Description
Protein Box Lunches are a delicious, healthy option to add to your weekly meal planning ideas. Cashews, almonds, hard boiled eggs and cheese provide enough protein to keep you full until dinner! Sweet fruit cut into easy to eat pieces and crackers for the cheese make this a complete grab-and-go lunch.
Ingredients
Scale
Amounts will vary depending on how many box lunches you are making:
- 4 Hard Boiled Eggs (with salt, if desired)
- 5 thick slices of cheese, I used gouda and pepper jack
- Mixed roasted, salted nuts, I used cashews and almonds (plus M&M’s or chocolate chips, optional)
- Fruit, I used grapes and apples. About 1/2 cup of each
- 5 crackers, Triscuits, Ritz, or whatever kind you like
Instructions
- Gather your box lunch containers, snack sized baggies, plastic wrap and silicon (reusable) baking cups.
- Hard boil the eggs the day before so they are nice and cold.
- Slice the cheese and cut the fruit into bite sized pieces.
- Assemble the boxes: Add the fruit to snack sized baggies and place in the boxes.
- Add nuts and chocolate to one baking cup, add salt and unpeeled egg to another baking cup. Place in the boxes.
- Tightly wrap the cheese and crackers in plastic wrap (in daily portions). Add to the boxes.
- Cover the boxes and place in the refrigerator until you’re ready for a great protein packed lunch!
Notes
If you don’t use salt with your hard boiled eggs, feel free to peel them ahead of time.
The type of crackers and cheese you choose may slightly alter the nutritional values.
Keywords: protein box, meal planning, protein box lunch, easy lunch ideas
