The Recipe: For Back To School Mamas
It’s back to school for all the kids out there and we know how tiresome it can be to think up of new and innovative lunches everyday for your little ones. We’ve decided to give you a hand today with six fun and easy recipes that should take no time at all and will definitely help vary a healthy lunch schedule for your kids at school.
1. BLTA Wraps
Mash an avocado with lemon juice, then spread on a whole wheat wrap. Top with crumbled bacon, chopped tomatoes, and thinly sliced romaine lettuce. Roll up and wrap in parchment or wax paper to secure.
2. Turkey Salad Rolls
Combine diced smoked turkey, toasted almonds, halved seedless red grapes, thinly sliced celery and mayonnaise. Transfer to an airtight container. Pack with a whole wheat hot dog bun for your talented kid to assemble. Or not.
3. Turkey-Cheese Pita Pockets
Spread a creamy cheese, such as Boursin, inside a whole wheat pita, then fill with roast turkey slices, baby spinach leaves and cucumber slices.
4. Asparagus and Gruyere Panini
Top a large whole wheat tortilla with slices of Gruyere cheese and season with black pepper. Arrange a layer of asparagus (roasted or steamed the night before, or shave raw into thin ribbons using a vegetable peeler) on one half, drizzle with lemon juice, and fold to enclose. Cook using a panini press or on a hot skillet until the tortilla is golden and the cheese melts.
5. Chips and Dips
Combine chopped fresh tomatoes, lime juice, finely chopped white onion and chopped fresh cilantro. Pack flaxseed tortilla chips with small containers of the salsa, avocados mashed with lemon juice, and Greek yogurt.
6. Waldorf Chicken Salad Sandwiches
Combine shredded rotisserie chicken, chopped apples and celery, walnuts, raisins, and mayonnaise. Spread the cut side of a split whole wheat hamburger bun with mayonnaise and assemble the sandwich using the chicken salad and butter lettuce leaves.
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WE SAID THIS: Remember how you always wanted what the kid next to you had? Well, if I was still in school I definitely would want these.
