Chicken Salad Lunch Box

May 22, 2019 Amanda Plott

I was asked for more snack, lunch, and meal prep box ideas - so I’ve been hard at work coming with a couple each week! This Chicken Salad Lunch Box has to be one of my favorites though. Then again, almost anything with chicken salad is a favorite of mine.

For this lunch box, I used the base for my standard chicken salad that I use in my stuffed tomatoes - and made a few adjustments to it according to what I happened to have on hand this time around. Namely swapping the cranberries for raisins, and using pecans for my nut of choice. Other than that, it’s pretty much same ole’ same ole’.

Simple Snack & Travel Boxes

May 6, 2019 Amanda Plott

The third and last box is the veggie snack box, which is full of fresh veggies including carrots, tomatoes, sugar snap peas, and zucchini. That’s all paired with a hummus. I used a local sunflower seed hummus, because it’s one of my new obsessions.Well, a lot of traveling happened this weekend and being as I’m trying to eat a more consciously while traveling, I thought I would try my hand at some travel-friendly snack boxes! I wanted to make sure that these snack boxes were simple and easy to put together while being gluten-free, soy-free, and vegetarian too!

There’s three different boxes here that give you plenty of variety to choose from. Whether you’re in the mood for something sweet or something savory, I’ve got you covered here. Pretty much everything about these little snack boxes is finger-food-friendly too. Since, you know, the idea behind them was to be for travel…

Halloumi Summer Lunch

May 3, 2019 Amanda Plott

It’s been a strange week, to be sure. Within my family we have seen a birth, a death, and now this weekend a wedding! Needless to say, the emotions have been all over the place - along with my sanity. So, I’ve been keeping things as simple as could be lately. Even in the sense of food!

This Halloumi Summer Lunch is as simple and easy as they can come. Only one thing is cooked, and that’s the halloumi. Don’t know what halloumi is? Well, it’s time to find out! Halloumi is a Greek staple cheese that is generally made with goat’s milk. But, I’ve seen it made with other milks too. Halloumi is a fun cheese. It’s firm, salty, and doesn’t really ever melt…

Simple Wasa Cracker Snack

April 23, 2019 Amanda Plott

My fridge, just like most fridges right now, is stocked full of hard boiled bright colored eggs. And no matter how prepared any of us are for it… we always always have leftovers that we just don’t know what to do with. Thankfully, I was hungry this morning and was forced to rummage through the kitchen to put together some sense of a breakfast/brunch/lunch bite for myself.

It’s the day before I go to the grocery store so my pantry and fridge are running on fumes right now. Pickings were slim, but! Somehow I managed. What do you need for this snack? Crackers. Avocado. Tomatoes. Hardboiled egg. That is all…

Banana Nut Granola

April 19, 2019 Amanda Plott

Banana nut bread has to be one of my most favorite things in the world to eat for breakfast. I honestly don’t make it enough, and haven’t made it in a good long while. So, needless to say, I’ve been craving it lately. I thought this time around though, that I would put a little twist on it and turn it into a granola instead!

Cereal has been the name of the breakfast game in my house for a good solid week now. We’re busy eating up a few boxes that were used in that Camp Out Trail Mix last week. Waste not, want not. Right? As we got to the end of the boxes, I knew it was time to make this Banana Nut Granola…

Spring Vegetable Crudités Plate

April 10, 2019 Amanda Plott

To go along with my Skinny Whipped Feta Dip from yesterday, I decided to make a beautiful plate of Spring veggies! The plate is half Spring inspired and half Mediterranean inspired to go along with the feta dip. Along with the other disable bits, there’s some olives and capers on the plate too.

The plate of Crudités starts off with the Skinny Whipped Feta Dip. Then there’s plenty of slices zucchini, salami, tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, berries, and of course… olives and capers! I’ve made my fair share of plates, trays, and other sorts of sharable appetizers before. But, I have to say that this Spring Vegetable Crudités Plate is well balanced and one of my new faves!…