Kids healthy school lunch ideas, and breakfasts

School Lunches: to include one sandwich/protein & grain, vegetable, and fruit

Joseph 

PB & Honey Sandwhich

Apples & PB

Carrots

Jicama

Celery w/ PB

Oranges

Austin

Bagel & cream cheese

Ham Sandwich with lettuce and cheese

PB & Honey Sandwich

Cut up Apples w/PB

Grapes

Cucumber

Carrots

Jicama

Hardboiled Egg

Oranges

Peanuts

Cashews

Raisins

 Betsy

Bagel & cream cheese

Ham or Turkey slices

PB & Honey Sandwich

Cut up Apples w/PB

Grapes

Little tomatoes

Oranges

Carrots

Jicama

Hardboiled Egg

Pistachios

Cashews

Peanuts

Celery w/PB

Samuel

Turkey and Lettuce Sandwich

Jelly sandwich

Cucumbers

Little tomatoes

Carrots

Jicama

Apples (whole or cut up)

Grapes

Oranges

Raisins

Cantaloupe

Honeydew

Blueberries

Breakfasts:

Smoothies

Muffins

Pancakes

Omelets

Oven Cinnamon Toast & Peaches

Oatmeal

French Toast

Eggs A La Golden Rod

German Pancake

pizza dough-fast

Ingredients:
1 TB Yeast
1 cup warm water
3 cups flour
2 TB sugar
1/2 tsp. salt

fill 1 cup with warm water and add yeast and sugar and mix.
Add to a large bowl flour and salt
Add water to flour and kneed for 3-5 minutes.  Dough should be moist but not sticky
Let dough rise for 5-10 minutes.

For pizza:
Spread dough out on pan, spread on sauce and toppings, bake at 375 for 20 minutes.

Eggs A La Golden Rod (GF option)

Ingredients:
eggs, hard boiled
4 T butter (coconut oil, melted)
4 T flour (GF flour, usually use rice flour)
1/2 tsp. salt
dash of pepper
2 cups milk (coconut/almond milk)
toast (GF bread toasted)

Boil 5 eggs, until hard boiled, cool, peel, and separate yolk from white.  Slice up whites, and place yolk in a bowl.
Sauce:
melt butter in microwave in large bowl.  Add flour, salt, and pepper, whisking till smooth.  Add milk and stir.  Microwave for 3 minutes, stir.  MIcrowave for 2 minutes, stir.  Microwave for 1 minute, stir.  Should be nice and thick if not, microwave longer.  Add chopped egg white, and stir.
Break up toast into bite-size pieces and pour sauce over pieces.  Smash egg yolks with fork, and sprinkle over top if desired.

Oven cinnamon toast/ GF option

Ingredients:
Bread (GF bread)
Butter  (coconut oil)
Honey  (agave)
Cinnamon
Preheat oven on broil setting.  Place bread on a cookie sheet pan.  Spread with butter or coconut oil, drizzle honey or agave evenly on bread, then sprinkle with cinnamon.  Put Pan in oven, and watch closely, take out when nice and toasty.  I usually serve this with canned peaches,  or a smoothie

Travis' 6 layer chocolate cake with whip cream and seven minute icing

Fudge Cake:
3 Squares chocolate-unsweetened, or 6 TBLS cocoa
1/2 c. Imperial Margarine
2 1/4 c. firmly packed brown sugar
3 eggs
1 1/2 tsp. real vanilla
2 tsp. soda
1/2 tsp. salt
2 1/4 c. cake flour or flour sifted with 1-2 TBLS of corn starch
1 c. sour cream
1 c. boiling water

Beat margarine, sugar, and eggs on high speed.  Add vanilla and chocolate on low speed until smooth.  Add flour, soda and salt until just mixed in.  Add sour cream and boiling water until smooth.  Pour evenly into 3 spring form round pans 8-9 inches.  Bake at 350 degrees for at least 24 minutes until toothpick comes out clean.

Whip Cream:
Beat heavy whipping cream and powdered sugar together until resembles frosting.

Seven minute icing:
3 egg whites, beaten to stand in stiff peaks
1 3/4 c. sugar
10 TBLS cold water
2 TBLS corn syrup
1/4-1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp vanilla

Mix and cook over a double boiler, until thick, usually between 7 and 10 minutes, while continues beating with mixer.

Cut each cake in half, and put whip cream in between each layer, ending with frosting the whole cake with seven minutes icing.

S'mores stuffed chocolate chip cookies

S’mores Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies

2 sticks softened butter

1 Cup granulated sugar

3/4 Cup packed light brown sugar

2 eggs

1 Tablespoon vanilla

3 1/2 Cup all purpose flour

1 teaspoon kosher salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

2 Cups semi sweet chocolate chips

24 graham cracker quarters or 12 full sheets separated at perforations

3 Hershey Bars, broken into rows of 3 bars

12 large marshmallows cut in half lengthwise

1.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. and line a large baking sheet with parchment or a silpat liner.

2.  In a stand or electric mixer, beat the butter and sugars until light and fluffy.  Add eggs and vanilla, continue to beat until well combined.

3.  Place flour, salt and baking soda into a bowl; mix to combine then add slowly to wet ingredients along with the chocolate chips.

4.  Layer a graham cracker quarter with 3 Hershey chocolate squares and 2 marshmallow halves.  Close with another graham cracker.  Top s’more with a large scoop of cookie dough.  Place in hands and place another large scoop on bottom then front and back sides as needed.  Form dough around s’mores.  Will get messy, but stick with it, it does not have to be perfect.  S’mores will move around but it’s no big deal.  Place large cookies onto prepared baking sheet and bake for 15-17 minutes or until edges are golden and centers are cooked through.  Let cool for 10 minutes before transferring to cooling rack or serving plate.

Makes 12 large stuffed cookies.

These are one of my favorite recipes, for bake sales, father's day, exc...     I got this recipe from picky-palate.com

squash, basil and pasta (GF)

2 cups sliced zucchini and summer squash
3 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 onion, chopped
2 T olive oil
1/2 cup fresh basil, chopped
salt and pepper, to taste
3 c. GF pasta, cooked
(optional) Parmesan cheese, shredded

In a skillet, heat oil, and add onion, saute 2-3 minutes.  Add garlic, saute 1 more minute.  Add squash, and salt and pepper, saute 5 more minutes, add fresh basil, saute 2 more minutes.  Add cooked pasta, and cook until heated through, remove from heat and add cheese if desired.  I like to make this dish with some grilled chicken.