April 2010 Lunch Contest Winner! High Protein for Active kids
Thanks to M Kennedy of Calabasas California for this simple and healthy lunch recipe. We loved this idea because it gives the kids the ability to put together their own combination of healthy and yummy foods. You could even encourage them to have fun with it by making a face on their bagel with grapes and cheese. M Kennedy won a set of Laptop lunch containers and utensils.
| Recipe Name |
High Protein for Active kids
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| Description |
This is a versatile high protein lunch that still tastes great at room temperature, kids can have fun assembling various possibilities themselves at lunch, and is not terribly messy. Plus, with very little prep at the beginning of the week, this lunch is a breeze to pack each morning.
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| Ingredients |
Whole hard boiled egg
7 grain or whole wheat mini-bagel, sliced Wedge of yummy cheese (varies: cheddar, Jarlsberg, brie, etc) A few tablespoons of peanut butter or cream cheese Grapes or carrot sticks or apple slices Water or low sugar juice box |
| Instructions | |
| Kids can have fun deciding how to assemble this lunch each day. Do they want to put the peanut butter, the cheese, or the egg on the bagel? Do they want to eat everything separately or all together?
At any rate, the egg, cheese and peanut butter all together provide a very high level of protein (compared to most lunch items), and the whole grain bagel provides needed fiber. This lunch has enough variety to satisfy most kids, and gives them the energy to stay focused and alert through the afternoon. Best of all – it’s so easy to prepare this the night before. I boil a few eggs for use during the week, pre-slice a few bagels and bag them in snack sized zipper bags, a prepare a few small plastic containers of peanut-butter or cream cheese and cheese wedges to keep in the fridge for the week. I always pack some plastic utensils with this lunch. Then, it takes only a minute to pack everything in a lunch bag each morning. I pack this lunch for my kid two or three days a week and it is always a big hit. Be sure to provide plenty of liquid with this lunch. |
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