A Few Lunch Suggestions

Have you ever had an "Everything Bagel?" I love them...even better though? Everything Bagel Thins. These make delicious sandwhiches. My kids even love them.

Here are a few sandwhich ideas using bagel thins:

Turkey, Bacon, Avacado:

Place a few slices deli turkey (and ham if you want), and the cheese of your choice (we use swiss or provolone, or sometimes cheddar) on your bagel. Place bagel in toaster oven to melt cheese and warm turkey. Top with your favorite toppings: cooked bacon, avacado slices, mayo, mustard, tomatoes, lettuce, red onion, cucumbers (add a little salt, it makes a huge difference!), and anything else you might want.

Toasted Ham and cheese: Does this need an explanation? :)

Ever been to "Pita Pit?" YUM! Another thing we love to use at our house: whole wheat pita pockets.

You can often find them in the refrigerated section of your grocery store (by the tortillas). You can either keep some cooked, diced (or shredded) chicken in your fridge, or I often buy already cooked chicken from Costco (it can get expensive, but I always forget to keep the cooked chicken in my fridge!! You really can just cook a chicken breast in a skillet if you don't have any cooked chicken) Here are a few things we like:

Teriyaki Chicken Pita: Warm some cooked chicken in a skillet on the stove. Put some pineapple and teriyaki sauce (to taste) over chicken and warm through. Top with a little bit of shredded cheese. Put in your pita and enjoy! You can also add any additional add-ons you wish!

Chicken (or Turkey) Bacon Pita: Cook some diced onion in a skillet (whatever kind you like, sometimes we use yellow, sometimes we use red) until soft. Add your chicken, or turkey, and warm through on the stove. Add some shredded cheese, if desired, and allow to melt. Put chicken in your pita and add additional add-ons of your choice: ranch dressing, caeser dressing, tzaiki sauce, lettuce, tomatoes, sprouts, spinach, olives, cucumbers, banana peppers (if you're my husband!), mayo, mustard...whatever you choose!!

Beef, Tomato and Goat Cheese Pita: If I have left-over roast-beef from a sunday dinner, I usually shred it and stick it in the fridge. For this one, cook some diced onion in a skillet until soft. Add your shredded beef. Put a dash or two of oregano, garlic powder, and basil. (Add a little water if the meat seems really dry). Add some diced tomatoes. Top with goat cheese crumbles, and cook on medium-low heat until cheese is melted. Serve in Pita


We also love Quizno's at our house. Every had one of their "Sammies?" Yum! My kids especially love their chicken, bacon, ranch sammy. We also love flat bread....so you can't go wrong. Did you know that you can buy flat-bread thins at Costco? Yum!! Only 100 calories...and that's AMAZING For flatbread (It is usually pretty calorie dense)

Chicken-Bacon-Ranch: We usually use these just to make our own version of a chicken-bacon-ranch. Warm some cooked chicken on the stove (you can do some onions too if you want). Spread a little bit of ranch on your flatbread (My favorite is Marzetti's Light-Ranch). Add some crumbed cooked bacon, your chicken, diced tomatoes, a little shredded cheese (cheddar, colby or monterrey jack), and some shredded lettuce. Easy Enough!

Chicken-Caeser: Cooked Chicken, lettuce, diced tomatoes (if desired), parmesan cheese (if desired). Spread flatbread with Caesar Dressing, add other ingredients, and enjoy!

You can also use these to make individual pizzas. When I make pizza sauce, I usually have extra, so I will freeze some of it. There are instructions for several different kinds of pizzas you can make on the flatbreads right inside the package!

If you have something that you like, whether it be a brand (i.e. McCormick, Campbell's) or something specific (i.e. bagel thins, pita pockets, flatbread), most of these things have websites with endless recipes! Many grocery stores also have lists of recipes on their websites, I know Hy-Vee does (They usually even have a "recipe of the day)! The other thing we often do is think of our favorite salad, sandwich, or panini to order from somewhere, look on their website to determine the ingredients, and make our own version at home!