My teenage nephew loves it when I make him tacos for lunch. Sending tacos for lunch can be a fun change from other lunch food. You are only limited by what you or your kid will eat. Here are 12 meatless taco lunches. All of these were packed in my EasyLunchBoxes.
The mini corn tortilla cups were an experiment and my nephew said not to make them again so I will not bother giving you the recipe.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Pizza cheese, black beans, lettuce, tomato
Top Right: Mini corn tortilla cups
Bottom Right: Peaches with a little lime juice, raspberries
Above the Box: Taco Sauce (in Mini Dippers), Nutella to Go (special treat), Blue Corn Taco Shells
This is a roasted and sauteed vegetable taco lunch served with Ortega Fiesta Flats.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Top Left: Watermelon
Bottom Left: Sargento 4 Cheese Mexican
Right Side: Roasted zucchini and green pepper, sauteed red onion and broccoli, corn, salsa (in Mini Dippers)
Above the Box: Ortega Fiesta Flats
I was not expecting to make a taco lunch and did not have lettuce in the house. My nephew decided to have a taco without lettuce instead of eating something else.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Top Left: Apples dunked in water with a little lemon juice
Bottom Left: Mexican cheese blend
Right Side: Black beans with a little bit of taco sauce, tomatoes, black olives
Above the Box: Ortega Fiesta Flats
I like how this one turned out. It was convenient that the Ortega Mini Fiesta Flats fit in the box. But I can no longer find them. Also my nephew had said that he wished that he had more of the shells then I sent that day.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Top Left: Ortega Mini Fiesta Flats
Bottom Left: Raspberries
Right Side: Corn, lettuce, Mexican blend cheese, black beans cooked with some taco seasoning, tomatoes, black olives
Above the Box: Mini Dippers with taco sauce and salsa, Nature Valley Roasted Nut Crunch Bar
This lunch was previously published here.
For this one I cooked the beans the night before but assembled the lunch in the morning before school. The shells are mini taco shells and I can no longer find them.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Taco Bell Home Originals brand Mini Taco Shells, lettuce, Mexican blend cheese
Top Right: Grapes and raspberries
Bottom Right: Black beans (basically the same as this but I did not use rice) and quartered cherry tomatoes
Above the Box: Granola bar and taco sauce in Mini Dippers
The previously published post is here.
I made this one with kidney beans instead of black beans.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Tomatoes, lettuce, Mexican cheese blend
Top Right: Green grapes
Bottom Right: Kidney beans, corn, taco sauce
Above the Box: Corn taco shells
This original lunch post is here.
I had fun with this one. While brainstorming different ways to serve the same thing, a younger nephew said, “Taco on a Stick”.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Cherry tomatoes, lettuce, black olives and Pepper Jack cheese on mini wooden skewers
Top Right: Lettuce
Bottom Right: Black beans and salsa
Above the Box: Banana, Mini Dippers with Taco Sauce, and tortilla chips with a hint of lime
This Taco on a Stick lunch was previously published here.
My nephew loves Skittles so it was the special treat in this lunch.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Lettuce, Mexican Cheese Blend, salsa in Mini Dippers (I put the top on after taking the photo)
Top Right: Skittles
Bottom Right: Black beans with sauteed onion and some tomato sauce
Above the Box: Banana, Blue Corn Tortilla Chips
Not Pictured: Mini Dippers with taco Sauce, mixed nuts
Here is the original post.
When I send taco lunches to school with my nephew I try to make them different. For this one I put the tortilla chips in a plastic container instead of plastic bags. I also made cinnamon sugar chips and served with Nutella as a special treat.
Top Container: Divided container
Contents: Tostitos Hint of Lime Flavored Tortilla Chips, homemade cinnamon tortilla chips, Nutella in Mini Dippers
Bottom Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Top Left: Black beans with onions sauteed in olive oil, with tomato sauce, and some hot sauce
Bottom Left: Watermelon
Right Side: Tomatoes, Mexican cheese blend, black olives, lettuce
Smooth taco sauce in Mini Dippers
This lunch was previously published here.
My nephew ate this for dinner at my house. I think that the black beans (hidden under the other ingredients), Greek yogurt, and chips made this a filling meal.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Top: Shredded lettuce, star shaped radish, salsa, shredded Monterey Jack cheese, black beans with sauteed onion, some hot sauce, and some plain tomato sauce (not visible, under other ingredients)
Bottom Left: Greek yogurt with cinnamon star (I used a star cookie cutter as a stencil for the star)
Bottom Right: Blueberries
Above the Box: Tostitos Bite Size chips
This Taco Salad Flag lunch was previously published here.
My nephew prefers hard corn shell tacos but for this one I sent soft flour tortillas.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Black beans mixed with a little bit of taco sauce, corn, taco cheese blend, lettuce, tomatoes
Top Right: Red grapes
Bottom Right: Flour tortillas, trimmed and gently folded to fit into the box
Above the Box: Taco sauce in Mini Dippers, Nature Valley Roasted Nut Crunch Bar
These taco cups are best eaten hot out of the oven but I did pack some leftovers for lunch. The bottoms were a little soggy but the rest of it was crisp.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Vegetarian Wonton Taco Cups, I basically followed this recipe but added black beans instead of meat
Top Right: Ghirardelli Caramel Chocolate square
Bottom Right: Plum
I hope that collection gave you some ideas to make lunch more fun for your teen or someone else special in your life.
Eclectic Lamb 
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