Easy Pasta Lunch Box
This pasta lunch is the perfect school lunch idea because it can be customized with your kids’ favorite ingredients!
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Ingredients
For the pasta salad:
- 1 cup cooked pasta
- ¼ cup toppings: cherry tomatoes, olives, or deli meat.
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- Pinch of salt and pepper
The lunch:
- ½ cup veggies, peas or carrots
- 1 oz cheese cubes
Instructions
Prep:
- In a bowl, combine the cooked pasta, your kids’ favorite toppings like sliced cherry tomatoes, sliced black olives, cheese cubes, pepperoni -anything goes- with the olive oil, salt, and pepper. Toss to coat the ingredients with the olive oil and transfer it inside a lunch container.
Add sides:
- Add a side of veggies, like the peas in the photo, along with some cheese cubes or a hard boiled egg for protein (you choose!).
- Refrigerate the lunch until it’s time to pack it for school
Pack it for school:
- Place the pasta salad, the sides, and utensils inside a lunch bag along with an ice pack if needed.
Notes
You can make extra pasta for dinner and reserve 1 cup of pasta, when draining it out of the pot, for this lunch.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 lunch | Calories: 349kcal | Carbohydrates: 51g | Protein: 18g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 6mg | Sodium: 408mg | Potassium: 283mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 2137IU | Vitamin C: 18mg | Calcium: 155mg | Iron: 3mg
