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One Recipe, Two Meals: Easy Lunches For You and the Kids

August 04, 2015
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With clever adult-to-kid tweaks, the same food makes for happy brown-bag lunches at the office and school. By: Hannah Klinger
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Tweak Two Ways

Credit: Photo: Jennifer Causey
View Recipe: Greek-Style Chicken Salad

No need to make separate meals for each person in your family. There are many lunch recipes your children will eat and you can enjoy, too. 

For you: This Greek-style salad features parsley topped with homemade chicken salad and pita chips.

For the kids: Serve reserved 5 pita chips with remaining ½ cup chicken salad and English cucumber slices, if desired.

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Avocado, Sprout, and Cashew Spread Sandwich

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View Recipe: Avocado, Sprout, and Cashew Spread Sandwich

For you: Top bread with a cashew spread, sprouts, radishes, avocado, arugula, and more to make this fresh and flavorful sandwich.

For the kids: Spread reserved 2 tablespoons cashew spread over 2 (1-ounce) slices toasted whole-wheat bread (1 tablespoon per slice). Top 1 slice with 1⁄2 sliced Fuji apple, 1 teaspoon lemon juice, a dash of black pepper, and remaining bread slice. Cut in half diagonally.

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Chicken Niçoise Salad

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For you: Top salad greens with chopped chicken, red potatoes, green beans, tomatoes, and a sweet honey mustard vinaigrette.

For the kids: Serve reserved half of honey-mustard mixture with remaining 3 chicken strips, remaining 2 potatoes, and remaining 1⁄2 cup green beans for dipping.

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Gingered Sweet Potato Soup with Toasted Coconut and Pumpkinseeds

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For you: Pureed sweet potatoes are topped with coconut and pumpkinseed kernels making this soup perfect for fall.

For the kids: Divide reserved 41⁄2 cups soup among 3 bowls. Top each serving with 1 tablespoon chopped unsalted peanuts or sunflower seed kernels and 1⁄2 ounce mini marshmallows (about 10).

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Turkey and Swiss Wrap with Carrot Salad

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For you: Use any veggies you like for your wrap. 

For the kids: Prepare wrap through step 1, using remaining half of Dijon spread. Starting with the short edge, roll up topped flatbread, jelly-roll style. Cut crosswise into 4 (1-inch) pinwheels. Serve with red bell pepper slices and carrot sticks, if desired.

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    1 of 5 Tweak Two Ways
    2 of 5 Avocado, Sprout, and Cashew Spread Sandwich
    3 of 5 Chicken Niçoise Salad
    4 of 5 Gingered Sweet Potato Soup with Toasted Coconut and Pumpkinseeds
    5 of 5 Turkey and Swiss Wrap with Carrot Salad

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