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How to make stress free plant based lunches for your kids in minutes that they will actually love. Making plant based lunches for your kids can be easy, healthy, and affordable.
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5 quick and easy kid-friendly lunch ideas
1. Chickpea salad
2. Tahini sweet potato
3. Peanut butter, banana, and raisin toast
4. Mexican stuffed baked potato
5. Hummus and cucumber sandwiches
BONUS: kid-friendly plant-based snack ideas
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1. Chickpea salad
Ingredients
1 can of chickpeas, slightly mashed
2 ribs of celery, chopped
1 mashed avocado
½ a lemon, squeezed
2 teaspoons of dill
Sea salt
Instructions
Mix ingredients together and serve over a bed of greens, in a wrap, or on a sandwich. Optional: Add sprouts
2. Tahini sweet potato
Ingredients
1 sweet potato
Tahini
Instructions
Prick a sweet potato multiple times then pop in the microwave until soft (about 4-5 minutes for small sweet potato; 6-8 minutes for a larger one). Split open and drizzle with tahini.
3. Peanut butter, banana and raisin toast
Ingredients
MamaSezz Original Sandwich Thins (or whole grain or GF bread)
All natural peanut butter
1 banana
¼ cup of Raisins
Cinnamon
Instructions
Toast a slice of bread, and smear with all-natural peanut butter. Top with sliced bananas, raisins, and dust with peanut butter.
4. Mexican stuffed baked potato
Ingredients
1 cup of Black Beans
1 cup of corn
Green onion, chopped
Garlic powder
Chili powder
Instructions
Microwave potato until soft. Top with ½ a cup of black beans, ½ a cup of frozen corn and microwave. Sprinkle with spices and top with green onion.
5. Hummus and cucumber sandwiches
Ingredients
MamaSezz Everything Bagel Thins (or whole grain or gluten free bread)
1 cucumber, sliced
Instructions
Smear hummus on the bread, and top with a thick layer of cucumber slices. Dust with sea salt and pepper.
BONUS: Quick kid-friendly plant-based snack ideas
Raw veggies dipped in hummus or oil-free dressing
Fruit
Ants on a log
Peanut butter smeared apple
Dates
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