I discovered I didn't have any bread Sunday night and was not about to go to the store before school on Monday. Fortunately I have a tried and true lunch staple that takes about 5 minutes to pull together.
There was a time when my kids came undone over green items in their lunch but we are slowly breaking them in. Fresh spinach is a great starter green because it's virtually tasteless.
On non picnic days I'm a big fan of Naturally Ella's 5 ingredient Black Beans and Rice. Almost the same ingredients and just as easy to pull together.
I'm not sure if it compliments the beans but I also packed this raw Summer Corn Salad. It's just what worked from my pantry at the moment. The Organic Tortilla Chips came from Target. My new favorite.
Black Bean Cumin Lime Salad
Adapted from The Kitchn
Serves two small or one big appetite.
1 15 oz can black beans, drained and rinsed
1/4 cup diced red onion
1/2 cup chopped cilantro leaves
1/2 cup thinly sliced fresh spinach
Juice of half lime
drizzle of oil, I use olive
1 tsp cumin powder
salt and pepper to taste
Mix it. That's it.
Optional additions: Fly Guy takes an avocado in his bag and dices it right before eating.. Red pepper flakes are another of his favorites. The boys love to put a huge dollop of plain whole yogurt on top. Now that I think of it I could have put yogurt mixed with salsa in place of the corn in their containers.
