Lunchspiration | Creative Lunch Ideas & #HarvestSnaps Giveaway

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It’s back-to-school time and my kids keep reminding me that brown-bagging can get a little boring! Turkey sandwiches, peanut butter sandwiches and hard-boiled eggs have been overdone at our house. OVER. DONE. Not only are my guys getting older and more adventurous in their tastes, I personally prefer my mid-day meal to be something anticipate with excitement rather than aversion

I have three quick and easy ways to give your lunch a lift plus a giveaway for a stash of a yummy and healthy snack food to take on the go – Harvest Snaps. Read on!

Lunchspiration - Leftovers

Leftover #Lunchspiration: While some detest a repeated, reheated performance of last night’s dinner, I live for leftovers – in fact, I often plan to make extra, just so I’ll have an encore!  Sometimes, I repurpose dinner leftovers into new creations such as transforming fajita beef strips into baked sweet potato toppings, putting pasta, rice or grain remnants into a soup or chopping up leftover veggies to eat cold in a salad. But, not trying to brag, some of my dinners are so yummy (like this broccolini and tenderloin) that the second showing is just as wonderful as the first!

salad lunchspiration

Salad #Lunchspiration:  I may single-handedly eat more salad than anyone on the planet. It’s not because I’m trying to diet — I’m just a lettuce lover!  The kids always want me to buy Iceberg or Romaine lettuce, but I’m a huge fan of the Baby Spring Mix which features an assortment of darker greens – those darker lettuces are much more nutrient rich. But, eating a pile of lettuce day-in and day-out can get dull as a doorknob so I mix it up with a variety of unexpected toppings including any type of fresh or dried fruit (apples, oranges, blueberries, strawberries peaches or bananas). I dare you to put a banana on your salad – do it! Other creative ideas are leftover proteins (even scrambled eggs!), crushed up chips or Harvest Snaps in lieu of croutons, pan grilled or crisped cheese, and out-of-the-box dressings such as Sriracha mixed in plain yogurt, peanut butter mixed in orange juice or even cold spaghetti sauce. Seriously.

healthy yogurt toppings

Yogurt #Lunchspiration:  Some might think that yogurt is only for breakfast or maybe a healthy dessert. But, I think it also makes a great start to any lunch – I use Greek yogurt because it’s packed with so much protein.  The richness and creaminess of Greek yogurt is something I don’t tire of quickly, especially when flavored with a few healthy toppings from a nearly endless array of options. Here are a few of my healthy yogurt toppings:

fruit and nut combo for yogurt

snap pea bento boSo, every lunch needs a little “crunch” for munching and Harvest Snaps is a favorite brand I like to feed my family. Harvest Snaps are gluten-free, baked (not fried), high in protein because they are made from lentils and peas, and have 40 percent less fat than a traditional potato chips. Oh, and did I mention that every one of the six flavors is delicious?! My current favorite flavor is a tie between the subtle Lightly Salted Snapea Crisps and bam-pow Wasabi Snapea Crisps. The other four and also yummy flavors are Black Pepper Snapeas,  Caesar Snapeas, Tomato Basil Lentil Crisps, and Onion Thyme Lentil Crisps.

bento box snapea

I have two ways for you to win – first you can win a BIG PRIZE directly from Harvest Snaps. How? Well, right now, head over to Harvest Snaps and play the really fun mix and match game where you “make” a bento box – then share your creation on Pinterest, Facebook or Twitter for a chance to win one of three prizes for school valued at up to $1,000!

 

 

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Second, you can enter my giveaway below to win one of three 6-pack assortments of Harvest Snap snacks that will come in really handy for packing those back-to-school or work-day lunches. Enter my giveaway in the Rafflecopter app below:

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Disclosure: This giveaway is sponsored by Calibee Harvest Snaps, however all opinions are my own.

66 thoughts on “Lunchspiration | Creative Lunch Ideas & #HarvestSnaps Giveaway

  1. This all looks so wonderful. I never used to combine sweet and savory tastes, but I’m really enjoying it lately! Crazy how our taste buds change/evolve!

    • Thanks Emily! I know it IS crazy how we change . . . as a kid, hated my now much loved sweet potatoes, avocados. brussels sprouts . . . even pizza!

  2. We pack a lot of fruit, yogurt, carrots, cheese, etc. My son loves to pack a lunch and go on a picnic.

  3. Greek yogurt, veggies and hummus, wasabi peas, and dry-roasted edamame are my go-to healthy snacks!

  4. I pack alot of fresh and dried fruit in lunchboxes for my kids. They eat it well and it gives them good energy. I would love to find more vegetable options that they enjoy.

  5. We don’t really pack healthy stuff in our kids lunchboxes, at least not specifically. We pack a sandwich, either pb&j or ham and cheese, a bag of chips, a snack cake and a can of coke.

  6. Fruit like apples, clementines and cherries. Also veggies like celery, baby carrots and edamame.

  7. We have fresh fruit & raw veggie lovers so we always include that in packed lunches.

  8. For lunch snacks I like to pack peanut butter on crackers, fruits, veggies, seeds, nuts, and yogurt.

  9. I pack cut up fresh fruit, raisins, rice crackers and yogurt cups.

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