School is back. The thought alone is overwhelming for most of us. (Myself included, and I don’t even have any kids in school!) Thankfully, the entire blogosphere is here to prepare us and keep us from mountains of school-related stress. I’ve combed through tons of blog posts to bring you this GIANT round up of school lunch ideas. There are literally THOUSANDS of lunch ideas in the links below. Can you handle it?
We’ve got your simple lunches, your non-sandwich lunches, your gluten/dairy/nut/soy/egg-free lunches, your paleo lunches and vegan lunches, your go-to lunchboxes and accessories, even DIY ice packs for your lunches! I think we’ve got it all. And if we don’t.. feel free to share your links in the comments. Hold on to your lunch boxes, here we go.
Simple and Healthy Lunches (not diet specific)
Weekly Menu at Canadian Family
Simple Lunch Ideas (with free printable) at Word Play House
A Week of Simple Lunches at Simple As That
Going Beyond the Sandwich at I Should Be Mopping the Floor (with free printable)
Healthy School Lunches Your Kids Will Eat at Sustainable Produce Blog
Freezer School Lunches at Pine Street Days
10 Recipes to Freeze School Lunches from 100 Days of Real Food
Healthy Lunch Ideas via Pinterest
30 Back-to-School Lunch Ideas at Very Culinary
Back-To-School Lunches (Free E-Book) at Simple Bites
100+ Healthy and Easy Lunchbox Snack Ideas at Family Fresh Cooking
School Lunch Roundup at 100 Days of Real Food
Lunchbox Idea List (with free printable) at Wendolonia
30 Days of Lunchbox Recipes at Peanut Blossom
Easy Lunch Recipes (with free printables) at Happy Green Mama
Blogs All About Lunches
Vegan/Vegetarian Lunches
25 Back-to-School Vegetarian Sandwiches at Babble
40 Vegetarian Lunch Box Ideas at Peas and Thank You
Vegan/Vegetarian Lunch Ideas at VegKitchen
76+ School Lunch Ideas at Vegan Mama
Paleo Lunches
Kids Paleo Lunches at Our Paleo Life
190+ Lunchboxes at The Primal Kitchen
25 Back to School Lunch Ideas (and more here) at Deliciously Organic
Paleo Lunchbox Roundup 2013 at Nom Nom Paleo
Paleo School Lunches at Always Underfoot
A Month of Real Food School Lunches at Primal Bliss Nutrition
Grain/Gluten/Nut/Etc. Free Lunches
Gluten Free Lunches at IPackLunch
5 Gluten and Nut Free Lunches (and another 5 here, and even more recipes here!) at Keeley McGuire
20 Non-Sandwich School Lunch Ideas at Keeley McGuire
Nut Free School Lunch Ideas at Nut Allergy Mom
8 Grain Free and Refined Sugar Free Lunches and tons more recipes at Healthy Happy Wife
Gluten/Dairy/Soy/Egg Free Lunches
Gluten/Dairy Free Packed Lunches at Rage Against the Minivan
Extra Tips
Best Lunch Containers and Accessories at Cool Mom Picks
DIY Lunchbox Ice Packs at My Kitchen Escapades
Lunchbox Comparison at Wendolonia
Teaching Kids to Pack their Own Lunches at Rage Against the Minivan
Back to School Organizing: Packing Lunches at IHeartOrganizing
5 Tips for Painless Lunch Packing at Live Simply By Annie
P.S. The lunch pictured above consists of sliced oranges, ham/cheese/lettuce roll ups, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, cubed Coconut Banana Bread, and a freezer smoothie (one of these frozen again!).
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