Healthy Lunch Box Snack Ideas

Healthy Lunch Box Snack Ideas

If your kids are getting tired of your typical lunch box routine and youre looking to spice things up with some different snacks, youve come to the right place! At Bobs Red Mill, we love snacksand we use our beans, grains and flours to create just about every snack you can imagine! So, from chewy homemade granola bars to creamy hummus, weve put together some of our favorite healthy lunchbox snack ideas. We hope they inspire you to get a little bit creative and to switch up the snacks this year! Bring your mixing spoon and your lunch box, and lets dive in.

Hummus & Everything Crackers

Healthy Lunch Box Snack Ideas | Bobs Red Mill Hummus is one of our absolute favorite healthy ideas for school lunch boxes. It gives a boost of nutrition and can be customized based on what you have in the fridge. From cilantro hummus with fresh lime juice to spicy hummus with cayenne pepper and a hint of hot sauce, the options for hummus are truly endless. Our recipe for Simple Hummus calls for cooked garbanzo beans, tahini, lemon juice, garlic, olive oil and sea salt. All you have to do is process the ingredients, add a bit of sea salt and youre good to go! If you like a creamier hummus, make sure to add another drizzle of olive oil. Pair your hummus with pita bread, raw veggies, crackers or all of the above. Kids love these quick and easy Everything Crackers, which taste just like an everything bagel (only in cracker form). Theyre great with hummus, a square of good cheddar cheese or a spread of cream cheese. If your little ones are fans of crackers, you can also take a look at this article for How to Make Crackers. It covers adding ingredients like herbs and seeds and offers a variety of good tipslike picking your shapes and mastering your toppings. Perhaps our favorite tip is to make a big batch and freeze your leftovers for later!

No-Bake Chewy Granola Butterscotch Bars

Healthy Lunch Box Snack Ideas | Bobs Red Mill Store-bought granola bars are a kid-friendly staple in many homes, but you can easily turn them into healthy snacks for lunch box lovers by choosing to make them homemade. Not only do homemade granola bars come with less sugar and added ingredients, but the texture is delightful and the flavor cant be beat! This recipe for No-Bake Chewy Granola Butterscotch Granola Bars from Adell Goff of Baked in Arizona calls for just six ingredientsbutter, honey, peanut butter, Regular Rolled Oats, Wheat Bran, vanilla extract and butterscotch chips. Surprisingly, they take just 10 minutes to throw together, and the end result is absolutely drool-worthy. If you thought the flavors of butterscotch and peanut butter were good in candy form, just wait until you try them in a granola bar! Wrap these beautiful bars in parchment or foil to keep them separated and easy to throw into your kids lunchboxes. If you do want to go the route of a convenient store-bought bar, try our line of Bobs Bars. Whether youre going for the Peanut Butter Chocolate & Oats Bobs Bar or the Peanut Butter Coconut & Oats Bobs Bar, each bar is delicious, satisfying and wholesome.

PB&J Protein Balls

Healthy Lunch Box Snack Ideas | Bobs Red Mill When it comes to tasty and healthy lunch box snack ideas, these PB&J Protein Balls are one of the best. If you have a PB&J lover in the house, these protein-packed snacks will offer a new version of their favorite flavors. The recipe comes courtesy of Emily Hill from Is This Really My Life and incorporates fantastic ingredients like Vanilla Protein Powder Nutritional Booster, Flaxseed Meal and Gluten Free Rolled Oats. This recipe is both gluten free and vegan and makes twelve balls, which means youll certainly want to make a double batch! These blissful bites only take 10 minutes to throw together and require no baking at all. For a fun, Sunday afternoon activity, enlist the help of the kids and work together to measure, mix and scoop into balls. If your kids love the idea of these, protein balls of all kinds make good snacks for lunch boxes. These Vegan Lemon Chia Seed Protein Bites are just as easy-to-make as the PB&J bites and equally as tasty. They call for our Protein & Fiber Nutritional Booster, Quick Oats, almond butter, coconut oil, honey and the zest of one huge lemon! Although these are good any time of year, the bright lemon flavor is particularly good in late summer when school has just started.

Cinnamon Bun Popcorn

Healthy Lunch Box Snack Ideas | Bobs Red Mill Popcorn might at first conjure visions of Friday movie night at home in your PJs, but its also one of our favorite healthy ideas for school lunch boxes. Its easy to toss into a lunch box and is a fun and unique snack for the kiddos to enjoy. This Cinnamon Bun Popcorn blends together the flavors of sweet cinnamon rolls and buttery popcorn. With the addition of Vanilla Protein Powder Nutritional Booster, this popcorn gets an extra boost! You can try this recipe with our Yellow Popcorn for a wholesome and high fiber snack. If its something more savory your family is craving, this recipe for Nacho Popcorn is also a great go-to! Nutritional Yeast gives that cheesy flavor while cayenne pepper, cumin, garlic, onion and chili powder add all the right seasonings. You can even whip up a batch of this Chia Chile Lime Popcorn and put together a fun popcorn variety pack for the kids. Make sure to do a big batch, as this is a treat that kids will love sharing with their friends!

Granola Trail Mix Cookies

Healthy Lunch Box Snack Ideas | Bobs Red Mill If youre on the hunt for healthy snacks for lunch box inspiration, you can never go wrong with cookies! These Granola Trail Mix Cookies are the perfect cookie to toss in a lunch box. Theyre made with a base of our Unbleached White All-Purpose Flour and packed with wholesome ingredients like crunchy granola and raisins. When you want to include a sweet treat for lunch thats free of unnecessary sugar, go for a nutritious cookie like this. All thats missing is a glass of cold milk! If your family loves cookies, youre in luck, because the Bobs Red Mill team does, too. Experimenting with healthy cookies is a fun way for kids to enjoy what they love, just in a more nutritious version. These Healthy Thumbprint Cookies are made with a whole bunch of good ingredients like Natural Almond Meal and Whole Wheat Flour. Top them with the jam of your choice and enjoy!

Wheat Free Peanut Butter Granola Bars

Healthy Lunch Box Snack Ideas | Bobs Red Mill For another granola bar that makes the list of good snacks for lunch boxes, try these Wheat Free Peanut Butter Granola Bars. Theyre chock full of incredible ingredients, like pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, peanut butter, raisins and Bobs Red Mill Gluten Free Rolled Oats. They dont take long to throw together and can be wrapped and kept in the fridge for up to one week. If youre meal prepping for school lunches and looking to make something that can be done in advance, these bars are a great choice. You can feel free to get creative depending on what you have on hand in the pantry. Use dried fruits like blueberries and cranberries or experiment with different nut butters, like almond butter or cashew butter. If you have some extra time to experiment on the weekend and are looking to embark on a completely homemade bar, consider making your own nut butter to include in the bars. Kids will be proud to know that they helped create something so completely deliciousand so completely from scratch!

Friendship Bread

Healthy Lunch Box Snack Ideas | Bobs Red Mill We love the idea of including this Friendship Bread in your lunchbox rotation because of what it symbolizes. Its called Friendship Bread, as its a recipe thats passed on to friends and family as a way to share sourdough starter. With this particular recipe, the sourdough starter is combined with flour, cinnamon and instant vanilla pudding mix to create a wonderfully sweet and flavorful loaf. For an exciting tradition, make this with your children at the start of the school year and let them take the whole loaf to lunch. Theyll have fun sharing their friendship bread and hopefully, making some lasting new friendships for the year ahead! Have any good snacks for lunch boxes you return to year after year? Maybe theres a cookie recipe thats been passed down or a homemade cracker your kids just cant get enough of. Perhaps its as simple as pretzel sticks and string cheese! Whatever your snack idea is, let us know in the comments below. Wed love to hear how you keep your kiddos fueled up for the school day and ready for the afternoon of learning ahead. From all of us at Bobs Red Mill, thanks for reading! We cant wait to hear what this school year has in store for you and yours.  
Bob's Red Mill
September 27 2019

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