It’s a fun option for picnics and no-cook dinners, it’s an easy idea to meal prep for lunch, and it also makes for a yummy snack. The lack of disclosure is a public right to know issue and especially concerning to people with unusual food allergies or on restricted diets.

Lunchables is an American brand of food and snacks manufactured by Kraft Heinz in Chicago, Illinois, and marketed under the Oscar Mayer brand.Plus, homemade pizza lunchables still bring the most important ingredient to lunchtime: the FUN of putting your food together yourself and eating it with your hands. I’m pretty sure I enjoyed my first few Lunchables Pizzas cold, as they were meant to be enjoyed by the folks at Oscar Mayer.

The brand also began offering lower calorie candy alternatives, rather than including the standard Reese's cup in the package. You can also use this bake-ahead option if you’re making an English muffin pizza, bagel pizza, sandwich-thin pizza, etc. If there’s one trap that copycat recipes like this fall into, it’s that they want to elevate everything.Flatbread: I prefer mini Naan bread as I find that the texture is closest to pizza crust and they make perfect mini pizzas, but you can use regular size naan, pita bread, or another flatbread that you like. Protein is a source of amino acids that are required for the proper growth, maintenance and repair of tissues. The lunches you’ve created sound so delicious 🙂 Thank you for trying out the recipe, and thank you for sharing your kind words with us!

Alternatively, you’ve got the option to assemble and bake an entire pita pizza ahead of time, then slice it into wedges and pack into your lunchbox. I love how putting a few basic ingredients into a bento box instantly turns into a fun lunch for the kids. Veggies or meat: This lunchables recipe uses cherry tomatoes, green bell pepper and black olives for the toppings. They don’t need to be kept refrigerated, so they are perfect for school and work lunches, and are perfect to take on a road trip. This product contains a high percentage of the Institute of Medicine's recommended adequate intake for sodium of 1500 mg a day (IOM 2005).You choose which bread to use for the crust—whether it’s pita bread or sandwich thins, a whole wheat or white or gluten-free bread. For example, a single serving of Ham and Swiss Lunchables contained 1,780 milligrams of sodium, which is 47 percent of the recommended daily allowance for an adult. In the event of any safety concerns or for any other information about a product please carefully read any instructions provided on the label or packaging and contact the manufacturer.

To you, Lunchables pizza might be an indicator of the industrial-driven cratering of childhood nutrition. I roped in my wife, my kids, and their babysitter, and was one more round of sauce away from snagging the mail carrier. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the product is sold as "Dairylea Lunchers" under the Dairylea brand, originally by Kraft Foods Inc. A miniature candy bar on the side, preferably from at least two Halloweens ago, brings the whole thing together. Now that you have all of your ingredients stacked you must be thinking, What about this Oscar Mayer provided cheese?Note: I got a lot of feedback from folks about the sauce having a ketchup-adjacent kind of sweetness. While over 160 food ingredients may cause allergic reactions current Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations stipulate that 8 major food allergens must be labeled on products. So, if you love the classic pairing of a Capri Sun and a piece of candy, toss that into your lunchbox! Swap the pepperoni out for olives, white beans or chickpeas, ground meat or sausage, or any other pizza topping you prefer as desired.