15 Back to School Lunch Ideas

By: Chris

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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!

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