This amazing, I can’t believe I haven’t thought of it idea, was requested by my sister.  The other day she begged me to come up with some lunch ideas that she could simply grab and go.  Having four children at three different schools, she spends about two and a half hours driving between their schools which are in different areas of the city.  She told me that she is always hungry and tired because she doesn’t have time to prepare a lunch for herself and she doesn’t want to succumb to all of the fast food she passes along the way. Good for her!  So we needed to figure out something yummy, healthy and portable she could pack for herself as she prepared her children’s four lunches.  Yes, three schools, four lunches, every day-busy girl!  My main goal was protein, fiber and several options to keep her satisfied.  I felt like we needed to have some crunchy (celery sticks, carrot sticks, mary’s gone crackers), some creamy (cheese sticks, cottage cheese, plain yogurt, hummus) , a little juicy (tomatoes), and a little savory (pitted kalamata olives).  With all of these different flavors and textures, it would minimize the chance that she would feel like she was missing something and fall prey to the drive-thru’s.  I also did a little pantry snack box for those things not needing refrigeration.  In it, I put packaged pistacios, individual cups of peanut butter, my sprouted homemade granola, and the most amazing gluten-free granola bars I have ever found from Nature’s Path.  With all of these different options, she could give her body what it needs on the days when she doesn’t have time to stop for something healthy.   As I was working on this, my husband saw it in our fridge and was so excited that he had healthy snacks to take to work for those times when he is too busy to find something healthy to eat.  Need healthy options for sister’s lunch; check.  Healthy snacks for husband; check.  Healthy snack/lunch ideas for my readers; check, check, check!  xxo!