I’ve still been giving a lot of thought to lunches lately. Mostly because it’s a meal that’s pretty easy for me to skip out on. Which is never a good thing. Plus, my mom has needed some fun lunch ideas, so it just seemed to work out perfectly. Originally, I had thoughts of doing an ‘all American’ style lunch box but pimento cheese was being craved so… here we are.

I’m calling this an old-fashioned southern lunch box because when I was little, I remember my grandmother making me pimento cheese sandwiches on wonder bread. Served with a pickle and maybe some plain-jane potato chips. So this is a nod to that!

This lunch box starts out with pimento cheese. I got a local brand, but making your own is an even better option! I’ve made my fair share of the stuff over the years. Instead of bread, I went with some gluten-free crackers with some ‘everything’ seasoning on them (again they are a locally made tidbit.) Yep, even the pickles here are local made.

After all that, it’s just other scoopable snack veggies like celery, carrots and tomatoes - oh my! It’s good stuff here and I love that these boxes can be made ahead of time and available on hand through the week. With just a few minutes of prep and nothing to actually cook.

That’s all there is to it folks. You likely won’t find these same crackers, but any cracker will do. From gluten-free to bagel crisps; it’s whatever your little heart desires.

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Nutritional Claims: Vegetarian • Pescatarian • Egg Free • Peanut Free • Tree Nut Free • Soy Free • Fish Free • Shellfish Free • Pork Free • Red Meat Free • Crustacean Free • Sesame Free • Lupine Free • Mollusk Free • Alcohol Free • Sulphite Free • Kosher