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Back
to School!
 Eating
gluten-free is a difficult challenge for adults and an even bigger
problem for kids. As we get ready to send our kids off to school
this month, we face the issue of what to make for lunch for those
kids unfortunate enough to have Celiac or gluten intolerance.
More importantly, Glutenfreeda wanted to come up with some sack
lunches that provide nutritional value and simply put - kids will
eat and enjoy.
Sandwiches
Sandwiches
are usually the best bet for kid’s lunches, however, we all
know that it is difficult to come by a good, gluten-free sandwich
bread that will withstand the four-five hours in the sack, not
crumble when eaten, and more importantly kids will like. Recently
we found a delicious, easy sandwich bread mix made by the Gluten-Free
Pantry. (See this month’s Product
Test Review for a full review on this bread.) This discovery
solved a lot of problems and opened up a whole new world of options
for balanced kid’s lunches. Below are some delicious sandwich
ideas your kids will love.
Peanut
Butter & Jelly Sandwich with a Twist
Gf
Peanut Butter (Jiff, Skippy, Smuckers Natural Peanut Butter —
all gf)
Strawberry
jam (Welches, Smuckers — gf)
Banana
slices
Strawberry slices
2 slices bread (Gluten-Free Pantry Sandwich Bread)
Spread
1 slice of bread with peanut butter. Place strawberry slices and
banana slices on top peanut butter. Spread jam on remaining slice
of bread and fold sandwich together.
(serves
1)
Turkey
Sandwich with Grape Relish
Gf
cream cheese
Turkey slices (Louis Rich Carving Board Smoked or Oven Roasted
Turkey, Oscar Mayer Free (Fat Free) Smoked Turkey Breast —
gf)
Lettuce
Gf mayonnaise
Grape Relish
2
slices bread (Gluten-Free Pantry Sandwich Bread)
Spread
1 slice of bread with cream cheese, the other with gf mayonnaise.
Top with turkey slices, lettuce and grape relish and fold sandwich
together. (serves 1)
Turkey
Salad Sandwich
1/4
cup celery, finely chopped
2
Tablespoons walnuts, chopped
1-1/2 Tablespoons Craisins
4 Tablespoons gf mayonnaise, divided
1 Tablespoon gf plain yogurt
1 teaspoon cider vinegar
1 red apple, cored and diced
1/4 lb. Roasted turkey, diced
lettuce
4 slices bread (Gluten-Free Pantry Sandwich Bread)
In
a medium bowl, combine celery, walnuts, Craisins, gf mayonnaise,
vinegar, apple and turkey. Spread mayonnaise on gf bread slices,
top with turkey salad mixture and fold sandwich together. (serves
2)
Other
Egg
Salad with gf Crackers
3
hard boiled eggs, chopped
2
Tablespoon gf Ranch Dressing (Hidden Valley fat free or regular
— gf)
2
Tablespoons gf plain yogurt
1/2 small carrot, grated
2 Tablespoons celery, chopped
salt and pepper
Combine
all ingredients. Adjust seasonings to taste with salt and pepper.
Serve with gf crackers (ie. Glutano crackers).
To
keep cool place a freezer pack or a frozen box of fruit juice
in the bottom of the lunch box.
Chebe
Pizza
Kids
love cold pizza….slice and wrap.
Tomato
Soup
Pour
hot in a thermos.
Snacks
Celery
Sticks with gf Peanut Butter
Apple
Slices with gf Peanut Butter
Vegetable Sticks with gf Ranch Dressing (Hidden Valley —
gf)
Fruit Salad
Hard Boiled Eggs
Gf Yogurt (Yoplait, Cascade Fresh — gf except flavors containing
granolas, cookies or graham crackers)
Rice Pudding
Zucchini bread
Glutano Pretzels
Snickerdoodle Cookies
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Fat Free Pringles
Crunch-n-Munch
Cheese Puffs
Beverages
Milk
Fruit
Juices (Ocean Spray & Del Monte 100% Fruit Juices — gf)
Treats
Reeses
Peanut Butter Cups
Jolly Ranchers
Pay Day
Skittles
Snickers
Smarties
Starburst
Enjoy the school year!
– Glutenfreeda
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