My babes love the store bought lunchables but, feel even more special when I make one for them! Cole's Lunch box is featured below :) "My Mom,she can do everything!" I love having such an enthusiast!
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- Using your cracker as a guide cut deli meat with scissors start on outer edges moving toward center to prevent having excessive meat scraps.
- Depending on what type of cheese you use this step may vary either slice the cheese thin and cut to fit the cracker or use the cracker as guide and trace with knife on sliced cheese.
- Stack Crackers/Meat/Cheese into their own piles- use each stack individually to measure out 3 rectangular bags from the foodsaver material leaving roughly 1/8th of an inch extra material on all sides of each bag.
- Build the bags by sealing all but 1 edge
- Stuff each bag then seal
- Try using small cookie or play-doh cutters to create shapes with the meat and cheese
- Use a food coloring pen to draw designs or faces on the meat
- Make your own condiment pouches (the same way just more cautiously) if your kids don't like the "lunchable" dry
- Don't want the kids to have to bug teachers for scissors to pouches? Cut an ever so slight notch on the edge!
- Have kids bring the baggies home to rinse/dry/reuse!
- Use a reusable cantine such as this one from staples
Keep it Healthy
- Try AppleGate Farms Meats and Cheeses
- Use low sodium crackers
- Toss in a well cleaned fruit for snack
- add some non browning Apple Slices by making a lemon juice and water mixture soaking apple slices for about a minute straining and packaging with the foodsaver!
