Can anyone give me good lunch ideas?

Question

So I'm starting to get into the whole, eating healthy concept. I'm going to start packing my lunch for school, A) because it saves money, and B) because in the new issue of seventeen magazine they have some food that looks so good. So anyways can anyone give me any healthy, yet good ideas for my lunch?

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(Example: Turkey sandwich, with carrots, a water, and a brownie for desert)

Answer 1

A few lunch ideas that my mom uses:

En tree's

Homemade Vegetable Soup

Chicken wraps- using Pita bread

Salads with vinaigrette dressing

Fruit salad

Snacks

Triscits and Humus

Fruit

Cereal bars

Bagel and low-fat creamcheese

Answer 2

banana, yougart, salad with dressing in a separate container, and jello pudding snack!  

Answer 3

pita bread don't cut it spread on some hummus lettuce tomatoes and what ever meat you have leftover in the fridge a little gravy or salad dressing in another container then you could have some apples and peanut butter or yogurt

you could make a chicken salad with mayo apples and craisins and a slice of bread

Answer 4

Try going to your local supermarket and finding some food in the vegetable aisle that can be sliced.  Get some meat and bread and you got a sandwich.  To keep it from getting boring, try to get something new each time you run out of something.  I'm trying peppers in my sandwich tomorrow.

Answer 5

INSTEAD OF BREAD, TRY BREAD FRITTERS.

Bread Fritters;

Go to the bakery section of the store where you normally buy bread.

Ask the baker for an "unbaked" loaf of bread.

He must put exactly the same amount of dough he would have used to bake a bread with in to a plastic bag for you, and it would cost no more than a loaf of bread.

Take that home and in a pot warm some cooking oil to about half the depth of the pot. (Smaller pots take less oil than bigger ones do)...

The oil temperature should be medium hot. (About half the heat that the stove plate will go)

Now cut from the unbaked dough a slice about the size of your palm, and with a little water on your fingers (to prevent the dough from sticking to your hand), stretch out the dough in all directions until it is about the size of your whole hand including the fingers. That brings the cutting of dough to about twice the size it was when you cut it....

Now with care, drop the stretched out dough in to the hot oil.

It would rise almost instantly.

Fry it in the oil until it is golden brown all over, taking care to turn it over occasionally.

It would be puffy and crisp when done.

With a large ladle or sieve, scoop out the bread fritter and place on an absorbent kitchen towel to rid it of most of the oil still on it.

Repeat this process until all the dough is done.

These bread fritters are extremely filling, and can be cut open and filled with almost anything from grated cheese to minced meat to cold processed meat, syrup or jam.

Try it, you will probably have some left over for two or three days, which you can take to work if you like....

Bread fritters can be frozen and warmed up again if you have made too much, but the dough cannot, so rather make the whole lot and freeze what is left over for another day. If you decide to freeze them, do so without a filling. Fillings should always be made fresh.

Finger snack variety;

By making the bread dough cutting about half the size when cutting off the raw dough from the batch, you can make smaller sized bread fritters and fill them with fancy foods like tuna mince or savory beef mince for buffet snack parties

Answer 6

A Turkey or Ham Sandwich, a friut (apples,oranges,pears, plums), a low sugar juice or water, and a sweet desert (like a brownie, mini donuts, or a mini piece of candy).

All can be appetizing and deliouse

Answer 7

You could get deli meat and roll it up with some cubes of cheese, a bunch of grapes, and some water to drink. Another idea is a nice salad with cut up ham, cheese and boiled egg on it. If you have a thermos, you can take items such as stew, homemade soups, etc... Try to vary what you include in your lunch, and have lots of color! Stay away from any packaged items- they are usually loaded with salt and all kinds of ingredients that we can't even pronounce, let alone know what they even are!

Answer 8

Sandwiches:- Double Deckers.

3 Slices of bread.

Tomato. Sliced

Cold Meat.

Seasonings.

Spread bread.

Place fillings on two of the slices of bread and season.

Stack one on top of the other and top with the third slice, spread side down and cut into diagonals or cubes.

Answer 9

Ham or Turkey on honey wheat, with grapes or carrots, cupcake or brownie for desert.

Answer 10

Here's what you don't take, even though it looks really convenient: those little containers of flavored yoghurt.  They have a ridiculous number of carbs.  My special dessert treat is nonfat yoghurt (preferably the thicker, Greek-style yoghurt) with a teaspoon or two of my favorite jam mixed in.  Two teaspoons of most jams are about 6 grams of carbohydrate.  Compare that to one pack of Yoplait that has between 19 and 33 grams.  Ouch!

Answer 11

they make really good organic cookies and fruitsnacks that you can buy in bulk at sams or costco so they're affordable too.

i like taking applesauce or yogurt in my lunch.

taking soup in a thermos works really well, it stays hot, and soup can be really good for you.  

Answer 12

Try these



Start the School Year Right

Here are five ideas for health-conscious meals that are easy to prepare and fun for kids. Whether your child is a try-anything eater or has the pickiest appetite ever seen, these lunches are sure to please.

MONDAY: Deconstructed Sandwiches

Instead of buying prepacked sets of crackers, cheese, and deli meats, put together a homemade version. Your child can even help out the night before, picking out the crackers, meat, cheese, and a small dessert. Another fun idea is to use mini cookie cutters (about the same size as the crackers) to cut the lunch meat slices into fun shapes. (The leftovers make a good mid-morning nibble for you!)

Some options:

veggie or water cracker rounds

chicken or turkey deli meat, cut into roughly cracker-size pieces

part-skim mozzarella or cheddar slices, cut into roughly cracker-size squares

fruit cup (packed in juice) or unsweetened applesauce

TUESDAY: Grilled Cheese Pockets

As a variation on the standard pan-browned cheese sandwich, try using a sandwich maker; some machines even make the crispy triangles sealed around the edges. Use whole-grain bread and low-fat or part-skim cheeses, which are healthier than their whole-milk counterparts and melt better than completely fat-free versions. Include a couple of fruit leathers and a handful of baked pita or potato chips in the lunch bag, too.

WEDNESDAY: Turkey-Cran Tortilla Bites

Instead of packing a bulky wrap or burrito, slice up a tightly rolled tortilla and fillings. The trick is to spread all the ingredients evenly, rather than pile them into the middle like in a traditional wrap sandwich.

Lay the tortilla flat, then spread a thin layer of cranberry sauce over the whole surface. Top with one layer of lettuce leaves, then with pulled turkey (in smallish pieces) or deli meat slices. Roll tightly, then cut into one- or two-bite pieces, holding each piece closed with kid-safe toothpicks. (For vegetarian kids, try it with a thicker spread of hummus, thin slices of peppers and cucumber, and lettuce.) Toss in a box of raisins and a few animal-shaped crackers on the side.

THURSDAY: Dipping Day

Everything in this lunch is bite-size and gets dunked. Pack them loosely in separate containers for younger children, or in rows on “skewers” for older ones.

Chicken nibblers with honey mustard

Baked tortilla chips and tomato salsa

Baby carrots and cut-up celery sticks with light ranch dressing

Sliced apple, banana, and peach with fruit yogurt (or plain yogurt stirred with all-fruit jam)

FRIDAY: Layered Lunch

Turn the traditional sandwich on its head—literally—by piling the halves onto one another. It even works without the crusts! (Just cut them off before building.) This is a great way to liven up old standards like peanut butter and jelly, or try a club sandwich variation.

Cut two whole-grain bread slices diagonally in half, then line up the four resulting triangles. Spread a little bit of mustard on the first triangle and top with one piece of deli meat and cheese. On the next triangle, use mayo and a different kind of deli meat. The third triangle gets sliced veggies, such as tomato and cucumber, and lettuce. Stack these three, covering them with the last triangle. Spear the tower with two kid-safe toothpicks and cut in half. Include some pretzel sticks and chopped dried fruit.

Answer 13

why dont you bring a salad to school? you can bring your dressing in a little container then prepare it at school.

Answer 14

On wheat bread, a meat of your choice, a slice of cheese, and some mayo.

Bring a bottle of water and a stir in iced tea powder (crystal light).

A fruit or vegetable of your choice.

&& a 100 calorie pack sweet roll for dessert.

:)

Answer 15

How about wraps and pita's stuffed with your favourite fillings. Such as chicken, alfalfa sprouts, cheese, tuna, etc. Raw veggies with dip is also a good choice. For dessert stick with fresh fruit, or fruit served in convenient individual cups.