Healthy Bento Snack Boxes for On-The-Go! - Mind Over Munch

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🥗Healthier: leafy greens

💰Cheaper: thinly sliced paper

Leafy greens provide a fresh alternative while being lower in calories.

edamame

🥗Healthier: green peas

💰Cheaper: frozen peas

Frozen peas are often less expensive and readily available.

teriyaki sauce

🥗Healthier: soy sauce + honey

💰Cheaper: soy sauce

Soy sauce can be used alone for a simpler flavor.

tofu

🥗Healthier: grilled chicken

💰Cheaper: canned chickpeas

Canned chickpeas are inexpensive and provide protein.

Start with a pre-made nut butter pack for convenience.

Add rainbow baby carrots, celery sticks, sliced red apples, raisins, and salted caramel energy bites to the box.

For energy bites, blend soaked dates, roasted cashews, tahini, vanilla extract, and salt in a food processor, then stir in rolled oats and refrigerate to firm up.

Prepare a Fruit, Cheese & Nut Munch-Box with a pre-portioned package of nuts, sliced green apples, Swiss cheese wedges, DIY graham crackers, and homemade dried blueberries.

To make dried blueberries, place berries on a baking sheet and dry in the oven at low heat (150°F) for 12-14 hours or until shriveled.

Create a Brunch Munch-Box with a mini whole-wheat bagel and dairy-free cashew cream cheese made from soaked raw cashews, nutritional yeast, lemon juice, salt, and apple cider vinegar, blended to a creamy consistency.

Add sliced cucumber, rolls of smoked salmon, and green grapes to the Brunch box.

Prepare a Cool n’ Crunch Munch-Box with raw broccoli and a healthy ranch dip made from Greek yogurt and DIY ranch seasoning.

Include red grapes and roasted edamame in the Cool n’ Crunch box, finishing with a boiled egg.

For the Skewers & Rolls Munch-Box, skewer cherry tomatoes and cheese cubes, add deli chicken rolls, snap peas, and oat & seed crackers made from oats, seeds, and water, baked until crispy.

Add freeze-dried apples and hummus for dipping in the Skewers & Rolls box.

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