hey y'all welcome back to Make It Dairy Free i'm Larisha and today we are going
to be talking about quick and easy vegan lunches on the go
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so it's just about back to school season and we know that school this year is
shaping up to be a little different this year however no
worries we got you whether you are going back to school or your kids are going
back to school or you school your kids from home or you
don't have kids and you don't go to school and you just need quick and easy
vegan lunch ideas then we got you covered today we are going to show you
three easy vegan lunch ideas whether you need
something for on the go or you are meal prepping or just need
something and you're going to be at your house we are going to show you how to
make brownie overnight oats a chickpea and
veggie wrap and also one of our favorites vegan
pizza lunchables best of all all of these three recipes
only need five ingredients that's right we are keeping it super
simple and easy for you today because something in life just needs to
be easy right now so come on let's show you exactly how to make all three of them
first up we are starting with our easy
vegan brownie overnight oats which needs just five ingredients
start with rolled oats sometimes called old-fashioned oats
quick oats get too soggy and then add in cocoa powder any dairy-free milk we
really like oat maple syrup or you could use agave and
then some vanilla some optional ingredients that you could
throw in would be flax or chia seeds or salt
then stir that around well we prefer to use wide mouth mason jars because it's
easier to mix together and it's perfect to transport
it will seem liquidy but then you are going to leave in the fridge for a
minimum of 8 hours where it will get thicker
if you are prepping a head jars like this without any added toppings it will
last for 5 days in the fridge once it has thickened add any favorite
toppings you may like we stuck with just some cherries but pick your favorite
brownie toppings and it's good to go
next was a childhood favorite and now it's becoming one of our kids favorites
pizza lunchables but vegan of course we are starting out with
our two ingredient no yeast pizza dough which is just coconut milk and flour
for more instructions we have a full video on making this we have been told
that spelt flour has successfully worked so most gluten-free flour should also
work once you bring your dough together roll
out onto a floured surface and knead for a few minutes and then
roll into a ball now since we want to make small kid
sized pizzas we are going to cut the dough into eight even pieces
now they don't have to be entirely accurate but you could use a scale if
you want them to be press out the dough into four to five
inch circles repeat this until you have done all the remaining
pieces then you're going to carefully pick up each pizza dough and place onto
a large baking sheet and let cook for six to eight minutes
just until it's starting to turn golden brown these are freezables so feel free
to double or triple the batch and make lunches to go even faster for
you once they are done you can let cool completely and then it's time to make
your pizza lunchables add some of the dough discs we usually
do about three along with pizza sauce vegan cheese and pepperoni to a lunch
box if you are just eating these at home no
need to put them in a container when ready to eat spread a little sauce
on top of one of the dough discs and then a little cheese and pepperoni
you can switch up the toppings if you want to whatever veggies you have on
hand or what your kids like the most maybe throw in some diced peppers or
mushrooms get creative and make taco pizzas or use pesto or alfredo sauce to
switch things up the possibilities are literally endless
this vegan pizza lunchable is supposed to be served cold
just like the non-vegan ones in the grocery store however if your kid
prefers warm you can definitely do that as well
another option you have with these that our kids love is to take two discs
together and put peanut butter on one side and jelly on another and
make a peanut butter and jelly pizza you could also spread some vegan cream
cheese on top with some fruit for a fruit pizza
that's one of my personal favorite ways
next up we have our super easy chickpea veggie wraps
this one is so insanely easy to make the easiest out of the three that we've
shown you so far we are starting out with a flour
tortilla but you can use any gluten-free wrap that works or you could even use a
collard green wrap to keep these five ingredients we chose
chickpeas a leafy green which here was spinach and two vegetables
we went with red peppers and carrots that we thinly sliced
obviously you could add more if you wanted carefully fold up your wrap from
one side tucking the ends as you go the key here especially if you are
sending this off to school with someone is that you don't pick ingredients that
are overly soggy like tomatoes or pickles
you could serve those on the side but unless you were eating it quickly it's
best to avoid those cucumbers corn red onions and vegan
cheese or other good add-ins we also recommend serving sauce on the side if
not eating right away we will link our barbecue and ranch sauce below
but wait we have one more bonus idea for you guys it is a hack that we do
all the time usually because we don't feel like thinking about what lunch or
sometimes dinner to give to our kids they go absolutely bananas over it every
time that we do it and we think that if you have kids at
home that you they are going to love it also so let's show you our fun and easy
vegan snack trays
this is a total cheat but if you're going to be homeschooling this year or
already homeschooled or need an idea for a crazy late night after rushing around
then these vegan snack trays are for you take a muffin tin it can be six or
twelve tins and then add in any random combination of foods
we like to try to do a protein like chickpeas or cashews and mix of fruit
and veggies and then a snacky type of food like pretzels or chips and that's
it it's that easy our kids go crazy for this every time
head to the website to get more than 50 ideas for what to add to the trays
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