Lunch

Don’t let these quesadillas fool you – they make a perfect lunch or snack! The crisp and sweet apples are delicious with the savory pepper Jack cheese. Feel free to mix and match different flavors of jelly, or even different flavors of cheese.

Why take lunch kits from the store when you can pack up this healthy chicken salad in just a few minutes? You’ll have fun putting together this interactive, "DIY" meal right at school! You can get creative and add or swap in a variety of additional ingredients, such as tofu instead of Rach’s Baked Chicken Tenders, or sliced grapes.

Who doesn’t love chicken soup? Just like that soup company says, soup is good food. It’s even better when you make it yourself. You get more chicken and more noodles that way. Here are three fast soups that taste like they were slow cooked. Each one is so good, you’ll lose your noodle for them!

A zesty dressing adds a nice zing to this colorful salad!

This fun recipe will help avocados "sail" onto your kids’ list of favorite foods! It makes a great light lunch, appetizer or snack.

This salad goes well with our Cheddar-Studded Turkey Burgers!

A bento box is a groovy set of Japanese dishes that hold all the courses in one meal in separate containers that fit inside one big box. This fun and really funky lunch is made up of two different recipes – each one is so easy, you can make it in minutes! Bring some chopsticks to eat your Bento Lunch Box with and you really will be too cool for school! Make with Cold Ginger, Soy and Honey Sesame Noodles (Bento Lunch Box). These are fun for kids of all ages, and you can get creative – feel free to swap out the tuna for some chopped chicken breasts or use deli-style turkey as well.

This is like your traditional grilled cheese sandwich, but dipped in salsa for a little Latin twist.

Cecilia likes to make this healthy dish with her 14-month-old son, Joe, who already loves to eat all kinds of food!

Inspired by Sicily, this Orange and Red Onion Salad is refreshing and sweet on a hot summer day. Navel oranges work best.

This dressing is sweet (no pun intended)! Drizzle it over spinach or any lettuce you choose. Rach likes to use mixed greens when she makes it. The balsamic vinegar gives it a little kick.

We loved the name of this cool sammy that Holly sent us. It’s super easy to make and a filling lunch box treat.

Edamame are Japanese soybeans and can be found in the frozen foods section of your grocery store. This salad is really easy to make and you can eat it as a side dish or a main salad over mixed greens.

This is the second of three meals you can make from the Turkey Bolognese with Whole Wheat Spaghetti. Use the rest of the sauce to make Turkey Vegetable Chili.