Easy kid lunches ??!
Easy kid lunches ??
i babysit and i need some ideas of a quick, easy lunch meal to make. and the ingredients need to be things normally found in a pantry/refridgerator. thanks !!
Answers: Peanut butter and jelly (or honey) sandwhich with banana and a glass of milk will cover all the food groups. You can have soup with it or Ramen noodles. Tuna salad sandwiches, drain the tuna, add mayo or miracle whip, sweet or dill pickle relish, just a spot of yellow mustard (takes away the fishy taste). You can add sliced tomato, and a leaf or two of lettuce on the side or chop the tomato and tear up the lettuce and mix in with the tuna. Glass of milk and you have a meal. Grilled cheese with a twist, add a piece of luch meat before grilling. Serve with tomato soup (or any soup) and a glass of milk. Hot dogs are cooked in processing so they can be served cold or cover and heat in microwave 10-15 SECONDS. Glass of milk and piece of fruit on the side. You can make mac&cheese if they have it. Cut up hot dogs right into the mac & Cheese for a little meat flavor. (If cutting hot dogs for kids under 7 years old, cut longway first then across. This will prevent a choking hazzard) Source(s):
Me-Mom of 5 grandma of 1 make them a PB&J, if one doesn't like it, make something leftover from the refrigerator. turkey or ham and chesse roll ups. fruit anything frozeen that you can heat up in a microwave. Stuff thats easy to make so you can still watch the kids when you're doing it. are you able to use a stove or oven? please add this info and then i can help you more .
Cheesy Ramen Noodles
INGREDIENTS
2 cups water
1 (3 ounce) package any flavor ramen noodles
1 slice American cheese
DIRECTIONS
Bring water to a boil in a saucepan. Add ramen noodles and cook 2 minutes until tender. Pour out water, then stir in seasoning packet and cheese to serve. Melba toast with a 1/3 of a cheese slice on each cracker, broiled in the oven to melt and then a line of ketchup down the middle. Sounds terrible, but it's yummy. Or Kraft dinner, hot dogs, soup, grilled cheese. Another idea...growing up we had "special lunch" which was a whole bunch of odds and ends out on the table and we could choose...sliced deli meat, pieces of fruit, lettuce, cut up veggies and dip...just whatever you can find. Good luck! how about a bowl of pasta with grated cheese Little kids love scrambled eggs no matter what time of day. Make some toast and fresh fruit and lunch is served. Try grilled cheese too, always a favorite. Snacks All Day
Slices of cheese
Small Crackers
Cut up carrots
Slices of deli meat
Apple Sauce
Granola Bars
Raisins
Peanuts
Dried Fruits
Sunflower Seeds
Cereal
Go-gurt or other yogurts
Sliced up Apples
Sliced Bannana
Sliced Watermelon
Celaery Sticks with peanut butter
Peas
Rollups Mini White Chicken Pizzas
INGREDIENTS:
* 6 English muffins, evenly split
* 1 cup creamy Alfredo sauce or garlic Alfredo sauce
* 1 tablespoons fresh chopped basil, or about 1 to 2 teaspoon dried leaf basil
* 1 can (4 ounces) sliced ripe olives
* 4 green onions, thinly sliced
* 1 small tomato, diced
* 6 to 8 ounces cooked chicken chunks, cut into small pieces
* 1 to 1 1/2 cups shredded Mozzarella cheese
PREPARATION:
Heat oven to 375°.
Arrange English muffins on a cookie sheet which has been lined with nonstick foil or a silicone baking mat. Spread sauce over each half, then sprinkle with basil. Top with some of the sliced ripe olives, sliced green onions, diced tomato, and chicken pieces.
Mound shredded Mozzarella cheese on each pizza. Bake for 10 minutes, or until hot and cheese is melted.
Makes 12 mini pizzas.
********************Chicken Sandwich Spread
INGREDIENTS:
* 1 1/2 to 2 cups minced cooked chicken
* 1/4 to 1/3 cup mayonnaise
* salt and pepper, to taste
* cayenne, garlic, onion powder, your choice, to taste
PREPARATION:
Combine ingredients until well blended.
For variety, add one of these combinations:
1/2 cup minced celery and 1 tablespoon minced onion.
1/2 cup minced ham and 1 teaspoon prepared mustard.
1/2 cup crisp crumbled bacon.
1/2 cup chopped toasted almonds and 1 teaspoon curry powder.
1/2 cup chopped water chestnuts and 2 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce.
2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley and 1 teaspoon minced onion.
3 tablespoon minced celery and 1 teaspoon dried tarragon (or 1 tablespoon minced fresh tarragon).
*****************Easy Ritz Cracker Snack
INGREDIENTS:
* 1/2 cup marshmallow cream
* 1/2 cup peanut butter
* 48 Ritz Crackers
* 1 1/4 cups semisweet chocolate chips, melted
* 1 cup flaked coconut or chopped nuts
PREPARATION:
Spread about 1 teaspoon peanut butter on 24 of the Ritz crackers. Spread 1 teaspoon Marshmallow Creme on remaining crackers. Sandwich crackers together, using one peanut butter and one marshmallow, then dip in melted chocolate or white chocolate (almond bark), and roll in coconut or finely chopped nuts to coat.
Set crackers on waxed paper and let stand until chocolate sets. Store in air-tight container for up to one week. Makes 24
******************* No Bake Peanut Butter Balls
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup honey
1 cup crushed corn flakes cereal
2 tablespoons powdered milk
Set corn flakes aside.
Mix all other ingredients well.
Roll into balls.
Then roll again in Cornflakes until covered.
Refrigerate leftovers!!
Yummy Snack! Great with milk !
****************Creamy Berry Burritos
You will need:
* 1 cup cold milk
* 1 small box instant vanilla pudding
* 1 – 8 ounce Cool whip, thawed
* 1 pint (pt.) strawberries, chopped or same amount of blueberries or raspberries
* 1/2 cup sugar
* 1 tablespoon (TBSP) cinnamon
* 10 flour tortillas (small – med)
* 1/2 cup butter or margarine
What you do:
Melt the butter in a microwave safe bowl. Heat for 30 seconds and check, heat for another 30 seconds if necessary. Set aside.
Pour milk into mixing bowl. Add pudding mix. Whisk until well blended. Let stand for 5 minutes.
Fold in 2 cups cool whip. Stir in the berries. Keep a few back to decorate the burritos.
Mix the sugar and cinnamon together. Brush both sides of tortillas with butter. Sprinkle one side with sugar mixture.
Bake tortillas on ungreased cookie sheet at 350° for 5 to 7 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes.
Put a spoonful of the pudding mixture into center of the cooled tortilla. Roll up. Top with extra berries and whipped topping.
Makes 10 servings
*********** chocolate truffles
.To make these you'll need:
175g chocolate chunks (milk, plain or white - it's up to you)
50g softened butter
100g digestive biscuits
50g sieved icing sugar
and
some cocoa powder.
1. Crush 100g of digestive biscuits.
2. Melt 175g of chocolate in the microwave.
3. To the chocolate, you need to add 50g of softened butter,
50g oficing sugar, and the cuhed biscuits.
4. Give it all a good mix , and let it chill in the fridge for 10 minites.
5. Take about a tea spoon and roll it up into a ball.
6. Then cover it in the cocoa powder.
7. Finally, put the truffle in a paper truffle case and you are
done.
http://www.childrensrecipes.com/... Gee, depends on the kids ages, too.
Try Weenie Men.
Take a hotdog...... cut in half lengthwise, but only part way up. This is for legs.
Then cut along the sides at about 1/2 way cutting toward the top (the end you DIDN't cut before), for his arms.
Poke little holes for eyes and a little slit for mouth.
NOW, microwave and the arms and legs will stick out.
OR slice apples, cheese, luncheon meat and crackers. Add carrot sticks with some ranch dressing. My kids always loved this "meal". "grilled" cheese sandwiches - if they have a toaster oven then just slice some cheese, put it on the bread and throw it in the toaster - done!, apple slices, milk
pb&j's are a good idea, but sometimes older kids get bored with them, your best bet is to add a fruit to it, sliced banana or apple go over well, if the kids are more adventurous (and it's available) pineapple usually does well too
depending on how old the kids are, they will often be interested in helping - let them! less work for you! they'll also have some really good ideas (that they will eat), so ask.
just remember that you want to make sure they are getting a fruit and/or a veggetable at lunch and try to keep the transfat low. milk is always the preferred lunch drink (if they don't drink milk like my son does - all day long). try to stay away from sugary juices, if that's all that's available, you may want to mention to the parents how much sugar the juice has. peanut butter and jelly was always a staple when I was growing up, cheese sticks for my kids later in life, plus any lunch meat they liked,,, young kids love the sandwich maker from pamperchef, it cuts and crimps the crust off the bread and makes a Little circle sandwich Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches. With a glass of milk and an apple. If they want a snack then get crackers and put Peanut Butter and Jelly in between them. Ritz crackers are the best for it. Or you can make Macaroni and Cheese. Or a can of Soup. Ramon Noodles, you can just microwave it in a bowl for 3 minutes.
HOPE THIS HELPS! ;-) There are alot of great ideas here already, but here's a few more:
Fresh fruit is always good. Cut it up and make a quick dip out of chocolate syrup and fruit yogurt. Kids love to dip.
Sliced cheese with crackers.
English muffin pizzas - top muffin with store bought pizza sauce, shred on cheese and heat in the toaster oven. Kids can even add their own extras, like sliced olives.