Healthy Lunch Ideas

Here are some great ideas for your child's lunch box for nut-free schools.

Main Entree			Sides of Fruit & Veggies		Other Sides
Bagel – Whole Grain, with Sun Butter or Cream Cheese Beans – Black, Chickpeas, Kidney, Lima, Pinto… Black Bean & Corn Salad in Lettuce Wrap Cheese Sticks or Slices (Dairy, Rice, or Soy) Chicken, Meat, or Tofu Bites Chicken Salad with Celery, Lettuce & Tomatoes Cold Fish Cool Quinoa Salad (with Beans and/or Veggies) Cool Rice Salad (with Beans and/or Veggies) Egg, hard boiled (shelled) Left-Overs (can make great lunches) Lettuce Burritos/Wraps (Filled with Dates, Julienned Veggies or Fruit like Mango or Carrots) Meat or Veggie Loaf, Slice (Warm or Cold) Oatmeal with Sesame Seeds in Thermos Pasta & Sauce Warmed and in a Thermos Pasta Salad – with Whole Grain Pasta, Rice Pasta, or Quinoa with Veggies and/or Beans Pizza – melt cheese on pita or tortilla with some small chopped veggies of choice, cut to triangles, pack chilled. Quesadillas – Wheat, Rice, or Corn tortilla w/ cheese, chilled Rice & Beans – Warmed in a Thermos Rice Cakes with Sun Butter Salads – as creative as you want to be (just be nut-free)! Sandwiches – Make them on Whole Grain Bread, Rice Bread, Sprouted Bread, Pita Pockets, Tortillas, or in Lettuce Wraps Avocado & Cheese or Sprouts Avocado & Tomato Cheese/Rice Cheese Cheese & Lettuce Deli Meat/Tofu, Lettuce, Cheese Deli ‘Meat’, Lettuce, Tomatoes & Sprouts Egg (omelet-style), cheese Hummus and Bell Pepper Hummus and Veggies Hummus, Sprouts, Bell Peppers Left-Over Meat, Tofu, or Veggies Sun Butter, Sun Butter & Banana, Sun Butter and Jelly/Jam Sun Butter & Agave or Honey Stir-Fry – Left-Over, Cold or Warmed in Thermos Slice of Quiche with Veggies (optional, in tortilla triangles) Soups or Stews in Soup Thermos Spaghetti Squash & Marinara Sauce - warmed in thermos Tofu – cubes, strips, wedges Tortilla Spiral Sandwiches (Wheat, Corn or Rice Tortillas) Vegetable Salad with their Favorites Sliced Up Yogurt in a Cup			Apple Sauce Apples Slices Apricots Asparagus Spears Avocados (Halves, Sliced, Diced) Bananas (Fresh or Dried Chips) Beets – steamed, raw Bell Pepper Slices – Any Color! Berries of All Kinds (Blueberries, Blackberries, Raspberries, Strawberries…) Broccoli Florets, Spears Cantaloupe – Sliced Carrot Sticks Cauliflower Florets Celery Sticks Cherries Cherry Tomatoes Corn (on Cob or Kernels) Cucumber Rounds or Sticks Dates (Pitted) Dried Fruit Dried Fruit Slices Fruit Cups (Fresh Is Best) Green Beans Kale (try wrapped around a date, really!) Kiwi Jicama Slices Mangoes Melons – of all kinds, sliced or cubed Olives Oranges Papayas Peaches Peas Pineapple Pumpkin (slices, steamed) Raisins Snap Peas/Sugar Peas Soy Beans / Edamame Spinach Sprouts Squashes (steamed or raw, rounds, sticks) Sweet Potatoes (Cooked, Cubed) Watermelon – Sliced Yellow Squash – Rounds or Sticks Zucchini – Rounds or Sticks		Arrowroot Cookies (Mel Del) Banana Bread Buckwheat Cereal/Crackers Carrot Muffins Crackers (Whole Grain, Rice, Etc.) Dried Apricots Dried Apple Chips Dried Banana Chips Dried Root Veggie Chips Freeze-Dried Fruits & Veggies Glutino Pretzels (Gluten Free) Granola (Nut-Free) Guacamole Dip Hummus Dip Manna Bread (Nut-Free) Muffins Pirate Booty Pita Bites Rice Cakes Rice Crackers Rice Tortillas, sliced in triangles Seeds, Sunflower or Pumpkin Sun Butter Dip Sun Butter/Agave/Salt Dip Trail Mix (Nut-Free) Veggie Booty Veggie Chips Whole Grain Breads (Nut-Free) Whole Grain Cereals Whole Grain Crackers Zucchini Bread