Looking for nut free lunch packing ideas?
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I’ve packed dozens (hundreds?) of nut free lunches for kids and now you can find them all here on one page. Please be patient if this page loads a little slow - there are so many pictures here!
If your child’s school is requiring you to send packed school lunches without nuts, but you are not a nut allergy family, it can be a little daunting to figure out how to adjust your usual lunch packing routine to cut out the nuts. But it’s actually not that hard once you know a few tricks.
Nut free lunch packing tips:
Here are a few easy tips for getting the nuts out of your lunch, and scroll down for pictures of lots of lunches I’ve packed without nuts.
Any time peanut butter is called for, just substitute sunflower seed butter. Because it's a seed and not a nut, most schools do allow it, and most kids won't notice a difference. I've packed plenty of "PB&J" sandwiches where the "PB" was actually "SB", and my kids never noticed.
You can also try sesame seed butter (tahini) or soy nut butter. I've had both and I think they're ok. Soy nut butter tastes a bit more like peanut butter, so I think it would be a better 1 to 1 substitute, if you are ok with having soy.
Any time whole nuts are required in a recipe, you can certainly just leave them out (banana bread, muffins, cookies - all are great without nuts). If you're looking for that added crunch as a topping, try other crunchy things - crush dried banana chips, nut free granola, roasted and salted soy nuts, or sunflower seeds.
Keep reading for lots of pictures of lunches I pack without nuts. Also don’t miss my pages with no sandwich lunches, and lots more lunches packing tips and ideas, and be sure to check out my Amazon store, for all of my favorite lunch packing products.
disclaimer:
I am not an expert on whether or not a product contains traces of nuts. If you have an allergy please just use my lunches as a guideline for ideas, but always carefully read packages to ensure that you know what you are getting. All of the items I have shown in these lunches do not contain nuts in the ingredients, but I can't guarantee that they are all from a totally nut free facility. Do your own research please.
Most of the lunches you see in these pictures are packed in EasyLunchboxes. They are hands down my favorite lunch box for kids and adults. You can find them here, they now come in several different size configurations and lots of fun colors.
