{Enjoy Life Foods Friday} Pack Lunch with Plentils! #AllergyFriendly #GlutenFree

I'm thrilled to announce our new partnership with Enjoy Life Foods! 

Each month we'll be featuring a different line of their amazing allergy free food products. All Enjoy Life  products are free of the Top 8 Allergens & Gluten Free. They're made in a dedicated facility and have no artificial anything. They're also a member of the Non-GMO project.

For the month of September, I was challenged to "think outside the chip bag" and come up with lunch box ideas using Enjoy Life Plentils.  Plentils are crunchy lentil chips. Lentils happen to be one the best plant-based sources of protein. That's why they call them the "chip with benefits"!

Rather than just sticking a baggy of chips in with lunch, here are some creative ways you can use these allergy friendly crunches of goodness for your family:

Lunch Made Easy: Nut Free & Gluten Free Fun Lunches

This week we had a variety of fun themed school lunches - From Easter to Leftovers and even a Half Birthday!
{Allergy Friendly} Nut Free, Gluten Free, & More: 

Lunch Made Easy: Taco Leftovers = Nachos for School!

I've said it before, "taco night" is probably Little Miss' favorite thing in the world. She and the fella have "taco races" to see who can eat the most.

 

I can say proudly that my daughter... WON last night! LOL

Girl ate FOUR tacos to his three. She was quite proud of herself! ;)

 

I thought she might be "taco'd out" after that but I asked if she wanted the perfect amount of remaining taco meat for school lunch today so she could make nachos. Without hesitation I received an emphatic "YES PLEASE!" in reply.

 

I love repurposing leftovers for lunch:

 

Lunch Made Easy: Leftovers for the Lunch Box

Little Miss has picture day tomorrow at school! Yay!

I had *planned* on making her a Picture Day themed bento like I did for her school lunch last year... BUT whenever we have tacos for dinner, this little girl gets her heart set on the leftovers in her lunch box the next day. Seriously. lol

So, I gave her the choice: Picture day lunch or leftover taco meat? She chose leftovers. :)

Lunch Made Easy: Tacos for Her, Nachos for Me!

Taco night is always a hit at our house, especially to Little Miss. She would have them twice a week if she could, lol...

I love taco night because that means leftovers for the easylunchboxes the next day!
Lunch = done.

There was *actually* enough left this time (I knowingly bought a little more ground beef than typical) for us both to have it in our lunches. Woo!

Lunch Made Easy: Not'cho Lunch!

lol, sorry for the title ~ it just got stuck in my head after making this lunch for Little Miss... that's right, it's hers... Not'chors! LOL ;)
Yeah, yeah, well it's not mine either.. *barnacles*

Lunch Made Easy: Bunny & Carrot Chips

The idea for these awesome bunny and carrot homemade tortilla chips came from Ludicrous Mama over at Biting My Hand. She made bunny ones for her daughter and I thought they were so clever!

So I knew I wanted to make some for little miss!!

Lunch Made Easy: Chicken Tacos

We had beef tacos for dinner tonight. Little Miss loves tacos so much she jumped up and down, giving me hugs when I told her what I was making (lol, silly kiddo)!
Anyways, with some of the leftover mini-corn shells, I thought it'd be great for her lunch - she was happy to hear that too.

Food for Thought: Crockpot Love - Shredded Pork Salsa Tacos

The first time I made this recipe, it actually happened by mistake :) but we loved it! I had bought the pork for BBQ pulled pork sandwiches, but realized I forgot to buy buns *d'oh!* and I really don't care for eating pulled pork on regular bread... sooooo I decided to use the meat for tacos.

The fella loved it so much that it's become a hit in the house and a recipe I now make on purpose! LOL

Lunch Made Easy: GF Chicken Taco

Day two of gluten and peanut free lunches. :)

Side note: Little Miss had brown rice pasta Mac n' Cheese tonight and ate it like a champ! I wasn't sure how she'd respond since it is a noticeable difference in taste. She did in fact notice but I made it so cheesy I don't think she cared. lol :) Plus she's totally on board with trying new things to help her tummy feel better (LOVE that girl!)

Back to lunch -

Lunch Made Easy: Lazy Day Tacos

Ahh Friday! This week has flown by... we've been so busy (but all good things). Yesterday we took a road trip to visit family. Our LONG day trip involved 8 hours of Mama driving, so when we stumbled in at 1am I was tiiiiired. Here is lunch time ~ Little Miss and I are still in our jammies. We'll be productive this afternoon. I promise. ;) lol