The following list of “lunch box hacks” has been tested by a combination of the company’s culinary experts who developed unique ways parents can make lunch fun and stress-free with tasty options for even for the pickiest young eaters.
“I spend a lot of time inside the homes of families all over the country and tips for preparing a nutritious, easy and cost-effective lunch that kids want to eat is frequently asked for by consumers,” said Tanya Rodriguez, cultural anthropologist at ΒιΆΉΣ³». “The list of hacks will make lunch fun for kids and offer a new variety of foods and flavors.”
Lunch Box Hacks
- Use a paper straw for a fun twist on a sandwich. Cut meat, cheese and bread into fun shapes with cookie cutters and slide the shapes onto the straw.
- Use waffles, pancakes or bagels instead of bread for a nice change of pace.
- Use a frozen Wholly Guacamole® mini as an ice pack to keep your lunch cold. It will be thawed by lunch time and you can dip your veggies or chips in the guacamole.
- Cut large CHI-CHI’S® flour tortillas with a small cookie cutter round to make mini tacos and then use silicone muffin liners to create a build your own taco bar.
- Place guacamole, salsa or peanut butter in the bottom of a jar, add veggies and cover with jar lid to save on containers.
- For PB&J sandwiches, put the peanut butter on both slices of bread. It keeps the jelly from seeping into the bread of the sandwich and getting soggy by lunchtime. Or for a fun twist on the PB&J, check out the new SKIPPY® P.B. Fruit Bites.
- Use muffin liners to keep foods separate in lunch boxes. Silicone muffin liners work especially well.
- Wrap a cheese stick with meat and a tortilla then slice it for a new twist on a sandwich.
- Build a salad in a disposable beverage glass. Place a fork through the cut out in the lid for a salad on the go.
- Write secret messages on bananas. Use a toothpick to write the message like I heart U or U R Beautiful or U R GR8.