Great for Your Lunch Box

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.

These baked chicken tenders are always a hit for lunch or dinner. You can also make extra or use leftovers to pack for lunch the next day, either on their own or with our Interactive Lunch.

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.

An easy, cheesy popcorn snack that can be made in no time at all!

An easy, cheesy snack.

This salad uses summer veggies but can also be made all year round; if you can’t find asparagus, use steamed broccoli instead. This makes a great side dish for a barbecue, or a main dish with some crusty bread and a tomato salad. Rosemary adds, "My four-year-old helps me make this by sampling the asparagus and pine nuts and stirring everything together when done."

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

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.

Here’s a super healthy pizza that’s easy to make.

Make this super quick and easy soup for lunch, snack or a light supper. The mug toppers make this soup extra yum-o!

You’ll look forward to having this wrap for lunch all morning long! Ask your grown-up helper (GH) to help you by preparing the instant rice, maybe while they make their morning coffee.

This is a great way to fill up a thermos! Orzo’s shape is fun, and so is rolling the little meatballs! 

Panini is what Italian kids call sandwiches. Sometimes the sandwiches are hot like grilled cheeses. They are really good and make a fast dinner when no one wants to cook. In this recipe, you will build two panini of each kind, for six panini total. When they are all made, a grown-up helper (GH) can cook them up and help you serve them. Each person can have one half-sandwich of each kind.

Kids and grown-ups alike will love this healthy pizza dip, and it makes a great party dish! It’s also an excellent substitute for mayo on your favorite sandwich, or you can pack it up for a dip-a-licious lunch box or snack on-the-go.