Simple healthy school lunch ideas that are gluten-free- Week 4! Five gluten-free easy lunch ideas with a shopping list to make your week run a bit smoother.
The school year is in full bloom now with homework just starting for my 1st grader! I am secretly excited to start educating myself and soaking up all the information he is learning. What else I like to soak up is more time. Do you feel me? That is just what these easy lunch ideas do because I can look at my list and know just what I have to buy and make each week for school. I hope these ideas make your week easier too?.
Healthy School Lunch Ideas That Are Gluten-Free - Week 4
MONDAY
- Main: Left over pizza from the weekend or make your own English Muffin Pizza (see under sides)
- Sides: Grapes, Broccoli, Snap Peas
To make English muffin pizzas, use gluten-free English muffins or half a gluten-free bagel if you can not find the other. Add a thin layer of sauce on top and cheese and any favorite toppings like pepperoni or olives. Bake in the oven 375 degrees F for about 10 minutes or until the cheese is melted and starts to brown on the edge.
TUESDAY
- Main: Banana and Nut Butter Cinnamon Tortilla Wraps
- Sides: Cucumber Chunks, Watermelon Slices
For the tortilla rolls place your favorite nut butter in the center of a gluten-free tortilla. Add a small amount on one of the sides (this helps to close and seal the tortilla). Place a banana in the center on top of the nut butter sprinkle with cinnamon. Fold in the sides (like a burrito) then one side over and roll it up sealing with the nut butter on the end.
WEDNESDAY
- Main: Quesadilla Wedges
- Sides: Watermelon Slices, Broccoli, Grape Tomatoes
THURSDAY
- Main: Hard Boiled Egg, Chocolate Chip Spinach Muffins
- Sides: Crusher, Grape Tomatoes
FRIDAY
- Main: Chocolate Chip Spinach Muffins (or your favorite muffin)
- Sides: Cucumber and Tomato Skewers, Slices Peaches (may want to remove skin depending on your child), Raw Cashews
Shopping List:
- Muffins or recipe for Chocolate Chip Spinach Muffins
- Leftover Pizza or
- English Muffins
- Pizza Sauce
- Mozzarella Cheese
- Extra toppings you like such as olives or pepperoni
- Gluten-Free Tortillas
- Shredded Cheese (for the quesadillas or just use the Mozzarella used for pizza)
- Bananas
- Nut Butter
- Cinammon
- Hard Boiled Eggs
- Raw Cashews
- Broccoli
- Snap Peas
- Cucumbers
- Green or Red Grapes
- Watermelon
- Grape Tomatoes
- Crushers
- Peaches
Any leftover fruit and vegetables that are not used in lunches can be served as after school snacks or used in a salad for dinner.
I hope this helps your week, have a good one!
More healthy easy lunch ideas for school:
Need more ideas for the snack pocket of the lunchbox? My full list of gluten free dairy free snacks for kids has 22 to rotate through.
And on days off school, the same lunch turns into an indoor picnic.
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