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Great for Your Lunch Box

Peperonata Stoup

Serves 4

This hearty stoup can be made vegetarian by using vegetable stock.

Lunch Box: Cobb Salad Triple-Decker Sandwich

Serves 4

This lunch box special will keep kids going all the way ’til dinnertime!

Red, White and Blue Slaw Salad

Serves 6-8

This super simple slaw draws its patriotic name from a mix of red and white cabbage and a handful of tangy blue cheese. –RR Serve with Rach’s Ultimate BBQ Burger with Chipotle Ranch Sauce or another burger of your choice.

Not Potato Salad

Serves

Since gnocchi are made from potatoes, save yourself the hassle of cleaning and boiling all those spuds and make this salad with the same flavors and a dumpling that cooks up in a fraction of the time. Make the salad while the gnocchi are still hot so that they soak up all your dressing, then serve the salad at room temperature or cooled off, whichever you prefer. Serve with Rach’s Ultimate BBQ Burger with Chipotle Ranch Sauce or another burger of your choice.

Italian Chili Soup

Serves 4

Dee Dee and her family double this recipe so they can eat it as a snack the next day, for lunch and for dinner. Now that’s getting a good bang for your buck.

Everything Soup

Serves 4

This recipe was inspired by Rach’s Italian Alphabet Soup, but Calista wanted to add even more stuff to it.

Chicken and Asparagus Wrap

Serves 3-4

BPB Quesadillas

Serves 1-2

You can whip up one of these quesadillas for a pick-me-up that’ll keep you going strong anytime of day – breakfast, lunch or snack! It packs up better than you might think, so try adding a few wedges to your lunch box.

Potato, Zucchini and Tomato Stoup

Serves 4

The fun cheesy toppers on this soup will keep picky eaters eating through to the veggies! It’s also easy to make this soup vegetarian by substituting vegetable stock for the chicken stock.

Potato Soup with the Works

Serves 4

Banana Sushi

Serves 4-6

Sushi gets a whole new look with these easy roll-ups. They’re an energizing snack and work well in your lunch box, too.

Lunch Box “Fun”-due

Serves 1  

Today, lunchtime will be interactive and dip-a-licious!

Cold Ginger, Soy and Honey Sesame Noodles (Bento Lunch Box)

Serves 1

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 Wa-s’up? Tuna Salad Pinwheels (Bento Lunch Box).

Danish Lunch Box Smorbrod

Serves 2-4

In Denmark, little open-faced sandwiches (that means they have no tops on them) are lunchtime and snack time favorites of kids and grown-ups alike! Try a mix-n-match of these three sammies and your box will rock – Danish-style!

PB & H Extreme

Serves 1, or makes 2 snack-size servings

Heads up: some schools don’t allow PB & J anymore in the lunch rooms because some kids are super allergic to nuts. Check on it and have this lunch at home or school accordingly.