25 Creative and Easy School Lunch Ideas

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School just started up again, which means we are back to schedules, homework and yes, the dreaded lunches. I don’t know about you, but I know around here we get stuck on the same old lunches over and over again. So, to break free from the rut we sometimes find ourselves in, I reached out to my social media followers to find some of their favorite homemade lunches to share with you. And they are good, easy and sure to please!

1. Cream cheese roll-ups (tortilla, cream cheese, and lunch meat)
2. Pita pizza
3. Crescent and lunch meat rolls
4. Wraps (laughing cow cheese and deli meat/pizza sauce, cheese, pepperoni)
5. burritos (bean, rice, cheese)
6. homemade lunchable
7. salad
8. tuna packs
9. PB&J
10. Turkey sandwich
11. Leftovers…. hello!
12. Yogurt and granola
13. Soup
14. Mac n’ Cheese
15. Pot stickers and rice
16. Hard boiled eggs
17. Egg salad
18. Uncrustables
19. Hummus with dipping stuff (veggies, chips, ,pretzels, etc)
20. Wraps
21. Chicken salad
22. Cereal (have the kids buy the milk at school)
23. Pasta
24. Meat and cheese skewers (I use toothpicks)
25. Protein balls