Description
Introduce your kids to healthy meals by making them fun to eat, like this easy Halloween school lunch!
Ingredients
Scale
Ghosts and pumpkins kale salad
- 3/4 cup kale (shredded)
- 1 large carrot (it’s easier to carve the carrot if it’s bigger, but you will only need a small piece)
- white cheddar or parmesan cheese
- 3 tablespoons canned black beans (rinsed and drained)
salad dressing
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon 100% pure maple syrup
- salt and pepper (to taste)
Green worms and pumpkin
- 1 mandarin, tangerine or small orange (peeled)
- 1 kiwi (peeled and sliced into thin strips)
Monter sandwich
- 2 slices whole wheat or whole grain bread
- raw organic honey
- natural creamy peanut butter
- 2 strawberries (thinly sliced)
- 2 dark chocolate chips
Instructions
Ghosts and pumpkins kale salad
- Add shredded kale to a mixing bowl.
- Put all the ingredients for the dressing in a container and close with a lid. Shake vigorously and pour over the shredded kale. Toss well and add to one of the smaller compartments of the lunch box. Add black beans and set aside.
- I recommend waiting until the next day to add the remaining ingredients.
Green worms and pumpkin
- Place the kiwi strips in one of the smaller compartments of the lunch box and add mandarin orange. Top the mandarin with a small piece of kiwi. This will be the stem for the pumpkin.
Monster sandwich
- Cut the crusts off both slices of bread.
- Using a paring knife (a pointed steak knife also works), cut a zig zag pattern across both slices of bread, widthwise.
- Spread honey and peanut butter on all four pieces of bread.
Top 2 pieces with sliced strawberries and close the sandwich with the remaining 2 pieces. Add the sandwich to the largest compartment and make the eyes of the monster by laying 2 slices of strawberries topped with 2 dark chocolate chips.
