Here's a simple sandwich lunch I made for my 16 year old son - and he even appreciated the carrot flowers 🙂 I packed it in my Fit & Fresh Lunch Pack Carrier. This lunch box is a great one for packing a sandwich, especially one with a bun. It has a nice, roomy "lower level" that can hold something a little larger, like a sub sandwich or a salad. In this case, it is a chicken, bacon, and cheese sandwich on one of my homemade gluten free buns.
The upper level of the lunch box is holding a spiral cut cucumber, string cheese, orange carrots, purple chunky carrot flowers, and some ranch dip in an EasyLunchboxes Mini Dippers container. Cutting the cucumber into a spiral shape was really easy with this Spiral Slicer . My son likes eating cucumbers this way - it's kind of bouncy like a spring (even teenagers like their food to be fun) !
I've had a few requests for me to show how I make those chunky carrot flowers, so I've made a photo tutorial so you can see how I do it.
Some important things to remember:
*Keep the carrot chunks on the short side - makes cutting a lot easier!
* trim the carrot so it stands straight while you cut it - a wobbly carrot is really hard to work with
* keep a firm grip on the carrot while cutting ( not easy to show while managing a camera, though!)
*Like all cool skills, this takes a little practice - but not too much - so don't give up!
Adding a few chunky carrot flowers to your child's lunch is an easy way to get them to try these colorful carrots if they've never had them before.
In fact, have you heard of the #52NewFoods Challenge yet? The 52 New Foods Challenge is a great new book by Jennifer Tyler Lee ( creator of the @crunchacolor game). It details how you and your family can take part in trying one new healthy food a week while making it a fun challenge where everyone plays a part. My family will be taking part in this challenge, and I'll keep you posted on how it goes all throughout the year. It should be fun!
Here's a video where you can learn more about the 52 New Foods Challenge:
http://youtu.be/heusdiDOxFk
Karen says
I love the idea of one new food every week. When are you starting the challenge? And where did you get your recipe for gluten-free buns? I should make some for my daughter and grand-daughter.
beneficialbento says
I think we will officially start the challenge next week, and I'll blog about how we do as it goes along! As for my GF bread recipe, I am currently working on a GF recipe collection ( which is quickly turning into a cookbook-sized document!) that I hope to share soon... but it may still be a while, I'm afraid 🙂