Quick & Portable Kids Lunch: Tortilla & Egg Sandwiches

October 23, 2010April 14, 2011 Michelle Day eggs, foods, fun, kids and a cook, parents, school, school lunch, YouTube

This is such an easy concept it shouldn’t be called a recipe. However, parents are always asking me what is the best way to get their kids to eat a healthy lunch. They need something that is quick to make, and will provide children with energy and nutrients through out the day. It’s a fact that protein rich foods will propel children through their busy recess and studying in the afternoon. The problem is time, ingredients, and keeping kids interested in what’s in the lunch bag.

I like this idea whether its for the school day, a family outing or snacks at the game.

Hard boiled eggs actually travel well. In a lunch bag cooler they will stay fresh all morning. You can boil up a dozen eggs in a matter of minutes. Prepping the sandwiches is really quick too. Take a tortilla, regular, corn or whole wheat, whatever your kids prefer and place slices of one egg in the center. Toss on a little green pepper sauce and fold the tortilla over like a wrapper. Put in a container or wax paper wrap and then in the lunch bag with some fruit and maybe a treat. That’s it. The green pepper sauce adds a great kick without too much heat and actually helps make the glossy hard boiled egg white’s consistency more palatable for children. Do not feel bound by these few ingredients, have your kids add whatever they like.

For at-home meals, this is great with scrambled eggs and a array of ingredients for versatile breakfast burritos!

Michelle Day

Michelle Day has been cooking and baking since she was old enough to hold a whisk. Michelle is an expert cook and her passion for cooking and entertaining has never wavered. At the age of 10 Michelle’s Family started a bakery in Simsbury CT, where Michelle got her first taste of running a food service business. In 1994 Michelle moved to New York City, where, she found her true passion in baking. In 2001 she started “The Catering Divas” Catering business. Serving the Upper East Side, she catered numerous small dinner and cocktail parties. Her passion and attention to detail won her the attention of some of New York’s Elite. Back at home in Connecticut, Michelle is a well known culinary instructor and her cake decorating skills jump-started a side business — Devine Cake Designs — where clients clamor for her inspired and beautifully artistic designs. After 15 years in the culinary industry, Michelle’s love of cooking, baking and children, has lead to her to her newest career, offering personalized family cooking classes and creating a TV show, digital broadcasts and Cook Books like no other. Kids and a Cook is all about healthy, fun, and easy meals for kids and their families. Michelle credits her parents with her success and her love of food, helping to create so many memories being in the kitchen with them as a child. Her goal is to have a show to help viewers create the same memories with their families. A show for the kids, and by the kids, with the “cook” there as guidance. Michelle’s featured co-host is an energetic, precocious 9-year-old named Elisabeth. Although a finicky eater, Elisabeth still loves to cook in the kitchen and learn about ingredients and how to mix them to make tasty dishes. Come join us — as you and Elisabeth learn easy recipes and explore culinary adventures. Michelle Day is available for lectures and cooking demonstrations. Please contact us through this website.