This is one of my go-to meals around here. It’s fast. It’s easy. It’s highly portable. And the kids love it. Plus, since it’s SO much like a lunchable, I can easily sway them from that section of the grocery store without a fuss. If I throw in a small sweet and some juice, they are extra jazzed.
A Snacky Lunch contains any of the following:
crackers
cheese slices or sticks
sliced turkey or ham, either rolled or cut into cracker-sized pieces
veggies and dip
fruit slices
Optional Extras: juice box and a “lunch dessert”
This is something that really works for me. For other great ideas, visit Works for Me Wednesday at We Are That Family.
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Great way to easy lunch it… if only my little guy would eat more of it. Maybe one of these days
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Thank you for this idea, we used it today.
That is, we will be, after my son wakes from the nap that he's required to take when he throws a tantrum so big that he screams and hits mommy in public.
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We do this sort of thing for lunch often. Frequently with the addition of almond butter or peanut butter to dip the apples or carrots in. Gotta love keeping it quick and simple!
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With all the Kraft/Nabisco printable coupons floating around last month, we have a huge stockpile of free or almost-free Ritz and Wheat Thins. Our favorite, however, is Peanut Butter crackers with apple slices or raisins. It's like a staple in our house, and saves money on bread, too. Son likes to dip his in hummus. I don't think he knows it's a vegetable product! LOL.
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Love those snacky lunches! Have you seen those pictures where moms put each item into a cup of a muffin tin? I think that's pretty brilliant, too (assuming you can scrounge up enough muffin tins for each child!)
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I totally got this idea from you (I think last summer)–and now we eat this once a week too. It's a great idea and the kids totally love it!
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All my kids do anyway is snack all day long, so I say go with it! Make it easy, healthy, and quick!
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My kind of lunch! Thankfully my girls love fruit which keeps it plenty healthy!
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Great idea. I love lunches like that!
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It's crazy how some spend so much money buying something that can so easily be made at home!
(I love this kind of lunch at times too – to eat I mean!)
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I do this sometimes, too. I used to have some of the plastic lunchables containers that I re-used to put the crackers, cheese, etc. in there. My son always thought it was pretty cool to eat it out of the lunchable container & I felt good that I was re-using it a couple times before recycling it.
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We do these, too. My son calls it a "snack lunch" and would eat it every day if I'd let him! We purchase turkey ham at ALDI and cut it into cubes, then freeze. For a snack lunch, we chisel off a chunk with a butter knife, pop it in the microwave for 1 minute and serve!
Pepperoni also works well, with or without mini-pitas for making individual pizzas.
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