Have your kiddos already started school? Or maybe they are getting ready to go back to school next week! Either way, you are probably looking for a variety of lunch ideas. Here’s a look at 15 Back to School Lunch Ideas we have shared on Family Food Live with Holly & Chris!
These 15 ideas, plus a few thrown in, include dairy-free lunch ideas, gluten-free lunch ideas, healthy lunch ideas, lunch ideas for picky eaters and a lot more!
15 Back to School Lunch Ideas
We used these Bento box containers (affiliate link) for all of these lunch ideas!
Dairy-Free Lunch Ideas
Lunch 1
Shopping List:
- Hard boiled eggs with avocados
- Pretzels
- Orange
- Red Grapes
Lunch 2
Shopping List:
- Apples with walnuts
- Turkey rolls
- Sliced cucumbers
- Strawberries & Blueberries
Lunch 3
Shopping List:
- Hummus with carrots
- Chicken strips
- Red grapes
Lunch 4
Shopping List:
- Ham & Spinach Pinwheel (wrapped in flour tortilla)
- Carrots
- Banana chips
- Orange
Lunch 5
Shopping List:
- Celery with almond butter
- Turkey & Pepperoni rolls
- Cucumber & Tomato salad
- Blackberries & Blueberries
Gluten-Free Lunch Ideas
Lunch 6
Chicken Salad Lettuce Wraps
Shopping list:
- Roast Chicken (cooked), cut into square pieces
- 3/4 cup Plain yogurt
- 1 tablespoon Dijon Mustard
- 2 tablespoons Chives, chopped
- 1 Granny smith apple, cut into square pieces
- 1/2 cup Celery, chopped
- 2 cups Red grapes, cut in half
- Juice of half of Lemon
- Salt & Pepper
- Lettuce slices
Instructions:
- In a mixing bowl, add the chicken, apple slices, celery, grapes and chives and combine
- In a separate bowl, mix together the yogurt, dijon mustard and lemon juice
- Combine the two bowls and add salt & pepper to taste
- Fill the lettuce slices with the chicken salad mixture
Banana Chips
Applesauce
Lunch 7
Shopping List:
- Cottage cheese with blueberries
- Cucumber slices
- Chicken slices
Lunch 8
Shopping List:
- Pepperoni wrapped in Turkey
- Apples with cinnamon
- Pistachios
- Red Grapes
Lunch 9
Shopping List:
- Spinach & Tomato salad
- Ham roll ups
- Carrots with honey
- Red Grapes
Lunch 10
Shopping List:
- Turkey wrapped tomatoes
- Hard boiled eggs
- Walnuts
- Red Grapes
Healthy Lunch Ideas
Lunch 11
Shopping List:
- Zucchini Cupcakes,
- String cheese
- Pepper boat (recipe above)
- Pretzel goldfish
- Strawberries & Blackberries.
Lunch 12
Shopping List:
- Hard boiled egg
- Salami slices
- Apple sauce
- Broccoli
- Cheese Itz
Lunch 13
Shopping List:
- Bologna and cheese
- Orange
- Kale chips (recipe above)
- Blackberries
- Cocoa Loco gluten free bar
Lunch Ideas for Picky Eaters
For each of the lunches, we used these BPA free lunch containers. (affiliate)
Lunch 14
Shopping List:
- Pizza Rolls (crescent round, sauce and shredded cheese)
- Oranges
- Pineapples
- Cheerios
Lunch 15
Shopping List:
- Waffles with Peanut Butter, Nutella or Almond Butter
- Go-gurt
- String Cheese
- Grapes
- Crackers
Lunch 16
Shopping List:
- Ham Wraps (Butter spread on tortilla, with slice of ham and rolled up)
- Strawberries
- Banana
- Orange
Lunch 17
Shopping List:
- Cheese & Crackers
- Turkey rolls
- Apple slices
- Apple sauce or Chocolate Pudding
And join us for Family Food Live with Holly & Chris every Wednesday and Friday at 12 noon CST on the Quirky Momma Facebook page!
Back to School Breakfast Recipes
With all of the nut allergies and so many schools not allowing them, why are you suggesting kids pack foods that kill their classmates???????!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
As with anything else, you should use some common sense. If your child or your child’s classmates have allergies and/or certain foods are prohibited by the school, substitute something else that probably won’t kill them or their classmates.