Kid Lunch Ideas
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Protein foods to choose from might include: chopped or deviled hard-cooked eggs; chicken drumsticks or chicken "fingers"; string cheese or cheese cubes; whole or mashed beans, yogurt as a dip or mixed with fruit; quality cooked meats sliced or shaved thinly to wrap around a favorite cheese or vegetable; canned chicken and tuna; peanut butter.
Include a grain or starch such as cooked rice, pasta, couscous, barley, or potato chunks packed separately or in a combination dish. Use a variety of bread products including flat bread such as pita or cracker bread even baked corn tortillas.
Cut favorite fruits into easy to hold sticks, wedges, disks or other fun shapes and wrap individually in colored plastic. Frozen grapes and berries are especially fun to munch on. Don't forget about convenient canned fruit for variety.
Raw vegetable choices easy for you to pack: cucumber spears, crisp romaine leaves, zucchini, jicama sticks or other raw favorites, even lightly cooked green beans make great dippers or green salad additions
Packing Tips :Kids love novel food containers so be creative and make your own individual servings. Use disposable plastic pastry bags and pack with peanut butter, yogurt, pudding, or applesauce for a squeezable treat. Try finely chopped egg salad or mashed beans to squeeze onto crackers or tortillas chips for a neat-to-eat lunch. Twist the small or eating end tightly, fold over and then secure with a twist tie. Knot the wide or filling end. Freeze if appropriate for the ingredients to help keep the lunch box cool.
A heavy duty plastic zip-bag works great as a disposable container for any type of salad. At lunch the child can dump in the dressing from a snack-size zip-type bag packed right inside the larger bag and mix without a mess. A fun way to dispense the dressing is from a well-capped small sized picnic condiment squeeze bottle. Send along a plastic fork and disposable bowl, or the child can eat the salad right out of the bag.
Evaluate the area where your childs lunch will be kept. The room temperature plays an important role in how long a lunch will stay fresh and safe. Always include a frozen juice box, water bottle or blue ice to keep cold food cold and preventing it from entering the food danger zone of 40 degrees and above for more than two hours before eating. Avoid packing hot foods, even in insulated containers, if keeping food for more than 3 hours as the temperature drops into the other end of the food safety danger zone (140 degrees) within an hour or so.
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