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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

Oil-free hummus 

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 

Get more plant-based snack ideas here.

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