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School Lunch Sandwich Ideas - Gems for Healthy School Lunches

Take a few minutes to put together something tasty, healthy, and enticing!

How to Make a Super Sub Sandwich

1 medium hero roll
4 to 6 slices of thinly cut cheese and/or sliced turkey or other meat
4 thin tomato slices
1/2 cup shredded lettuce
2 tsp. vegetable oil
2 tsp. red wine vinegar
Salt and pepper to taste

Slice the hero roll in half lengthwise and scoop out some of the soft bread inside.

Line both sides of the roll with your child's favorite cheese and meat.

Top with the tomato slices and shredded lettuce.

Sprinkle the surface evenly with the oil and vinegar and season with salt and pepper and any special additions.

Close up the sandwich, then cut it in half and wrap it in plastic wrap or aluminum foil.

Makes 1 large sandwich.

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Turkey Bologna Boat Sandwich

1 tsp. mustard
1 slice turkey bologna)
1 slice American cheese
1 hot dog bun

Spread the mustard onto the slice of bologna.

Top with a slice of cheese and roll them together.

Place the roll in the hot dog bun and wrap it in aluminum foil.

Makes 1 serving.

Gems for Fun and Healthy School Lunch

To ensure the right amount protein and produce, consider packing wraps, with turkey, tuna, tofu, hummus, ham, chicken and instead of veggies within, veggies on the side; bean salad; edamame; pasta salad with vegetables; marinated veggies; fruit salad; raw veggies with guacamole or hummus dip; chopped salad; and roasted vegetables.

Try flavor packets for protein to help meet a variety of taste buds. There are many options to try, but try Caesar, BBQ, Teriyaki, Mexican, Jerk, Lemon herb, or honey mustard.

Kids Turkey Sandwich

Start with two slices of whole wheat bread. Use a 2 inch-wide

cookie cutter or standard drinking glass to create the turkey's body.

Cut a rectangle slice of bread from the leftover pieces for the turkey's neck/head.

Make a turkey sandwich with the two round slices of bread.

Add a slice of roast turkey, a slice of cheese and top it with cranberry sauce.

Place the rectangle piece of bread on top of the sandwich and attach it with a swipe of mayo.

Cut two semi-circles of cheese for the beak.

Add two raisins (or chunks of olive) for eyes.

Cut 2 inch strips of colorful sweet peppers.

Tuck these under the sandwich as feathers.

Add a piece of red pepper for the gobbler.

Kids will gobble these right up! Lunch time doesn't need to revolve around sweets and pre-packaged junk.

Pita Sandwich Kids Like

1 pita bread cut in half
2 tsp. mayonnaise
2 tsp. yellow or Dijon mustard
Sandwich vinaigrette to taste - can be purchased at the store
4-6 oz. sliced chicken or turkey meat
Ω avocado, sliced lengthwise
Alfalfa sprouts
Ω tomato, sliced thin

Open pita bread halves and add 1 tsp. mayonnaise, 1 tsp. mustard, half of the meat, avocado, sprouts and tomato to each pita half. Sandwich vinaigrette should be added over top last. Wrap sandwich immediately.

Cheese and Fruitwich

1/2 c Cream cheese, room temp.

1/8 c Peanuts, unsalted, chopped

1/2 Apple, cored, sliced, peeled

2 Drops lemon juice

2 Date-nut bread slices

Combine the cream cheese and nuts in a bowl.

Sprinkle the apple slices with the lemon juice to keep them from turning brown.

Take a slice of bread, spread with cheese and nut mixture and cover with apple slices. Use another

slice of bread to top the sandwich and wrap well.

Apple and Cheese Sandwiches

Use a clever cookie cutter to slice your apples and cheese into fun shapes. Sprinkle apples with lemon juice to prevent browning

Sunbutter and Jelly Sandwich

Sunbutter is made from sunflowers, tastes great kids love it!

Mini Sandwiches

Add a favorite: meat, cheese, veggies, chickpeas, kidney beans, hummus and condiment inside a King's Hawaiian Bun.

Tuna Salad

Needs to be kept cod add a small ice pack to you lunch or beto box or mix tuna salad with frozen vegetables and it will be ready by lunchtime.

Favorite Bread

Mix drained tuna with mayonnaise, and one or all of the following: cucumber, carrot, pickled radish, onion

Spread on bread and enjoy!

Tortillas and roll ups/pinwheels can be fun

Perfect for humus, turkey or chicken,cream cheese, nacho cheese spread

Humus Plus

Fill pita, tortilla or burrito with with cheese, cold cuts, veggies and humus

School Lunch prep tips

At the start of the school year buy a package of brown lunch bags and a wide mix of things to fill them with...

granola bars
fruit snacks
jerky sticks
applesauce/ fruit cups, etc.

Spend some time filling the bags up with a blend of some of those options ( do while watching a show you like, so it was kind of relaxing). make as many bags up as you have room to store .

In the morning before school add a sandwich or other more healthy thing to it to have a nice full lunch.

Try having your kids make their own lunches. Set up a "lunch station" in my pantry and le the kids pick the snack they want and add a sandqich in the morning.

Meal prep for kids.. maybe it's the new Sunday night activity!

For hot lunches, preheat your thermos. Pour boiling water into thermos and let it sit in there while you get everything else packed up. Then dump the water, add the hotsfood. Keeps warm food warm longer.

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