Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Packable Lunches


-salad in a jar- make salad I a mason jar, put dressing in bottom with heartier ingredients, like chick peas, black beans, etc, layer with lettuce on top so it doesn't get soggy.
-pasta salad in a jar-put a little pepperoni, olives, cheese, tomatoes, in the  bottom of jar with Italian dressing, put pasta on top, shake and mix before eating.
-taco salad in a jar: layer beans, chicken or beef (optional), salsa, sour cream, lettuce, top with a few tortilla chips
-lettuce wrap with chicken salad
-tortellini kebab- with leftover tortellini from night before, skewer tortellini, cheese, pepperoni, tomatoes
-hummus and pitas
-pita or naan bread pizza
-cucumber and cream cheese sandwich, or tortilla wrap
-egg salad sandwich
-make your own grown up lunchable, cheese, crackers, sliced hard boiled eggs,lunch meat, nuts, etc.
-greek pita sandwich: chick peas, chopped lettuce, tomatoes, onions,  oil and lemon juice
-calzone: make or buy pizza dough, cut into small rectangle, fill with sauce and cheese, other toppings if desired. fold dough over and seal edges - bake at 350° for 20 min. Freeze, then just pull one out in the morning to take for lunch - also can fill with ham and cheese.
-plan at dinner and alter leftovers into a packable lunch
-pizza pinwheel- make pizza dough, roll out into rectangle, spread with sauce and cheese, roll and slice like cinnamon rolls - bake and freeze to put into lunch in the morning

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