Pepo's Lunchbox Recipe ideas
March 13, 2024
Here you'll find a range of simple recipes that the kids will love! Fill their lunchbox with delicious morsels using nutritious ingredients from the Pepo Farms range. These simple & cost effective recipes can be made in large batches for multiple lunches throughout the week. There may even be a few ideas to keep your work lunches interesting!
Nut Free Muesli bars
You'll need:
- 1.5 cups oats
- 1/2 cup coconut flakes (lightly toasted in a non stick pan)
- 1/2 cup natural or roasted pumpkin seeds
- 1/2 cup sunflower seeds
- 1/3 cup honey
- 1/4 cup coconut oil
- 1/2 cup sultanas or cranberries
- 2TBSP brown sugar
- 1/4 tsp fine salt
- Optional 30g dark chocolate for drizzling on top
Method:
- Grease and line a small baking pan for with baking paper
- Combine all ingredients except honey, coconut oil and brown sugar in a large bowl and mix to combine
- Add honey, coconut oil and brown sugar to a small saucepan and cook over medium heat until fully combined and bubbling
- Pour honey, oil, sugar mixture into the large bowl with dry ingredients and mix until thoroughly combined. Leave mixture for 5mins
- Spread mixture into prepared baking pan and spread out evenly to all corners using a spatula
- Optional step: cut chocolate into small pieces then place in a microwave safe bowl and microwave in 30s increments until runny. Hold the bowl with a tea towel and use a spoon to drizzle the chocolate over the top of the slice. Refrigerate for a few hours
- When fully set remove from the pan and slice into ~16 slices
Pepo's Gluten Free Zucchini & Cherry Tomato Slice with Basil
You'll need:
- 1/2 cup Gluten free flour
- 1/2 cup of Pepo's Sunflower Seed Flour/Pumpkin Seed Flour
- 1tsp baking powder
- 1 brown onion diced
- 1 large zucchini or 2x small zucchini's
- 2TBSP Pepo's Sunflower Oil
- 1 cup coarsely grated tasty cheese
- 5 eggs lightly whisked
- 1/4 cup of any milk
- 1/4 cup of Sunflower Oil
- 250g cherry tomatoes halved
- A big bunch of basil (finely sliced)
- 1 tsp smoked paprika (1/2 in the mix and half for the top)
- grated Parmesan cheese for the top
Method:
- Preheat oven to 180c. Line an oven proof dish with baking paper (approx 20cm x 30cm with enough height for rising)
- Heat 2TBSP sunflower oil in a saucepan over medium heat and cook onions until they have softened and slightly caramelised
- Add grated zucchini, 3/4 of tomatoes, basil, cheese, egg, milk, oil and 1/2tsp of paprika to a large bowl, mix until incorporated
- Sift flours & baking powder into mix ensuring all baking powder passes through. mix until incorporated
- Pour batter into prepared dish then push remaining tomatoes just into the surface of the batter, sprinkle top with parmesan and remaining paprika
- Bake for 30-40 mins or until an inserted knife comes out clean
Cheesy Trail Mix (nut free)
You'll need:
- 1 cob of Kennedy's popping corn
- 1/4 cup of raw or roasted pumpkin seeds
- 1/4 cup of shaved coconut
- 1TBSP of savoury yeast flakes
- 1/2tsp fine salt
- optional: sunflower oil spray dispenser
Method:
- Make popping corn according to packet instructions
- Meanwhile blitz savoury yeast flakes into a fine powder using a small food processor
- Place all ingredients into a large bowl
- Optional: if you have an oil spray dispenser lightly spray the mix in sunflower oil (this step helps the seasoning to stick but it isn't essential)
- Mix all the ingredients together and then transfer to a glass jar or dispense into containers ready for lunches
Date Bliss Balls (nut free)
You'll need:
- 1 cup of Pepo Farms seeds (pumpkin & sunflower seeds)
- 1/2 cup of sunflower flour or pumpkin seed flour
- 8-10 medajool dates roughly chopped
- 1/4 cup good quality cocoa powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- optional toppings: desiccated coconut, blitzed pumpkin seeds, cinnamon, freeze dried blueberry powder
Method:
- Blend the seeds on high in a food processor until fine consistency
- Add 8 dates, flour of choice, cocoa & salt and process until mixture clumps together
- Test by squeezing a small ball of mixture in your hand to see that it will roll into balls easily.
- If mixture doesn't hold together enough add another 1-2 dates and a tsp of room temp coconut oil then process again
- Roll heaped tablespoons of mixture into balls then refrigerate for at least 20mins to set
- Roll into your desired toppings and then keep refrigerated in containers
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