Lunchables You Can Make at Home 2

For kids, messes are a regular occurrence. To avoid them at lunch, use a sandwich sealer. It is a round tool that will seal the edges of a sandwich once you make it. Use it for peanut butter and jelly, cheese sandwiches, ham, turkey, bologna, and the like.

There is also the hot sandwich press, which can turn an ordinary sandwich into a crispy, gooey in the middle treat if made with cheese as part of its ingredients.

Cookie cutters can turn a regular sandwich into stars, moons, balls, and other fun shapes to keep kids interested and looking forward to lunch each and every day.

Since you are making the sandwich at home, you can use light or fat free condiments and meats to make them healthier.

When you can, use slices of chicken and beef left over from dinner meals. A slice of chicken breast or a piece of roast has fewer preservatives than the lunchmeat found in the grocery store, not to mention the fact that it’s easier on the wallet too.

Many people argue now that preserved lunch meats have cancer causing agents. They are always very salty. So whenever you can, bank and slice your own meat.

You can even get a fairly inexpensive deli type slicer for making your own thinly sliced lunch meats. It will save you money in the long run, just be REALLY careful whenever you wash the blades. I took a tip off my finger with mine!

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Carolyn Stone has been working in consumer health publishing and women’s interest publishing for over 22 years. She is the author of more than 200 guides and courses designed to help readers transform their lives through easy action steps. In her spare time, she is actively involved in fostering children and pets.