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Get the recipe: 30 School Lunch Ideas for Kids: DIY PB&J

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A fun twist on the classic - pb&j! Plus, 30 school lunch ideas (mostly cold lunches!) for elementary school age kids who are in 1st grade through 5th grade. 
Yield: 1 serving
Prep: 5 minutes
Total: 5 minutes
Author: Michele Olivier
Course: school lunch
Cuisine: American
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Ingredients 

  • 2 tbsp peanut or almond butter
  • 2 tbsp jam
  • 6-10 crackers
  • 2-4 tbsp each strawberries and raspberries, chopped
  • 6-8 baby carrots
  • 4 black olives
  • 1 kiwi, peeled and quartered
  • small bunch grapes, can cut lengthwise

Instructions 

  • Place the peanut butter and jam into small containers with lids. Add to one section of container with the crackers.
  • Add in the grapes, kiwi, olives, carrots, strawberries and raspberries to other sections in your lunch box or seperate contatiners.
    Colorful and healthy, this school lunch features healthy foods for kids.

Notes

Notes on Peanut Butter: you can use any nut butter you prefer - sunbutter, almond butter, cashew butter or peanut butter. 
Gluten-Free: to make gluten-free, use gluten-free crackers

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