I’m not going back to school.
That would be strange and not good. Â
Grade school, college, and grad school was enough for me, but congrats to all the kids (and their parents) braving the start of the year! Â I’m here for you in spirit… and in taking the strange but goodness to school.
If I was going back to school or sending a kid to school, here are 10 Back-to-School Recipes I would make.
1. Sweet Potato Baked Oatmeal
2. Apple Carrot Protein Muffins
3. Peach Cobbler TVP Oats
4. Chick-less Nuggets with Sweet ‘n Spicy Mustard Sauce
5. Dijon Thyme Turkey Meatballs
6. Sweet Potato Chickpea Burgers
7. Zucchini Hummus Pizza Bites
(I’d make Basil Avocado Hummus to go with it.)
8. Modern Macaroni Salad
9. Pink Lemonade Protein Bites
10. Chewy Granola Cookies
How have you enjoyed making co-workers, friends, or family stare with strange but good creations this week? The link up rules can be found here or by clicking on “Strange But Good” in the menu bar above. In short, I want to see what concoctions have earned you weird looks from co-workers, family and friends! Post your Strange But Good creations, grab the logo below for your blog, and link up here.
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My mom used to make us sandwiches and cut them into shapes with cookie cutters.  So for Easter we’d have bunnies… and she’d put jelly beans on it for the nose and eyes.  How cute is my mom?!
What did you take to lunch when you were in grade school?  It was a huge treat if there were Ring Dings!
What back-to-school recipes have you been making?
Look at all these vegan choices. Thank you! I’m not sending kids back to school either, but who needs kids to enjoy “fun food?”
Exactly! Vegas and I eat for fun all the time. Haha!
Woot woot!!! Start up those buses and get my kids on them please! The boys will be in first grade which means lunch at school for the first time. They had a “try the cafeteria” day last year in Kindergarten and they both basically hated it…that’s when I knew I had done my job as a parent 🙂 So, I will be making two lunches every single day for the foreseeable future and this is MUCH appreciated!!
We did the same thing as kids – too food snobby for cafeteria food. Ha!
oooh ring dings ZINGERS???
the 70s were very good to me 🙂
and YOU ARE GOOD TO MY CHILD WITH ALL THESE!!
Sweet potato baked oatmeal sounds so heavenly right now!
I might go back to school someday does that make me strange? Just kidding! I think I need that sweet potato oatmeal pronto.
My little sister is starting college at my alma mater (Penn State) next week and I’m actually really jealous and would love to go back… definitely working on stuffing her freezer with some snacks so I’ll take a look through these recipes
You’re a good sister! My baby sis was always coming over to eat my food when she was in school. Kids… LOL!
the only way i will go back to school is if I get this food. deal? MWAH!
HA! For you, anything. SDSU? 😉
Instead of ring dings, we always had star crunch. Ahh, memories!
This is quite the roundup! It’s too bad that the only one I am sending back to school is my teacher husband. He would probably enjoy a sandwich cut into the shape of a bunny though.
Enjoy your weekend!
School lunch in the good ole’ days before Celiac and what not, my mom’s pbj! Soft whole wheat bread with jiff PB and welches sugar-filled grape jelly! The best!!!
Yesssss! Those were the best sandwiches. Thick layers of PB and globs of the jelly.
My kids think I’m making veggie sushi and broccoli slaw every day.
My kids are high on something, I’m sure of it.
Now THAT would make for a good book!
great round up! Im eyeing up those granola cookies! 🙂
I hate to be the negative one, but #9 and #10 aren’t nut-free and won’t fly in any school I’m aware of. Some of the others use almond milk and almond extract, which I’m not clear on, but something to bear in mind before any of them end up in a lunch box.
I don’t know where you live, you you can totally bring them in Georgia. If you’re unable to use nuts, swapping with seeds/seed butter is an easy fix!
How have I missed those dijon thyme turkey meatballs!? Holy yum! Thanks for the link love gorgeous!
I swear I’m making those burgers again soon! Vegas thinks she’s doesn’t like veggie burgers… hahaha!
Oh so delicious I’m sending a very picky preschooler out for her first year away at school (only half days) and I can’t wait to test some of these out on her. Pinning for later. Thanks for sharing!
I don’t have kids but I’m still going to make that Sweet Potato Oatmeal. Looks heavenly!!
Dijon Thyme BURGERS for me!!! Load me up baby, I am ready to get my GRUB GRUB on!
Run a dub dub… thanks for the GRUB!
ooh I am liking those apple carrot muffins!
Love the baked sweet potato oatmeal. That’s definitely GOOD, not strange 🙂
No kids here either, but i still like the roundups for ideas for my own work meals! 🙂
So fun I love your strange but good posts and well I just love your posts and blog in general! Hope all is well lady and amen to no school, however I’m wondering if lately school is in my future again….
Thank you so much Jayne!!! Totally made my day. 🙂
I’m kind of kidding about going back… grad school was the best decision I ever made!
I’m not going back to school either and I still want to make all of these. 🙂
Those lemonade protein bites look like the perfect lunchbox treat. yes, teachers take lunchboxes too:)
Totally! I still wouldn’t eat a cafeteria meal. LOL!
I had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich every day and I loved processed snacks like Dunkaroos, Nutty Bars, Oatmeal Creame Pies and chips with my lunch. As you can see, I was not a healthy eater growing up! haha
Thanks so much for including my zucchini pizza bites!! 🙂
Dunkaroos, Nutty Bars, and Oatmeal Creame Pies were all among my favorites! I had to BEG my mom to buy them as a treat and any time she caved in it was the best week ever. Haha!
Man if I could rewind time, THIS is what I’d be taking to school to snack/lunch on!! My lunchbox involved Pringles, some kind of cookie, Nutri-grain bar, and some other processed crap *hangs head in shame*!
Is it weird that I wish I was going back to school because I wanna prep lunches now?! Haha, ughhhh! At least I can do that as a para! I’ll get my fix from that 😉
Haha! Not at all! These work for anything really. I took my lunch every ay when I worked in an office too!
I have my own peach cobbler oats recipe that’s one of my favorites! Such a great autumn comfort food.