Looking for some quick, tasty gluten-free lunch options for you or your child? Sometimes, when you’re helping your son or daughter gear up for a new school year — or even rushing off to face another busy day yourself — throwing together a quick PB & J is easier than making a more nutritious alternative. But never fear; here are a few tasty, nutritious gluten-free lunch recipes that you can whip up in a jiffy!
Gluten Free Turkey Club Sandwich
Ingredients:
- 2 Slices of gluten-free bread
- Smear of gluten-free mustard (French’s Mustard is gluten-free)
- 2 Slices avocado
- 2 Pieces Romaine lettuce
- 2 Slices roasted turkey (for an even healthier alternative, substitute low sodium turkey breast from your local grocery store)
Directions:
Toast bread. Smear mustard and avocado on the bread, then add lettuce and turkey slices.
Gluten Free Tuna Sandwich
Ingredients:
- 1 5 oz Can solid white chunk tuna in water, drained
- 2 Slices of gluten-free bread
- 1 Lettuce leaf
- Mayonnaise (Best Foods mayo is gluten-free)
- 2 Slices tomato
- 1 Stalk of celery, diced
Preparation:
Toast bread slices, if desired. Use a fork to mix the tuna and celery with about 1/4 cup mayo, then spoon the mixture onto the slices of bread. Add lettuce and tomato. If you’d like to make it a tuna melt, add a slice of gluten-free cheese, then microwave the sandwich for 30 seconds.
Gluten-Free Munchables (a gluten-free alternative to Lunchables)
Ingredients:
- 1 Small plastic tray or tupperware
- 2 Slices of turkey breast
- 2 Slices of ham
- 1 Slice of gluten-free cheddar cheese (Boar’s Head cheeses are gluten-free)
- 1 Slice of gluten-free white American cheese
- 6 round gluten-free crackers (we like Glutino’s Original Gluten-Free Crackers)
- 1 Small round cookie cutter
- 1 Small square cookie cutter
Directions:
Using a small round cookie cutter, cut 4 small circles out of the turkey breast slices and 4 small circles out of the ham slices. Using a small square cookie cutter, cut 4 small squares out of the white American cheese slice and 4 small squares out of the cheddar cheese slice. There are two ways to put this Munchable together. For a quick fix, stack each ingredient in it’s own separate area of the tupperware. Or, try it the way one creative mom did: To avoid cross-contamination, wash a Lunchables plastic tray by hand or put it through the dishwasher on a no-heat cycle. Then, stack crackers in the two center sections. The cheese slices go in two sections on the right. Finally, add the slices of deli meats to the sections on the left. Cover with cellophane and serve!
Recipes adapted from Elana’s Pantry and Adventures of a Gluten Free Mom.
