Even when I'm not at school, I bring a brown bag lunch with me to work rather than eating out. It saves money, is healthier, and is easier to be gluten free. I have to get creative when I only work six and a half hours at one place, and only get one 10 minute break to inhale food!
Other considerations when packing a lunch are do I have access to a microwave? When I work mornings at one place and afternoons at another, the answer is no.
Sandwiches are my go-to lunch because I don't need a microwave, and I can inhale them way faster than a salad if I need to.
I've shared before I love chicken salad sandwiches, and bento boxes. Here are two more back-to-school lunch ideas:
The classic PBJ sandwich:
I also packed carrots and trail mix. This trail mix is from a food co-op that we are apart of, so you can't buy it in a store, but you could recreate it. It has banana chips, brown and golden raisins, dried cranberries, semi-sweet and white chocolate chips, almonds, peanuts, dried pineapple tidbits, and dried papaya tidbits.
The Unexpected Pepper Salad:
Bento boxes also work for salads, but you have to keep them level in order to avoid salad dressing leaks.
Here, I added spinach to a pepper salad base. Pepper salad has black beans, rice, corn, and diced colorful bell peppers. I also added peas, carrots, cheddar cheese, homemade French dressing and the secret ingredient: salt. Salt makes any salad taste better! I usually put nuts or seeds on my salad, but this one is nut-free.
I also packed a haystack-- a chocolate oatmeal no-bake cookie.
Bonus:
Other lunch additions include gluten free pretzels and chocolate pudding.
Or fruit, Greek yogurt, Larabars, Costco's Kirkland snack bars (think knockoff KIND bars) or chips.
What's in your lunch box?
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