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Lunch box Ideas for Kids - Peanut Butter Chickpea Salad
Here's a quick and easy lunch box idea for kids as well. You will also find plenty of no reheating required lunch ideas in this post.
Prep Time
5
minutes
mins
Cook Time
0
minutes
mins
Total Time
5
minutes
mins
Course:
lunch
Cuisine:
American
Servings:
4
Calories:
191
kcal
Author:
Min | MJ and Hungryman
Ingredients
15
ounce
can chickpeas, rinsed and drained
¼
cup
peanut butter, room temperature
(or any nut/seed butter of choice)
½
teaspoon
cumin
Bread of choice
Instructions
Mash the chickpeas in a bowl.
In a small bowl, combine peanut butter and cumin. You may need to add a little bit of water to thin it out.
Add to chickpeas and stir to combine. Spread onto your bread of choice.
Notes
Can use any nut or seed butter of choice
Any white beans will work
Store in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
More lunch box ideas:
Spinach pancakes
and cream cheese sandwich
+ hard-boiled egg + fruit/vegetable
Banana pb hemp seed roll ups
+ frozen edamame +
beet hummus
+ fruit/vegetable
Zucchini pesto pasta
+ chicken + fruit
Vegetable tortilla roll ups
+ fruit + vegetable
Vegetable French Toast
+ frozen edamame + yellow bell pepper +
steam roasted broccoli
+ watermelon
Mini bagel and cream cheese + cherry tomatoes + cantaloupe
Deconstructed
easy chicken salad
(added cilantro instead of carrots) + pita bread + apple + tomatoes + frozen peas
Butternut squash and cream cheese sandwich
+ carrot and cucumber sticks + raspberries + frozen edamame
Vegetable oatmeal balls
+ chickpeas + peas + strawberries + mangoes
Nutrition
Calories:
191
kcal
|
Carbohydrates:
18
g
|
Protein:
9
g
|
Fat:
10
g
|
Fiber:
5
g
|
Calcium:
47
mg
|
Iron:
2
mg