st. patricks day lunchbox Credit: Raymond Hom
St. Patrick’s Day falls on a Saturday this year, but that doesn’t mean you can’t make something festive and delicious for the kids on a weekday. These easy, clever ideas will brighten their lunch or after-school snack, guaranteed. Start by switching out the bread in their favorite sandwich for a St. Patrick’s Day-ready spinach wrap, then pack one (or all!) of the following snacks. Each one is super portable and sure to delight the wee ones in your life-come lunchtime, they’ll feel like they just came across a pot of gold. carrots celery cucumber dip Credit: Peter Ardito TRICOLOR CRUNCH Salute the Irish flag with clover-shaped cucumber crisps, carrot and celery sticks, and DIY ranch dip. Cutting the cucumbers into clovers is a cinch, and there’s something about fun shapes that makes kids want to eat their vegetables. Pack the dip in a separate tin, or use it as a schmear for a wrap or sandwich and let the kids enjoy the veggies solo. Get the Tricolor Crunch with Ranch Dip Recipe shamrock chocolate medallions Credit: Peter Ardito COIN TOSS To sweeten the pot (or their lunch boxes), tuck in a few shamrock-stamped chocolate medallions ($12 for 68, orientaltrading.com), then save the rest for your St. Patrick’s Day party. golden hot chocolate Credit: Peter Ardito PURE GOLD Pinches of turmeric (they won’t taste it, we promise) and cinnamon give this frothy hot white chocolate its end-of-the-rainbow hue. Pour the cocoa into a thermos so it stays nice and hot until lunchtime. Bonus: grown-ups will also love the flavor (and the anti-inflammatory properties of the spices!). Get the Golden Hot Chocolate Recipe
st. patricks day lunchbox Credit: Raymond Hom
st. patricks day lunchbox Credit: Raymond Hom
st. patricks day lunchbox
Credit: Raymond Hom
St. Patrick’s Day falls on a Saturday this year, but that doesn’t mean you can’t make something festive and delicious for the kids on a weekday. These easy, clever ideas will brighten their lunch or after-school snack, guaranteed. Start by switching out the bread in their favorite sandwich for a St. Patrick’s Day-ready spinach wrap, then pack one (or all!) of the following snacks. Each one is super portable and sure to delight the wee ones in your life-come lunchtime, they’ll feel like they just came across a pot of gold.
carrots celery cucumber dip Credit: Peter Ardito
TRICOLOR CRUNCH
Salute the Irish flag with clover-shaped cucumber crisps, carrot and celery sticks, and DIY ranch dip. Cutting the cucumbers into clovers is a cinch, and there’s something about fun shapes that makes kids want to eat their vegetables. Pack the dip in a separate tin, or use it as a schmear for a wrap or sandwich and let the kids enjoy the veggies solo.
shamrock chocolate medallions Credit: Peter Ardito
COIN TOSS
To sweeten the pot (or their lunch boxes), tuck in a few shamrock-stamped chocolate medallions ($12 for 68, orientaltrading.com), then save the rest for your St. Patrick’s Day party.
golden hot chocolate Credit: Peter Ardito
PURE GOLD
Pinches of turmeric (they won’t taste it, we promise) and cinnamon give this frothy hot white chocolate its end-of-the-rainbow hue. Pour the cocoa into a thermos so it stays nice and hot until lunchtime. Bonus: grown-ups will also love the flavor (and the anti-inflammatory properties of the spices!).
carrots celery cucumber dip Credit: Peter Ardito
carrots celery cucumber dip
Credit: Peter Ardito
shamrock chocolate medallions Credit: Peter Ardito
shamrock chocolate medallions
golden hot chocolate Credit: Peter Ardito
golden hot chocolate
