Lunchbox List

Tara Carpenter, NC.

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If you are on The Body Ecology Diet (B.E.D.) or follow a ‘gluten-sugar-yeast free’ diet you know what it takes to pack a balanced lunchbox with foods allowed. I put together some ideas here to make this easier.

Getting out the door on a work/school day is hard enough let alone having to rack your brain about what to pack for lunch (and snacks!). Yet if you are committed and on track with this diet, then the show must go on and we must eat. Which usually means we need to pack food to go, unless you are fortunate to have an equipped health food store close by at mealtimes. For school though, I have yet to find suitable food on B.E.D. in the big world. So, a mom does what a mom does.

This list is great for kids of all ages. Mine are packing their own lunches now and constantly looking at the chart below for ideas. I printed it out and put it next to our food combining chart and list of body ecology snacks so we can pack in good food combinations.

Lunchbox List for B.E.D. (stage 1) 

Protein

• Lima bean hummus
• Grain-free chicken nuggets
• Cubes of roasted beef or turkey
• Hard-boiled eggs (yolk ball only if don’t tolerate whites)
• Meat slices wrapped in lettuce with mustard and homemade mayo
• Poached halibut or salmon
• Pumpkin seed butter
• Flax-onion crackers with avocado slices
• Soaked/dehydrated sunflower or pumpkin seeds (sweeten with cinnamon)
• Soaked/dehydrated almonds (sprinkle with Herbamore)
• Chef salad with sliced meat and hard-boiled eggs
• Fish chowder (for thermos)
• Chicken salad with homemade mayonnaise
• Natto mixed with mustard and red onion
• Tuna and sardine salad with mayo (vital choice)
• Steamed Lima beans with salad dressing
• Turkey burgers with sweet mustard sauce
• Roasted chicken wings

Starches

• Red potatoes (cubed, mashed, pan-fried, crinkle fries)
• Sprouted bread with creamy carrot butter
• Seed-like grains (millet, quinoa, buckwheat, amaranth)
• Millet croquettes 
• Konjaku pasta
• Potato pancakes
• Sprouted amaranth tortillas
• Roasted Delicata squash
• Mashed butternut squash
• English peas
• Sushi rolls (millet, ume paste, avocado, fried egg yolk)
• Spaghetti squash with pesto

Vegetables

• Steamed broccoli florets
• Cucumber slices
• Raw carrot sticks, snap peas, celery sticks, jicama chunks
• Steamed daikon sticks
• Red radish pickles
• Creamy kale soup (for thermos)
• Steamed green beans
• Green salad with dressing
• Cultured vegetables
• Steamed asparagus
• Sweet baby corn (buy frozen is best)
• Steamed corn-on-the-cob rubbed with umeboshi paste
• Red bell pepper slices
• Zoodles

Beverages

• Whole milk kefir
• Fermented protein shake
• ACV drink (apple cider vinegar, cinnamon, vanilla stevia)
• Lemonade (sweeten with stevia– add super spirulina for a ‘green drink’ and chia seeds for nutrient boost)
• Bottle of water with a dropperful of ancient earth liquid minerals
• Probiotic protein shake
• InnergyBiotic
• Chilled peppermint tea (very alkalizing)
• Ujido matcha green tea
• Bancha twig tea 

Dips/Sauces

• Lemon butter sauce
• Pesto (kid-approved)
• Mock tomato sauce
• Gravy
• Bernaise sauce
• Gingery carrot sauce (best for adults) 

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