This one won’t weigh you down!
- 3 cup cooked, shredded chicken
- ½ cup dried, sweetened cranberries
- ½ cup chopped pecans
- ¾ cup chopped celery
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- Salt, optional
- White pepper, optional
- 1 teaspoon Parsley, fresh
- 4 large tortillas or wraps
Category: Lunchbox it
Marshmallow Polar Bear
Your kiddos will flip when they see this on their after school snack plate!
Kitchen scissors
2 jumbo marshmallows (or 2 regular-sized ones, for baby)
toothpick
2 black nonpareils
1 brown mini M&M
1 mini marshmallow
2 regular marshmallows
Easy Pretzels
Dieter approved pretzels!
- 1/2 cup self rising flour
- 1/2 cup Fage Total 0% Greek Yogurt
- 1 egg for egg wash
- Coarse sea salt
Chicken Parmesan Meatballs
Is this an Appetizer? Dinner? After School Snack? Lunchbox item? YES!
- 3/4 cup finely grated parmesan cheese
- 1/2 cup plain bread crumbs
- 3 tablespoons Italian parsely, chiffonade
- 2 tablespoon thyme
- 1 teaspoon sweet paprika
- 1 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoon fresh cracked pepper
- 2 large eggs
- 1 lb. ground chicken
- 4 1 oz. sticks of string cheese (cut each stick into four pieces)
Hot Buttered Fried Cheerios
Salty, snacky, crunchy Cheerios – think of all the other spices you could add to give these a kick!
- 4 cups Cheerios
- 1/4 cup butter (salted butter)
- salt to taste
Mediterranean Three Bean Salad
So colorful and yummy!
- 1 15-oz can kidney beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 15-oz can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 15-oz can garbanzo beans (chickpeas), drained and rinsed
- 1 green bell pepper, cored and chopped
- 1 red bell pepper, cored and chopped
- 1/2 English cucumber, diced
- 1 cup chopped red onions
- 1 1/2 tbsp capers
- 1 cup chopped fresh parsley
- 10–15 fresh mint leaves, torn or gently chopped
- 10–15 fresh basil leaves, torn or gently chopped
Garlic Dijon Vinaigrette
- 1–2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/2 tbsp Dijon mustard
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1/4 cup Early Harvest extra virgin olive oil
- Salt and black pepper
Toddler Breakfast Oat Cups
I think I just designated myself a toddler again!! I can’t wait to try these cups!
- 3 cups old fashioned oats, separated
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 large ripe bananas, smashed (roughly 1 cup)
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup almond milk (or milk of choice)
- 1/3 cup maple syrup
- 1/4 cup coconut oil, melted
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Try these add-ins:
Carrot Cake – with shredded carrots, raisins and nutmeg
Antioxidant Powerhouse – with mini dark chocolate chips, raspberries and chia seeds
PB & J – with peanut butter (sunflower seed or almond butter) and your favorite jam
Almond Blueberry – with whole blueberries, slivered almonds and almond extract
