Easy Lunch Box
Today’s easy lunch box is one of those that despite all the veggies, your kids will love! This Ranch Veggie Pizza is so simple to put together and it’s always a crowd pleaser. Plus, it tastes great cold or at room temperature. I love simple lunch boxes. You can find lots more ideas here.
The brightly colored napkins are from the Dollar Tree.
What I Packed
- Ranch Veggie Pizza {recipe below}
- Red Grapes
- Fresh Pineapple Slices
- True Lemon Raspberry Lemonade Packet
- Water Bottle
Ranch Veggie Pizza Recipe
This is one of those recipes that, if you’ve never had it before, you’ll wonder why you didn’t learn about it sooner. It’s perfect for potlucks, lunch boxes, ladies luncheons, parties, picnics, Super Bowl parties, tailgate parties, as an appetizer… or just any old time!
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Ranch Veggie Pizza
I can’t say it’s super healthy. It does have cream cheese, mayonnaise, and crescent rolls. But, there’s lots of veggies! So that has to count for something, right? You can used reduced fat cream cheese {like I did} and even reduced fat mayonnaise.
- 2 {8 oz.} packages refrigerated crescent rolls
- 2 {8 oz} packages cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 1 tsp. dried dill weed
- 1 package ranch dressing mix
- 1 cup fresh broccoli, chopped small
- 1 cup fresh cauliflower, chopped small
- 1 cup grape tomatoes, halved
- 1 cup bell pepper, diced {yellow would be pretty}
- 1 cup shredded carrots
- 1 cup shredded cheese
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease a cookie sheet or jelly roll pan and unwrap crescent dough. Roll dough out onto baking sheet and press seams together for pizza crust. Bake for 12 minutes, remove from oven and allow to cool completely.
In a small mixing bowl, combine cream cheese, mayonnaise, ranch dressing mix, dill weed and stir together until well mixed.
Spread cream cheese mixture onto cooled pizza crust. Top with veggies. Sprinkle shredded cheese on top.
Chill for 1 hour before serving, or serve at room temperature. I like it both ways! Slice into 3 inch squares or about 4 x 2 inch rectangles for easy serving.
You can purchase your own set of Easy Lunch Boxes and Salad Dressing Cups at Amazon.com. I’ve been using ours for a year now and still love them – and they still look brand new!
Melissa Ringstaff, AVirtuousWoman.org
Ingredients
- 2 {8 oz.} packages refrigerated crescent rolls
- 2 {8 oz} packages cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 1 tsp. dried dill weed
- 1 package ranch dressing mix
- 1 cup fresh broccoli, chopped small
- 1 cup fresh cauliflower, chopped small
- 1 cup grape tomatoes, halved
- 1 cup bell pepper, diced {yellow would be pretty}
- 1 cup shredded carrots
- 1 cup shredded cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease a cookie sheet or jelly roll pan and unwrap crescent dough. Roll dough out onto baking sheet and press seams together for pizza crust. Bake for 12 minutes, remove from oven and allow to cool completely.
- In a small mixing bowl, combine cream cheese, mayonnaise, ranch dressing mix, dill weed and stir together until well mixed.
- Spread cream cheese mixture onto cooled pizza crust. Top with veggies. Sprinkle shredded cheese on top.
- Chill for 1 hour before serving, or serve at room temperature. I like it both ways! Slice into 3 inch squares or about 4 x 2 inch rectangles for easy serving.
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