These lunch ideas with avocado include wraps, sandwiches, salads, pinwheels, and other quick meals that pack well for school and make any teen lunch more filling.
You'll also find tips for keeping avocado fresh in the lunchbox and simple ways to add more protein for a more substantial meal.
Avocado Lunch Recipes for Teens
My teens love adding a ripe avocado on just about everything, and I like that it's an easy ingredient to add to a lunch to make it more filling. It’s the perfect addition to any cold lunch idea because it works in wraps, sandwiches, salads, and lunchable meals without adding much prep.
These are some of our favorite avocado lunches, and farther down I share my tips for keeping avocado from browning and making any of these lunches more filling.
Laura’s Teen Lunch Packing Tips
Avocado is easy to pack, but keeping it fresh and choosing a lunchbox that holds enough food makes a big difference for teens. These are the two things I pay attention to most.
If you’re making a salad, I recommend adding the avocado the same morning you’ll send it to school. In a sandwich or wrap, the avocado has less contact with air, so it won’t brown as quickly. You can also squeeze a little lemon juice over the avocado to help slow browning.
The best lunchbox is one that fits your teen’s appetite, schedule, and the types of foods they like to pack. Here you can see my top teen-approved lunch boxes.
How to Make a Teen Lunch More Filling
Avocado adds healthy fats, but teens with bigger appetites usually need protein and enough total food too. Add hard-boiled eggs, leftover chicken, cheese, deli meat, Greek yogurt, beans, or one of these easy school lunch sides to turn a lighter meal into a more substantial lunch.
Still wondering what to pack?
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