Lori Bake’s Brown Bag Lunch Ideas
Here are some ideas that will help you pack a Gluten Free Brown Bag lunch. Remember, you are only limited by your imagination. Be creative and think outside of the “lunchbox”! From www.loribakes.com.
- Peanuts, nuts and seeds
- Fresh fruit and vegetable chunks
- Homemade graham crackers
- Homemade or store bought tortilla wraps with fillings such as apples, raisins, and peanut butter, GF ham and coleslaw, nut butter and banana, turkey and lettuce and carrots, P.B. and jelly or GF salami or bologna with olives
- Sandwiches on GF bread or buns
- Homemade cookies
- Homemade mini muffins
- Store bought GF rice cakes plain or with nut butter
- Homemade cinnamon raisin bread with apple butter
- Small snack pack size fruit (frozen cups)
- Homemade granola or granola bars (plain or variation)
- Homemade trail mixes using dry GF ingredients such as cereals, dried fruits, chocolate chips, marshmallows, nuts, seeds, raisins, small candies, pretzels, corn chips, or popcorn
- Spicy or sugared nuts
- Homemade or store bought GF crackers
- Homemade or store bought pretzels
- GF corn chips, potato chips or sticks, corn tortilla chips and salsa, popcorn
- Fruit kabobs
- Rolled lunchmeats like ham, salami and turkey
- GF cereal and milk (your desired brand)
- Homemade bagels (plain or as a sandwich)
- Spicy trail mix
- GF pepperoni, GF rice snap crackers and a cheese stick
- Olives or pickles
- Thermos with soup or GF hot dog and beans
- Salads (fruit, bean, tomato, egg, carrot, potato, pasta, lentil)
- Hard boiled eggs
- GF pancakes rolled up with nut butter and jelly
- Dried fruit pieces or fruit leather
- Homemade fruit sauces or store bought (apple, pear, pineapple)
- Homemade mini donuts
- Homemade slices of quick breads
- Homemade fruit & nut trail mix
- Fruit salsa with cinnamon chips or crackers
- Quick bread or muffins with pumpkin apple butter
- Fruit compotes or baked apples
- Tossed salad with gluten free dressing and croutons
- Leftover stew or chili with homemade cornbread muffins
- Yogurt with fruit and GF granola
- Crudités and dip(s)
- Bunless burgers
- GF waffles or French toast with syrup
- Waldorf salad
- Jell-O or pudding cups
- Pizza or pizza muffins
- Prepared GF frozen entrees