The Organic Lunchbox: 125 Yummy, Quick, and Healthy Recipes for Kids
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The easy-to-follow recipes, many of which are geared to kid- or family-friendly preparation, will include peanut-free and tree nut-free options. In addition, The Organic Lunchbox will include information on purchasing and utilizing organic ingredients and tips on which types of food are most important to consider when looking for the organic designation. Lawrence also offers helpful suggestions for making kid-size portions, serving options, and storing until they’re ready to be packed into a lunchbox.
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The Organic Lunchbox - Marie W. Lawrence
Good Any Time of the Day
Breakfast foods have lots of kid appeal, and with a little planning can provide a tasty and balanced meal for lunch as well! When dealing with eggs, meat, or dairy, maintaining safe food temperatures is a must. The dishes here should all be sent safely chilled, in insulated containers or lunchboxes, with a frozen gel pack included. If your child’s school has the facilities to reheat them, the egg and meat dishes can be warmed up there. If not, they’re really not bad chilled, either.
Funny Face Bagels
Breakfast Burritos
Savory French Toast Fingers
Crunchy French Toast Fingers
Apple Berry Sauce
Sopapillas with Apple Berry Sauce
Salsa Scrambled Eggs
Slightly Spicy Sausage Patties
Maple Sausage Patties
Green Eggs & Ham Breakfast Quiche
Multigrain Waffles
Sweet Potato Pancakes
Maple Honey Butter
Buttery Pie Crust
Tutti-Frutti Pancake Rolls
Sunny Side Up
Teeny Tiny Tater Bites
Pumpkin Yogurt
Maple Nut Yogurt
Cornmeal Muffins
Pumpkin Muffins
Wild Blueberry Muffins
Calico Muffins
Golden Granola
Autumn Pumpkin Parfaits
Double Oat Crunch Granola
Cereal Sundaes
Funny Face Bagels
Although I think of bagels as breakfast food, there are so many variations to these fun-to-make faces that you could enjoy them most any time of the day. Kids can easily construct their own funny faces, flowers, or whatever other design strikes their fancy in a matter of minutes.
Ingredients:
Organic bagels, split
Organic cream cheese, soy butter, or an alternative seed/tree nut butter, if allowed
Organic fruit spread, optional
Desired organic fruits and/or berries and/or vegetable slices
Shredded organic carrot or toasted organic coconut
Directions:
1) Spread each bagel half with the desired topping. If you’d like to add fruit spread, this can either be mixed in with the cream cheese, soy, seed, or nut butter, or smoothed on top of the bagel.
2) Next, add in sliced or whole fruits, berries, or vegetable slices to form your clown face of choice. Use a whole or half berry, cherry, or cherry tomato for the nose and grated carrot or toasted coconut for hair. One large half is probably plenty for a smaller child.
3) Place your completed clown face in a sandwich carrier, ready to be enjoyed for lunch! Keep it cool with a frozen gel pack until ready to eat.
Breakfast Burritos
I like soft corn tortillas for these simple sandwiches, although soft flour tortillas may be slightly less crumbly. Mixing together a bit of sour cream and yogurt makes a not-too-tangy kid-friendly condiment for spreading on each tortilla. Including a bit of Avocado Dip (p. 135) adds color, flavor, and nutritional value. You can easily use just the sour cream mixture or the avocado mixture, depending on your child’s taste preferences.
Ingredients per burrito:
1 tablespoon sour cream
1 tablespoon plain Greek-style yogurt
1 Salsa Scrambled Egg (p. 11)
1 patty Slightly Spicy Sausage Patties (p. 12), optional
1 soft organic corn or flour tortilla
2 tablespoons Avocado Dip (p. 135)
Directions:
1) Combine the sour cream and yogurt, mixing well; set aside.
2) Prepare the Salsa Scrambled Egg as the recipe directs. Allow it to cool before constructing your burrito, unless it’s being eaten right away.
3) Fry the sausage patty until it is evenly cooked; cut in half and cool before using. You could also crumble the sausage meat into the pan for cooking.
4) Spread one side of the tortilla with the sour cream/yogurt mixture and the Avocado Dip. Carefully place the egg (and sausage if using) in a line slightly to one side of the middle. Roll the tortilla up and wrap tightly in wax paper, twisting the ends shut. Add a paper towel wrap around the wax paper, if you wish.
5) Chill until serving time in an insulated lunchbox with a frozen gel pack. One end of the burrito can then be slowly unwrapped as lunch is enjoyed!
Savory French Toast Fingers
Breakfast doesn’t have to be sweet in order to be tasty. Case in point is this savory version of French toast. You will note it is oven fried. It can be done on the stovetop if you prefer, but I think the more even heat of the oven helps keep the cheese from darkening too much while the French toast is cooking through. Depending on your kid’s favorite flavor combinations, you can include a little container of ketchup, salsa, or marinara sauce (such as Italian Tomato Sauce, p. 95) for dipping purposes. Crispy Kale Chips (p. 123) or a little salad of string beans marinated in Italian or French dressing is also a nice accompaniment; breakfast can be as adventuresome as you wish it to be!
Makes 1 serving as listed; easy to multiply for more.
Ingredients per serving:
1 tablespoon organic oil
1 large organic egg
1 tablespoon organic milk
1 tablespoon organic grated Parmesan cheese
Pinch sea salt; about ⅛ teaspoon
Organic black pepper, to taste
Pinch of organic basil or dry mustard, optional
Drop or two of hot sauce, optional
2 slices rustic-style organic bread
Directions:
1) Adjust your oven rack to the middle position, then preheat the oven to 375° F. Place the oil in a pan just large enough to hold the number of sticks you are preparing, making sure to coat the entire surface.
2) Beat together the egg and milk until smooth. Stir in the cheese, salt, pepper, and other desired seasonings.
3) Cut each slice of bread into 3–4 strips, removing a thin strip of crust if you wish to make them more even.
4) Dip both sides of each strip into the egg mixture, then place on the baking pan. Pour any extra egg mixture over the strips of bread. Bake for 10 minutes, then carefully insert a spatula under each finger
and flip over, adding a bit more oil if necessary to prevent sticking. Bake for another 5 minutes, until golden brown.
5) Cool to room temperature before packing. Store in the refrigerator. Send to school with an iced gel pack to keep the egg component safely chilled.
Crunchy French Toast Fingers
One of the more disturbing kid meals I recall being served as breakfast for lunch when I worked in a local elementary school involved previously frozen French toast sticks that had been deep-fried in who knows what type of fat. They were accompanied by little tubs of dark, sticky syrup that bore no resemblance whatsoever to real maple syrup. I had a hard time equating this with a balanced lunch, although the kids seemed to love them. Here is a nice alternative; finger food–friendly French toast sticks with a mild, pure maple flavor. There is no need for sticky syrup here, although siding with fresh berries and some creamy yogurt makes for a tasty and healthy