired. Cut ends of asparagus and dethorn than put 2 tsp of butter or margarine into one frying pan than add asparagus let soften than add parmesan ontop of asparagus don’t turn or parmesan wont stay on asparagus than put into container or all in one container. While asparagus are softening add chicken to other pan and fry till done put into fridge and let cool and tear up as much lettuce as needed clean than set aside, put popcorn into microwave. Once chicken is cooled put in with lettuce than add caesar dressing as much as needed and stir. Than put into flour tortilla wrap and cut in half, put in big container or all in one container. Put popcorn into a small container or an all in one container. There will be leftovers either save in for another day for school for your child or eat it for lunch yourself!
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What you need:
- Flour Tortilla
- Peanut Butter as much as needed
- Nutella as much as needed
- 3-4 Strawberries
- Approx 1/4 Cucumber
Directions:
Take out flour tortilla put a layer of peanut butter than a layer of nutella. Peel banana cut ends off than put onto tortilla and roll up and cut into bite sized pieces than add to big container or in an all in one container. Cut up strawberries and cucumbers add to separate containers or put into an all in one container. A super easy yet healthy choice for your kiddos if peanut butter is allowed at your school!
#1. BLT with Bell Peppers and a Cheese String
What you need:
- 3-4 Slices of Bacon
- Lettuce as much as needed
- 3-4 Slices of Tomato
- Mayo
- Toasted Bread
- Bell Pepper
- Cheese String
Directions:
Have bacon dethawed cut in half put pan on medium fry 3-4 pieces till done. Meanwhile cut up tomato bell pepper and tear lettuce and wash. Toast bread and take out mayo put on toast than add lettuce, tomato and bacon put into big container or all in one container. Put bell peppers into separate small container and put into bigger container if it fits or put in into an all in one container along with cheese string.
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Thanks for reading I hope you enjoyed this post and got some great ideas that you can use for your childs lunch and make their lunch interesting! Look for part 2 of this post!
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