Lunch Ideas

Lunch Ideas

1. Leftovers
2. Lunch meat with cheese and crackers*
3. Quesadillas with nachos
4. Sandwiches* (Cutting off the crust and cutting into triangles makes them more appealing,and changing breads – bagels, croissants, sandwich bread, French rolls)
   • PB&J
   • PB and banana
   • Nutella and marshmallow creme
   • Lunch meat and cheese
   • Grilled cheese
   • Tuna salad
   • Egg salad
   • Chicken salad
   • Cucumbers and cream cheese
   • Bacon and cheese (with lettuce, tomato, or onions if they like them)
   • Open-faced apple and cheddar
   • Tuna melts
5. Tortilla roll ups or pita sandwiches*
   • PB&J
   • Lunch meat and cheese
   • Tuna salad
   • Egg salad
   • Veggies (julienned) with peanut sauce
   • Chicken salad
   • Stir fry leftovers
   • Cucumber (julienned) and cream cheese
   • Hummus with julienned veggies
6. Crescent Rollups
   • Pepperoni and Mozzarella Cheese
   • Ham and American Cheese
   • Turkey and Swiss Cheese
   • Spinach and Mozzarella Cheese
7. Homemade or canned soup*
8. Pizza on English muffins or bagels
9. Pizza or stromboli
10. Mexican pizza on tortillas
11. Relish tray of fruit or veggies with dip and cheese*
12. Baguettes with cheese and grapes (makes an easy picnic, too)*
13. Apples spread with peanut butter*
14. Macaroni and cheese
15. Impossible cheeseburger pie (easy when you have onions and beef already cooked in the freezer!)
16. Fried rice
17. Cubed anything with toothpicks*
18. Baked potatoes (they cook in 6 minutes in the microwave) – coat them in olive oil and coarse salt and pepper and prick with a fork before cooking
19. Pasta salad with meat and/or veggies added*
20. Beanie weenies*
21. Quesadillas
22. Tacos
23. Taco salad
24. Nachos with chili & beans
25. Individually frozen cooked hamburger patties
26. Octopus hot dogs – cut the wiener lengthwise about 2/3 of the way down to make tentacles then boil or microwave then make eyes with dots of mustard or canned cheese* (put hot dog in boiling water in a Thermos and it will be cooked by lunch time)
27. Sliders (make mini hamburger patties to freeze when you make hamburgers)
28. Homemade soup of any kind (freeze extra in lunch serving size portions)*
29. Reubens
30. Pancakes or waffles with fruit
31. Bacon, egg, and cheese English muffins (or sourdough bread sandwiches)
32. Rice and beans (the little packets are good)*
33. Pinto beans and cornbread (soak your pinto beans the day before and cook them overnight in the slow cooker)
34. Ants on a log (celery with peanut butter spread on it and raisins on top)

* Indicates a perishable item suitable for packing in an insulated lunchbox or thermos