Help me pick picnic lunches

[SandraC]

Hi All ~ To save $$$$$ I would like to pack picnic lunches most days. What foods can I pack? Thanks! S

 

[Disbug]

1) apples (I especially like to bring a little peanut butter and spread on slices)
2) If not apples, then grapes and/or raisins.
3) cheese and crackers or cheese in a can; tuna salad in vac sealed cans or pouches.
4) brownies for dessert
5) carrot sticks with veggie dip. (you can buy sealed individual packets of dips now in the grocery store... I think Hidden valley makes them.)
6) apple juice packs
7) goldfish crackers
8) assorted chips
9) hardboiled eggs

 

[utahkennedys]

We don't pack food for ourselves other than maybe a granola bar or a piece of fruit, but those frozen "Uncrustables" sandwiches are perfect for kids! Just bring them frozen and by lunch time they are good. They only cost about 50 cents each at the grocery store, and we paid like $7 for one with a little bag of carrots at a counter-service restaurant in April...never again!

 

[mrzrich]

I cut lunch meat into squares, with some cheese and put it in a small soft cooler. (Baby bottle sized) I throw a few sleeves of crackers in my bag and we've got lunchables. We also do PB&J.

 

[ducklite]

I wouldn't take anything that can spoil.

No lunch meats, mayo, etc.

The little tins of tuna or chicken salad with the crackers maybe. PB&J always works.

Anne

 

[SandraC]

PBJ's are good for us too...thanks for all the great tips...keep 'em comin' THX

 

[MickeyMacks]

Take some flour tortillas along with some cheese and cut-up veggie strips, a bit of salsa, maybe add some some Romaine lettuce you've wrapped in wet paper towels in a baggie, to make salad roll-ups. Assemble them when you're going to eat so they don't get soggy. You can also make pb&j sandwiches with tortillas and wrap a peeled banana up inside - you can make those ahead of time. Tortilla seem to "keep" better than regular bread in warm, humid temperatures, and they don't take up as much room to store, either!