The school bell rings and you find out your child has been placed in a NUT FREE ZONE and I don’t mean nutty kids I mean you have been the recipient of the letter – NO NUTS ALLOWED. This means no peanut butter sandwiches, no trail mix, no cookies with nuts, no peanut butter granola bars, no nuts period. This situation seems to be more and more common as our children journey their way through school.
So, now what do you feed your nut eating kids?
We found some simple ideas your nut free kids will love:
#1 Parenting.com has 15 Nut-Free School lunch ideas. Click here for all 15 ideas.
We loved this one –
Rice Cakes with Dried Fruit Sprinkles
Colorful and fun to prepare, this slightly sweet lunch option works for kids who like to play with their food.
2 Tbsp. cream cheese, softened
1/8 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 plain rice cake
2-3 Tbsp. mixed dried fruit, cut into small dice
Mix together the cream cheese and cinnamon. Spread over the rice cake, leaving a thin border at the edge. Pack a small container of dried fruit for the child to sprinkle over at lunch. Serve with unsweetened applesauce and milk.
Kids can: Stir together the cream cheese and cinnamon, sprinkle fruit.
#2 goodnurture.com has a great list of healthy lunch ideas for Nut Free Zone classes.
click here for a complete list.
MAIN Entree
Bagel – Whole Grain, with Sun Butter or Cream Cheese
Beans – Black, Chickpeas, Kidney, Lima, Pinto…
Black Bean & Corn Salad in Lettuce Wrap
Veggies/ Fruit
Apple Sauce
Apples Slices
Apricots
Other Side Dishes
Arrowroot Cookies (Mel Del)
Banana Bread
Buckwheat Cereal/Crackers
#3 – Th
e Nut Free Mom blog has a great article on Peanut allergy and The Brown Bag lunch. Click here to read it now