Pizza Lunchables

This lunch was inspired by my last trip to the grocery store with Big Sis who wanted to buy a “Pizza Lunchables”. This isn’t the first time she’s asked for one and every once in a while, I’ll let her get one to try. But I just detest them as they are nothing but processed food, high in sodium, etc. This time, I avoided the purchase by asking her if I could make her one myself. Thankfully, she so graciously declared that acceptable.

To be honest, though, make-your-own pizzas that are eaten cold like this just don’t appeal to me. My thought was, “Ewwww!”, but I’m not going let MY tastes get in the way of trying new things. Then, I went ahead and did a trial run as a lunch-at-home one day. Surprisingly, both my girls just gobbled them up – wow! So here’s my second Pizza Lunchables which went to school with them today:

In this lunch:

1. Arnold’s 100% Whole Wheat (High Fructose Corn Syrup-Free) Sandwich Rounds, cut in half because my girls like to make “pizza sandwiches” which are way too floppy when whole.
2. My current favorite jarred spaghetti sauce, Bertolli’s Organic Olive Oil, Basil & Garlic Sauce especially since it’s organic and tastes SO good. Yes, I use spaghetti sauce instead of pizza sauce because the pizza sauce ends up going bad before I can use it up.
3. Sargento Shredded Mozzarella – I prefer to use a thicker shred, though, because these can get messy
4. Hormel Pepperoni Minis, but I’m still looking for Applegate’s version.
5. Animal Cookies, these in particular, are made with arrowroot, a new brand we’re trying.
6. Carrot chips with Ranch dressing in those cute round containers
7. Lastly, GoGo Squeeze Applesauce Pouches

And as you can see, this lunch is filled with LOTS of little containers to wash, but sometimes, it’s worth the extra effort. Especially if it means they’ll gobble their lunch up! Undoubtedly, these ELBs will come back empty, which is always a beautiful sight to behold!

While I’m at it, here are some links to my bento buddies who have created beautiful Pizza Lunchables of their own. In case it wasn’t obvious, we all prefer to make our own Pizza Lunchables over the store-bought ones, haha. And why not, since they’re a little healthier, cheaper and even fun to make. So definitely try making some for your kids! Hopefully, they’ll also love it!

mommy + me lunch box

Bento for Kidlet

Cristi M. for MOMables

Molly’s Lunchbox

Healthy Eating Starts at Home

Keitha’s Chaos

What the Girls Are Having

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