Turkey, cheese and cracker lunch boxes
Rolled turkey, string cheese, buttery crackers, apple slices, grapes and baby carrots in one box, the snack-plate lunch you build in ten minutes.
- 10 min total
- 10 min hands-on
- Anyone can make this
- Serves 4
- About $2.60 a serving
- 360 calories
- Good the next day
Dolly says: It’s ready in 10 minutes, start to finish.
Ingredients
For 4 servings.
- 8 oz sliced deli turkey
- 2 apples, sliced
- ½ lemon, juiced
- 4 string cheese
- 2 cups baby carrots
- 24 butter crackers
- 2 cups grapes
Each serving has about 360 calories, 19 g protein, 46 g carbs and 13 g fat, and costs about $2.60 at typical US grocery prices. Both are estimates from what the recipe uses.
Missing something?
- No lemons? Limes work.
Steps
Tap an underlined word for a quick explanation.
Roll each slice of turkey into a loose tube.
Food safety: If you’re pregnant, heat deli meat, hot dogs, salami, pepperoni and smoked salmon until steaming hot, 165°F, just before eating, or leave them out. Eaten cold, they carry a small risk of listeria.
the apples, them with the lemon juice, then them dry.
Slice. Slicing means cutting food into flat pieces of about the same thickness. Even slices cook evenly, so none are raw while others burn.
How you’ll know: Lay a few side by side: they’re close to the same thickness from one end to the other.
Toss. Tossing means gently lifting and turning food so everything gets coated, like pasta in sauce or vegetables in oil. It coats every piece evenly without mashing anything.
How you’ll know: Every piece looks glossy or evenly coated, with no dry spots hiding underneath.
Pat dry. Patting dry means pressing paper towels onto food to soak up the moisture on its surface. Wet food steams instead of browning, so this is how you get a good sear and crisp skin.
How you’ll know: The surface feels tacky, not wet, and the last paper towel comes away barely damp.
Dolly’s tip: Lemon juice keeps apple slices from browning for a couple of days.Divide the turkey rolls, string cheese, carrots, grapes and apple slices among 4 containers.
Tuck the crackers into their own compartment or a small bag in each box.
Dolly’s tip: Crackers next to apples go soft by noon. Give them their own space.Seal and refrigerate, and pack each box with an ice pack.
Dolly’s tip: They keep 3 days. The apples are crispest on the first two.
Plan this in Dollop, and get the grocery list
Dollop plans your lunches along with the week’s dinners, puts what you need on the same grocery list, and walks you through each step.
