A couple months ago, I asked all of you for help in a few categories that I wanted my family to work on this year, and one of those categories was packing waste-free lunches. We had the "waste free" part down, repurposing various food containers we already had around the house; our problem was the lunch part...What to pack?
I'm happy to say that thanks to all of your suggestions, we've been branching away from our usual (cheese sandwiches with a carrot or celery and a piece of fruit). And both for my sanity and in case anyone else is looking for lunch ideas, I thought I'd gather everyone's suggestions into a nice organized list.
Enjoy!
Sandwich fillings (served on bread, bagels, tortillas, or pitas)
- cheese
- cream cheese
- hummus
- other bean spreads
- egg salad
- chicken salad
- peanut butter
- soy butter
- sunflower butter
- tuna
- lunchmeat
- homemade granola with yogurt
- cold pizza
- muffins/quick bread
- pasta salad (vary the dressings and vegetables)
- cold sausages
- cold chicken drumsticks
- leftovers
- fruit
- vegetables (dip helps make them more appetizing)
- dried fruit
- fruit leather
- kale chips
- yogurt
- smoothies
- soup
- hard-boiled eggs
- deviled eggs
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4 comments:
Mmm, hard boiled eggs for lunch. Works for me! I like bringing the green ones on Dr. Seuss Day - with a little ham on the side, of course.
Great ideas. Thanks for the post.
Our kids' school serves a hot organic food lunch (which they don't get but never mind.) We bring a big bucket to the classroom, and the kids put the leftovers in there so we can feed them to our chickens.
I send my hubby a waste free lunch each day. At first he sometimes for got things in his classroom but now he seems to always remember.
I also have a giveaway right now for a sandwich wrap. :)
http://www.retrohousewifegoesgreen.com/2010/03/earth-day-giveaway-kids-konserve.html
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