Healthy Bag Lunch

Healthy Bag Lunch

Delicious, healthy, and low calorie-- the perfect boost in the middle of the day!

Cut up half of a cucumber into thick, bite-sized slices.

Cut half of a bell pepper (I prefer green) into slices, then in half.

Trim off the edges of the celery.

Cut celery into bite-sized slices.

Add a few baby carrots (about 5).

Done!

Now, the sandwich: I just put peanut butter on mine (on light bread), but I also love to put peanut butter and cut up a banana (Elvis style) to put in the sandwich.

Natural peanut butter, of course! :)

Wrap is up and bag 'em up and you're done!  Delicious!

Healthy Bag Lunch

Cooking Time:  0 minutes
Prep time: 10 minutes
Total time: 10 minutes
Makes one lunch :)

For lunch without banana:
Calories: 218 calories
Fat: 6 g
Sodium: 432 mg
Carbs: 27 g
Fiber: 13 g
Protein: 10 g

For lunch with banana:

Calories: 323 calories

Fat: 6 g
Sodium: 433 mg
Carbs: 51 g
Fiber: 16 g
Protein: 11 g

Ingredients:
1/2 cucumber

1/2 bell pepper (I prefer green)

3 stalks of celery

5 baby carrots

2 slices of light bread (about 45-60 calories a slice)

2 teaspoons natural peanut butter

Optional: 1 banana

Directions:
1.  Cut up the 1/2 cucumber into thick, bite-sized pieces.
2.  Cut up the 1/2 bell pepper (be sure to get rid of the seeds!) into thick slices, the cut the slices in half.
3.  Trim both ends of the celery stalks, then cut into bite-sized slices.
4.  Put all veggies into a bag, along with the 5 baby carrots.
5.  Spread the 2 teaspoons natural peanut butter onto the light bread, and, if desired, add the banana, cut in half, then again in half length-wise and spread onto the sandwich.
6.  Wrap the sandwich in plastic wrap
7.  Combine the bag of veggies and the plastic-wrapped sandwich in a small paper bag with a napkin, and you're done!

My daily lunch! (And the veggies taste even better with some apple butter or some peanut butter! (natural, of course!)).