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Homemade Lunchables
This easy recipe for homemade lunchables covers all the most popular flavors. Perfect for kids, school lunches, and adults too!
⏱️ Prep & Cook: 15 min⏳ Prep: 15 min👤 Dorothy Bigelow📖 dashfordinner
🥘 Ingredients
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📝 Preparation Steps
1
Classic Cheese and Crackers:
Cheese slices (cheddar, provolone, havarti, etc.)Shredded cheeseSliced cheese (provolone, havarti, etc.)Crackers (we recommend Ritz)Sturdy crackers (like water crackers (or mini pitas))Fruit and nut crackers (we recommend Raincoast Crisps (or fancy crackers of choice))
2
Cut the meat and cheese into circles. Using a set of circular cutters (or parchment paper and kitchen scissors*), find which size fits the crackers that you are using. Use this circular cutter to cut both the cheese slices and deli meat into circles. The scraps can be used in a chopped salad (or eaten as a snack!).
Cheese slices (cheddar, provolone, havarti, etc.)Shredded cheeseSliced cheese (provolone, havarti, etc.)Crackers (we recommend Ritz)Sturdy crackers (like water crackers (or mini pitas))Fruit and nut crackers (we recommend Raincoast Crisps (or fancy crackers of choice))Deli meat (ham, turkey, etc.)
3
Assemble your container. Place a stack of cheese circles and meat circles in one section, the crackers in another, a little sweet treat (like a mini chocolate bar or cookies) in a third, and fruit (or snack of your choice) in the fourth.
Cheese slices (cheddar, provolone, havarti, etc.)Shredded cheeseSliced cheese (provolone, havarti, etc.)Crackers (we recommend Ritz)Sturdy crackers (like water crackers (or mini pitas))Fruit and nut crackers (we recommend Raincoast Crisps (or fancy crackers of choice))
4
Nachos:
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Add the queso and salsa. In one section of your container, add queso, filling it up about ¾ of the way. To another section, add the salsa about ¾ of the way.
QuesoSalsa
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Add the tortilla chips: Carefully stack some tortilla rounds into 2 of the sections, and wedge a small sweet treat alongside the chips (like a mini chocolate bar or cookie).
Tortilla chips (we recommend rounds, which are smaller and easier to fit into containers)
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Pizza:
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Stack your sturdy crackers in one section of the container (like water crackers; make sure you measure them first to ensure they will fit!)
Crackers (we recommend Ritz)Sturdy crackers (like water crackers (or mini pitas))Fruit and nut crackers (we recommend Raincoast Crisps (or fancy crackers of choice))
9
Add the pizza sauce to another section of the container, filling it no more than ¾ of the way.
Pizza sauce
10
Add the shredded cheese to a third section of the container.
Cheese slices (cheddar, provolone, havarti, etc.)Shredded cheeseSliced cheese (provolone, havarti, etc.)
11
Fill the final section with your favorite sweet treats (cookies, mini chocolate bars, fruit, etc.)
Sweet treats (mini chocolate bars, cookies, etc.)Sweet treats (optional) (mini chocolate bars, cookies, fruit, etc.)
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Adult:
13
Slice the meat and cheese. Use circular cutters (or scissors*) to slice the meat and cheese into small rounds.
Cheese slices (cheddar, provolone, havarti, etc.)Shredded cheeseSliced cheese (provolone, havarti, etc.)
14
Assemble the container. Stack the meat and cheese together and place it in one section, the fancy crackers in another, mixed nuts in a third section, and fruit (or berries) in a fourth section.
Cheese slices (cheddar, provolone, havarti, etc.)Shredded cheeseSliced cheese (provolone, havarti, etc.)Crackers (we recommend Ritz)Sturdy crackers (like water crackers (or mini pitas))Fruit and nut crackers (we recommend Raincoast Crisps (or fancy crackers of choice))
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