As the school bell rings and children across the country head back to their classrooms, parents are once again faced with the challenge of packing lunches that are not only nutritious but also exciting enough to keep kids engaged.

We at SoYummy understand the struggle all too well. That is why we’ve teamed up with our friends at ShopRite help kick off the school year with a burst of creativity! With cute, fun recipes such as Tiger Sushi Egg Roll and Textbooks S’mores, lunchtime will definitely be a moment your children look forward to during a long school day.

Best of all, you can get everything quickly and easily with the click of a button! Whether you’re aiming to fuel your child’s academic success or simply want to bring a smile to their face, ShopRite has everything you need to craft lunches that are as fun as they are wholesome!

So, what are you waiting for? Check out ShopRite today and get ready to turn ordinary lunches into something special!

Chicken Noodle Spa

Ingredients:

• ½ cup of cooked Bowl & Basket Enriched Long Grain Rice
• 1 Bowl of Nissin Hot & Spicy Chicken Flavor Ramen Noodle Soup
• 1 Bowl & Basket Large White Egg, hardboiled 
• 1 small sheet of seaweed
• 2 pieces of corn

Directions:

1. Place ½ cup of cooked Bowl & Basket enriched long grain rice onto a sheet of plastic wrap. Gather plastic wrap together and twist wrap around to seal rice in. Roll rice into a ball. Once rounded, remove plastic wrap.
2. Take a hardboiled Bowl & Basket large white egg, carefully cut off the top of the egg in a zig zag.
3. Place top of egg on top of rice ball.
4. Use a hole puncher to punch out two circles from a sheet of seaweed. Place the two circles on the riceball for eyes.
5. Take two pieces of corn for the beak. Place the corn in between the seaweed eyes. Set riceball to the side.
6. Now take the Nissin Hot & Spicy chicken flavor ramen noodle soup bowl and empty out all seasoning packets onto ramen. Pour hot water and cover for 3 minutes. Stir all together
7. Pour all the contents into a soup container and top off with chicken riceball. Now you have a cute chicken in a spa!

PB&J Letters

Ingredients:

• 5 Slices of Bowl & Basket Wheat Sliced Bread
• 1 Jar of Bowl & Basket Strawberry Preserves
• 1 Jar of Bowl & Basket Specialty Creamy Natural Peanut Butter
• 2 strawberries

Directions:

1. With a slice of Bowl & Basket wheat sliced bread, cut off edges of bread. Then cut off the top corners of the bread. Should look like a house.
2. Take a second slice of bread and cut off edges. Then cut the slice in half and cut out an inverted triangle.
3. Spread Bowl & Basket specialty creamy natural peanut butter and Bowl & Basket strawberry preserves to bottom half of house shaped bread.
4. Then add in the half slice of bread onto bottom half of house shaped bread. Press knife down from the inverted triangle to corner of bottom half. Repeat on opposite side.
5. Take a fork and press down along the edges (tip: wet the edges slightly for better shaping)
6. Fold the top of the house shaped bread down to create an envelope shape.
7. Cut off top of strawberry in a v-shape and slice strawberry to create a heart. Add a little bit peanut butter to back for stickiness. Press onto center of envelope and seal with love!

Tiger Sushi Egg Roll

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of Bowl & Basket Enriched Long Grain Rice
• 2 tbsp of cornstarch 
• 2 Bowl & Basket Large White Eggs
• 1 sheet of nori
• 1 slice of Bowl & Basket Sliced White Provolone Natural Cheese
• 1 slice of Bowl & Basket Sliced MIld Cheddar Natural Cheese
• 1 small cherry tomato
• Black sesame seeds

Directions:

1. Mix in 2 tbsps of cornstarch into 1 cup of Bowl & Basket enriched long grain rice to help make rice stickier. Let cook.
2. Once done, take a large sheet of nori and spread a thin layer of rice.
3. Then in a small bowl whisk 2 Bowl & Basket large white eggs (season to liking).
4. Heat up a square pan on light-med heat. Pour egg mixture and when about 80% cooked, use a spatula and start to roll egg.
5. Place egg on top of the rice and nori. Then roll all together.
6. Slice into even pieces about ½” thickness
7. For tiger face:
   Mouth: Use the small part of piping tip to cut out little circles from a slice of Bowl & Basket sliced white provolone natural cheese. Slice a tiny part of the cherry tomato for the mouth.
   Ears: Use the larger part of piping tip to create ears from slice of Bowl & Basket sliced mild cheddar natural cheese.
   Stripes and nose: Use scissors to create tiger stripes from nori.
   Eyes: Use 2 pieces of black sesame seed.
   Combine all the little pieces together to create the tiger!

Paint Palette Oreo Cakesters

Ingredients:  

• 1 pack of Oreo Cakesters
• 1 bag of mini candy coated chocolate
• 1 cup of Bowl & Basket White Confectionary Baking Chips
• ½ cup of Bowl & Basket Pretzel Sticks
• ¼ cup of Bowl & Basket Milk Chocolate Chips
• Optional: ½ tbsp of coconut oil

Directions:

For Paint Palette

1. Take an Oreo Cakester and cut with cookie cutter to cut out a v-like shape. Then using a straw, punch a hole out at top of cakester. 
2. Heat up a cup of Bowl & Basket White white confectionary baking chips in microwave in 15 second intervals. Stir each time and continue until it’s smoothly melted.
3. Pour melted white chips over Oreo Cakester (tip: for a smoother pour add ½ tbsp of coconut oil).
4. When it has hardened a little, add in 4 different color candy coated chocolate (recommend: blue, green, yellow, red) atop the Oreo Cakester and now you have a cute paint palette snack!

For Pretzel Paintbrushes:

1. Melt ¼ cup of Bowl & Basket milk chocolate chips in microwave in 15 second intervals. Stir each time and continue until it’s smoothly melted
2. Take about ½ cup of Bowl & Basket pretzel sticks, slowly dip into chocolate mixture and let hang for a bit to create a brush effect. Then place onto wax paper sheet. Repeat with the rest of the pretzel sticks. Let chocolate harden (refrigerate for quicker results).

Textbooks S’mores

Ingredients:

• 3 pieces of Bowl & Basket Graham Cracker, Sugar Honey
• 4 pieces of Bowl & Basket Marshmallows
• 1 milk chocolate bar
• ¼ cup of Bowl & Basket White Confectionary Baking Chips
• ½ cup of Bowl & Basket MIlk Chocolate Chips

Directions:

1. Break 2 Bowl & Basket graham crackers in half (short way, 4 pieces total). Will make 2 books.
2. Add half a chocolate bar on top of 2 pieces of graham cracker.
3. Cut 4 pieces of Bowl & Basket marshmallows in half and place on top of chocolate.
4. Optional step: Torch top of marshmallow for some gooeyness.
5. Break 3rd graham cracker in half both long way and short ways to create the book spine. Add some melted chocolate inside of graham cracker to hold pieces together and form the book shape.
6. Melt ½ cup of Bowl & Basket milk chocolate chips in microwave in 15 second intervals. Stir each time and continue until fully melted. Spoon the chocolate into a small piping bag for easy drawing.
7. Using the melted chocolate, draw a square outline around the top of the book, 6 lines along the spine, and then a rectangle on the front of the book. Let set.
8. While its setting, melt ¼ cup of Bowl & Basket white confectionery baking chips in microwave in 15 second intervals. Stir each time and continue until fully melted. Spoon baking chips into a small piping bag.
9. Then write out the name of the subject onto the chocolate rectangle on the graham cracker book.