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!
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 .
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!
