Any ideas????

Question

Hey, I was just wondering what are some really healthy and lowfat lunch recipes I can bring to school? usually i have a grilled cheese sandwhich adn some goldfish =P. Im only 13 but im into eating healthy. Also what are some healthy dinner ideas??? Thanks for the help!!!!

Answer 1

goveg.com      or    vegetariantimes.com

try a salad without the chicken, maybe a fruit salad.  maybe a pasta with or without soy chicken strips for some extra protein, morningstar chicken patty sandwhich, fake deli meat sandwhich if ur tired of grilled cheese, if ur not a huge fan, buy only a few things first to try it, u may or may not like it, my friend loves it, but i hate it, morningstar has tons of breakfast and dinner things for vegtarians. or also a potatoe with cheese and fake bacon bits , or sloppy joes with the crumbles by morning star, hope this helped!

Answer 2

For lunch, I have chese quesilldias sometimes, because they've got a lot of protein. If you use those low carb wraps, they've got a lot of fiber. Also sometimes I'll bring Boca chicken nuggets, and some fruit and a bottle of water, or something. I'm 13, too. I like to eat healthy, too. If you have a Love Organic Food store near you, they have a lot of stuff. They've got these juice drinks that have a lot of fiber and protein. I take those a lot. Hope I helped! =)

Answer 3

Some answers seem to ignore that this is posed in Vegetarian & Vegan.  I assume you want vegetarian ideas.

Try making a big pot of vegetarian bean chili.  Have it with brown rice for a great dinner and lunch on the leftovers.

For lunches that don't require heating, bring a container of hummus and baby carrots for dipping.  Pasta salad with veggies and chick peas is also great.  Try using broccoli, red bell peppers, a little red onion and a rinsed can of chick peas.

You can make a sandwich or wrap from packaged, roasted tofu and veggies.  Also egg salad can be a good protein boost.

Answer 4

http://www.your-vegetarian-kitchen.com/h... has some great ideas for you and recipes that are easy to follow. Being 13 is no deterrent from learning your way around the kitchen. In fact it is the perfect time to do so.

So ideas -for lunch boxes:

There are amazing new containers available at the Supermarkets that have freezable tops that keep you food cold and fresh until lunch time! So if you get a few of those you'll be in very good shape.  

Tofu "No-Egg" Salad Sandwiches are easy and very yummy. They also have great nutrition so they will keep you on target in your afternoon classes.

In a bowl put two serving spoons full of Nayonaise ( a vegan mayo like product made without eggs that has the right balance of flavor and is not greasy!) Add 1 tsp. Turmeric -- for digestion and color-- 1 Tbs. prepared mustard - I like  Dijon but any of them will do -- 2 tsp Dill Pickle Juice and whisk together.

Open the package of Firm Tofu and drain the product. Give it a quick rinse too then crumble it into a bowl with your fingers. Mix well. Add 1 Tbs. each minced fresh dill leaves, parsley leaves and green onion. Toss and add Sea Salt and Black Pepper to taste.

Spread a portion on your bread. (Save the rest in a closed container in the refrigerator. It will last up to one week.) Add lettuce and a slice to Heritage Tomato to your sandwich.

Cut into halves and put them into the container. Top with the frozen lid and you are good to go.

You can also make a great deviled bean dip  of canned cooked Red Beans or White Northern Beans Mustard, Nayonaise, and Pickle Relish.

Simple and easy to do in your food processor. Great on sandwiches too.

You can take a pasta salad with you in one of these freeze top containers which is deeper  of some gazpacho soup for hot days.  

For breakfast try these Eggless Banana Pancakes with Pineapple Smiles

Whip up one overly ripe Banana with 1 Cup Soy Milk and ½ tsp Frontier Herb Co’s Alcohol Free Vanilla. Add 2 tsp. Rumford Aluminum Free Baking Powder, 2 Tbs. Spectrum Naturals Unrefined Corn Oil, 1 tsp. Sea Salt and 2 Cups White Whole Wheat Flour; mixing thoroughly. Scoop batter with an ice cream scoop and pour onto a well seasoned, oiled griddle. Bake until the top of the pancake is perforated with tiny holes and appears to be dry. Turn over and bake the other side. Plate.

Place a half slice of pineapple on the pancake like a happy smile and put the two halves of a Maraschino Cherry above the pineapple smile for eyes. Serve with Real Maple Syrup! Yum!

Here's a sneak preview of some recipes from the section Kids Cookin' which is soon to be posted to the above website.

Melon Boats with Papaya Balls

For Melon Boats with Papaya Balls in your vegetarian kitchen, quarter ripe Honeydew melons and scoop out the seeds throwing them away. Place the melon quarters on a sea of fresh Green Leaf Lettuce.

Cut the Ripe Papaya in half and scoop out the seeds throwing them away too. Using a melon baller, scoop out Papaya balls from ripe Papaya halves and pile them into the melon quarters. Raise a mast using a Belmont Cream Wafer Rolls. Anchors Aweigh! Yum!

Scrambled Tofu with Toast Points

When kids are cookin’ and its time for breakfast in your vegetarian kitchen, this hearty meal will prepare them for a full day of play or sports. You’ll enjoy it too!

In a fry pan put 2 Tbs. Canola Oil.

1 Tbs. Turmeric

1 tsp. Sea Salt

1 pinch Black Salt (available in Indian Grocery Stores) optional

Crumble 1 block of Tofu into the pan and stir until heated through in the heated spiced oil watching it turn a golden yellow!

Add a Sprinkle of Bell’s Poultry Seasoning Herbs

Serve with buttered toast, cut on the diagonal and stacked overlapping each other on the side of the plate so they look like a mountain range. Serve with Ketchup on the table for the Scrambled Tofu and Orange Marmalade for the Toast. Yum!

Bearwiches

Whimsical bear shaped sandwiches make lunch time fun when kids are cookin’ in your vegetarian kitchen.

Cut slices of your favorite bread with bear shaped cookie cutters. Use your favorite sandwich spread for a filling. Put the together.

Serve with chips and a pickle – unless you used PB&J!

Variations on the Theme:

Use differently shaped cookie cutters.

Oh, what do you do with the crusts and the rest of the slice of bread you cut the shapes from? Aha! Make Bread Pudding!

Eggless Honey Bread Pudding

Preheat oven 350º

Eggless Honey Bread Pudding is a sweet pudding that is easy to make when kids are cookin’ in your vegetarian kitchen. Use all the scraps from the Bearwiches cutting them into small cubes. You will need about 2 Cups of Bread Cubes. Put them in a well buttered 2 quart baking dish.

Scald 1 Quart of Milk. Put Milk in a sauce pan and heat it over low heat until a thin skin forms on top.

Mix the milk together with ½ Cup Honey and 4 Tbs. Butter.

Alow to cool to lukewarm.

Mix together:

4 Tbs. Ener-G Egg Replacer

1½ Tbs. of Flour

½ tsp. Sea Salt

1 tsp. Frontier Herb Co. Organic Alcohol Free Vanilla Extract.

1 Tsp. Frontier Herb Co. Ground Organic Cinnamon

Using a wire whisk slowly stir the dry ingredients into the lukewarm milk, butter and honey mixture.

Pour it over the bread cubes, mixing well.

Add 1 Cup Sultana Raisins.

Stir thoroughly.

Bake in a moderate oven 350º for half an hour.

Serve warm with Sweet Cream poured over the top or a scoop of Vanilla Ice Cream. Yum!

Pups in Blankets

Here is a simple, traditional fun filled way to prepare and enjoy Tofu Pups when vegetarian kids are cookin’ in your vegetarian kitchen.  You can use prepared biscuits from the grocery store if you like, or you can have the kids prepare the biscuits too. They are fun to roll out and to cut out as well as to wrap around the Tofu Pups!

Eggless Biscuit Dough

Eggless Biscuits are quick, easy and fun to bake in your vegetarian kitchen when kids are cookin’. They enjoy rolling out the dough and cutting out the circular shapes.

Here’s how. In your food processor put:

2 cups of Unbleached White Flour

½ tsp Sea Salt

4 tsp Rumford Aluminum Free Baking Powder

1 Tbs Honey or Organic Turbinado Sugar

½ Stick Butter or Soy Margarine

Process until the butter is well incorporated.

Slowly add 2/3 Cup of 2% Milk or Soy Milk.

When it forms a ball turn out onto a floured board and knead gently. Roll out with a rolling pin to a thickness of ½”. Cut out biscuits with a biscuit cutter.

Proceed as below.

For a Cheesy Pups in Blankets variation on the theme, add ½ Cup shredded Cheddar Cheese to the biscuit dough.

Pups in Blankets (continued)

Spread unbaked cut out biscuit dough with your favorite mustard.

Wrap Tofu Pups around their middles in the biscuits.

Place on baking sheet.

Bake at 350º for 10 to 12 minutes until golden brown.

Serve with Boston Baked Beans and Potato Salad.

Oh my! That’s an awesome supper for a summer night on the patio!

Pizza Puffs

When its pajama party time and the kids are clamoring for something fun to do and something fun to eat in your vegetarian kitchen– Pizza Ouffs are a sure winner every time.

Preheat oven to 425º

Cut your favorite bread with a biscuit cutter into circles.

Spread half of the circles with 1 Tbs. Tomato Sauce

Top with 1 Tbs shredded Mozzarella Cheese

Make Cheesy Garlic Spread

In a blender process 1 clove fresh garlic with a ¼ Cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil and ¼ Cup grated cheese.

Spread on the other half of 5 the bread circles

Place on the tomato cheese slices – sandwich style.

Place them on a cookie sheet and bake until golden and puffed to 7 minutes.

Serve with a green salad tossed with Italian Olive Oil, Vinegar and Garlic Dressing. Yum!

Vegetarian Cheese Logs and Apple Slices

Kids snack time? Try Vegetarian Cheese Logs and Apple Slices. This simple and easy to prepare treat when vegetarian kids are cookin’ in your vegetarian kitchen.

Cut an 8 oz package of Cream Cheese into 8 equal pieces the short way (Cut the package in half and in half again; and then cut it crosswise so that you have 8 equal sized pieces. Roll each “log” in ground Almond Meal. Plate and refrigerate. Serve each 2 of them with several wedges of crisp, cold Cortland or Macintosh Apples. Yum!

Vegetarian Cheese Dreams

When kids are cookin’ in your vegetarian kitchen and it is time for an exceptionally delicious open faced hot sandwich, Vegetarian Cheese Dreams  will definitely do the trick! It has been a favorite of mine since I was a child and its appeal hasn’t lessened a bit. Yum!

Use the tray from your toaster oven to prepare this sandwich. To make clean up easy cover it with aluminum foil. Place two slices of the cheese of your choice (Rennet Free Cheddar, American, Muenster or Swiss Cheese) on slices of whole grain bread (Wheat, Rye, or 7 Grain). Lightly spread a small amount of mustard on the cheese. Top with a thick slice of Organic Beefsteak or Heritage Tomato and strip of Fakin’ Bacon. Put the toaster oven on Broil and watch very carefully. When the cheese is all melty and the tomato is just beginning to toast  around the edges; and when the Fakin’ Bacon is golden it is ready for the three T’s (Teeth, Tongue and Tummy!) Use a spatula to plate the hot sandwich and enjoy it using a table knife and a fork. Yum! Oh YUM!

Tofu Ham & Cheese K Bobs with Pineapple Chunks

What fun to prepare. What fun to eat!  Lunch on  a skewer! Tofu Ham & Cheese K Bobs with Pineapple Chunks is a fun filled, delicious meal for kids to be cookin’ in your vegetarian kitchen!

Cube Vege Ham (available at Chinese Grocery stores) into ½ inch cubes. Cut Fresh Pineapple into ½ inch cubes or use canned Pineapple Chunks. Also cut cheese into ½ inch cubes or use the cheese cubes available at the supermarket. Alternate each of the three ingredients as you thread them onto the bamboo skewers. You can ad

Answer 5

i say get a good tofu cookbook.  tofu ios awesome that it absorbs flavor well, and has a great consistency.

i reccomend  soy cheese as well, or peanut butter and honey sandwiches.

beans are awesome!!

fried portabella mushrooms!!!!!

RN and nutritionalist.

Answer 6

Banana, cottage cheese, apple, low fat lean turkey ham, lean chicken meat, smoked slamon, low fat cream cheese, apricots, lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, almonds on whole meal or multigrain bread with no butter or transfat margarine spreads.

Answer 7

As a growing young woman, you need to be having plenty of lean protein, fruits, veges and fiber in your diet, not to mention complex carbs.  Here are some ideas:

Lunch I

Lean turkey breast on whole grain bread with lowfat mayo and mustard

Baby carrots and celery with lowfat ranch dressing

Lowfat yogurt

Apple

Lunch II:

Tortilla rollups with romaine lettuce, sliced pickles or salsa, tomato, lowfat cheese and whole grain flour tortillas

Jicama slices with chli and lime

Whole grain fig newtons

2% milk

Lunch III:

Roasted chicken breast

Tossed green salad and low fat dressing

Whole grain roll or lowfat crackers

Vanilla yogurt with raisins and cinnamon

Lunch IV:

Lean Roastbeef on sourdough with wasabi mayonaise

Grape Tomatos, cauliflower florets, baby carrots and ranch dressing.

Apple wedges with honey and cinnamon

Drink lots of water and go easy on the high fat crackers, such as goldfish.  Tasty but lethal!  For dinner:

1.  Grilled mahi mahi or tilapia filets, roasted baby potatos , fresh asparagas or green beans.

2.  Lean boneless, skinless chicken b*****s marinated in Italian dressing; spinach salad; mashed potatos.

3.  Lean grilled porkchops; chopped salad with feta cheese, sliced pears, candied walnuts and champagne vinagrette; baked sweet potatos.

4.  Lean sirloin steak, grilled or broiled; sauteed mushrooms; fresh green beans, baked baby potatos.

Keep desserts fun, flavorful and lowfat.  Bon Appetit!