Image: Trail Mix Poppers by Mommypotamus
As parents transition into a school routine for themselves and their kids, one of the greatest challenges they face is coming up with healthy, interesting, and exciting lunches for their children. Sometimes making such choices can seem extremely overwhelming and daunting. And not to pressure anyone, we definitely have our work cut out for us compared to the rest of the world when it comes to school cafeteria lunches. So let’s do better. Let’s nourish our children with nutritious lunches so they are not consuming empty calories from vending machines and they are armed with proper nutrients while they spend many hours, learning, at school.
To help you take the fuss out of the planning and preparation for , I created these 20 Packable Lunch Menu. And now, here is a collection of 30 real food lunch ideas from various real food bloggers. There are some links with more than one recipe so read all the way through. And to keep you and your family safe from food borne illnesses during lunch time, here are some Food Safety Tips for Packing Lunch.
30 Gluten Free School Lunch Recipes
1.] Trail Mix Poppers– mommypotamus (pictured above)
2.] Chicken Wings – Dr. Karen Lee
3.] Quick and Simple Paleo Salad – The Paleo Diet
4.] Beef Cauliflower Fried Rice – Against All Grains
5.] 8 Great Grain Free Lunch Box Ideas – Eat Your Beets
6.] Roasted Beet Hummus– leelalicious
7.] Nut Free Zucchini & Sun-Dried Tomato Muffins – Eat Drink Paleo
8.] Gluten Free Paleo Zucchini Muffins – On Diet and Health
9.] BLT Chicken Salad – Real Simple good
10.] Soba Noodles Salad with Shrimp – Dr. Karen S. Lee
11.] Mango Coconut Curried Chicken Salad – Paleo Magazine
12.] Savory Breakfast Meatballs – iheart umami
13.] Greek Burgers with Tzatziki Sauce – Living Sweet Moments
14.] Mini Paleo Crust Pizza – Eat Drink Paleo
15.] Paleo Corn Dogs – A Girl Worth Saving
16.] The Best Salmon Fish Cake – Dr. Karen S. Lee
17.] Crispy Teriyaki Chicken – iheart umami
18.] Paleo Oven Baked Chicken Nuggets – A Girl Worth Saving
19.] Paleo Taco Salad – Stupid Easy Paleo
20.] Cold Thai Noodle and Vegetable Salad – The Nourishing Gourmet
21.] Grilled Chicken with Strawberry Salsa – Cave Girl Cuisine
22.] Baked Salmon Loaf – Eat Drink Paleo
23.] Paleo Lunch Boxes – nom nom paleo
24.] Crepe Roll Ups – Health Home and Happiness
25.] Keto Kale and Chives Egg Muffins – iheart umami
26.] Paleo Radish Chips – My Paleos
27.] Mason Jar Greek Salad – Delicious Obsessions
28.] Grain Free Pizza Quiche – Recipes to Nourish
29.] Strawberry Men – iheart umami
30.] 40 Days of Gluten Free Lunches – The Paleo Mama
I hope this list of recipes will make your school lunch planning and prepartion easier and stress free. If you fidn this list helpful, don’t forget to share this post with your struggling friends! Hope you and your children have an awesome school year!