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Heading to the Beach This Week? Here are 5 Foods that are Perfect for the Beach

by | Jul 15, 2020 | Recipes, Summer | 20 comments

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Beach Foods

Heading to the Beach This Week?  Here are 5 Foods that are Perfect for the Beach

One thing I will be trying to do more with my family is head to beach this summer. Playing in the water, building sand castles and looking for sea shells are such fun ways to make summer memories with your children.  Now, the downside of going to the beach is figuring out what to pack for lunch and snacks.  In the past I have tried bringing stuff to make sandwiches and that didn’t work out so well.   My family wasn’t a fan of my turkey sandwich with a side of sand!  I decided that this year I’m going to plan out my beach trips a little better. I’m going to strategically pack food that will be a hit at the beach.

5 Foods Perfect For The Beach

  1. Fruit Kabobs – I love eating fruit at the beach and these kabobs will be a hit with my kids! No more packing up bowls of fruit, I can easily put these together the night before our beach trip. You can even customize these fruit kabobs to each person in the family.  Grapes, strawberries, melon and blueberries are our favorite fruits to make into kabobs!

  2. Veggies in a Jar – Making veggies in a jar is such an awesome way to pack vegetables for the beach. You can make carrots and ranch, celery and peanut butter, hummus and broccoli or anything else that your family enjoys. You can make a dipping jar for each person in your family. These jars are easy to store and you won’t have to worry about getting sand inside.

  3. Jelly Rolls – I love to make jelly rolls for the kids.  They are a fun finger food that they will be sure to eat.  Roll out some bread to make it flat, add your ingredients like jelly, peanut butter, nutella and then roll them up!  These would be a lot of fun to make and kids will love them. Cut them up before you leave for the beach and store then in a plastic container with a cover and the sand won’t get inside!

  4. Petal Pushers – Use some flower shapped cookie cutters and cut out some “petals” from fruit.  Try using pineapple, melon and water melon.  You can get creative with other fruits and add blueberries or grapes to the middle of the flower.  If you are taking them to the beach just put a toothpick through them to hold them together. You can use any kind of fruit your family enjoys. Make sure to store them in a plastic container covered so the sand won’t get inside!

Do you have any each Beach Food items you can share with us?  I know there are so many more great ideas!

20 Comments

  1. Rosie on July 24, 2013 at 3:09 pm

    These are all great ideas, I want to pursue these much, much more! so much better than buying something, altho a little more preparation! But the nutrition and yumminess are well worth it!

  2. Maralea on July 25, 2013 at 4:47 am

    Love all these ideas! The fruit kabobs look wonderful!

  3. Debbie Welchert on July 25, 2013 at 3:26 pm

    What great ideas. We don’t have a beach but we do live right across from a bike trail and park. These ideas would be great for a trip to our park. I love the Petal Pushers, they are so cute.

    • Karen Wilmes on July 25, 2013 at 3:59 pm

      Yes the petal pushers are cute and so fun for the kids. My kids love using cookie cutters on so many things!

  4. Wendi S on July 25, 2013 at 10:55 pm

    You are so right, I love the Lunchbox Recipes. I get so boring!

  5. Christian Alejandro on July 29, 2013 at 6:43 am

    Veggies in a jar sounds awesome!! I always think fruits for summer days, but veggies can be just as good!

  6. heather on July 29, 2013 at 4:38 pm

    thanks for the wonderful ideas i am going to try those fruit kabobs

  7. christina moore on July 30, 2013 at 9:30 am

    We are going to the beach next week , love your tips.

  8. Karen Propes on August 5, 2013 at 10:48 pm

    Wow, thanks so much, we are heading to the beach later in August and I love your ideas. The fruit kabobs are fabulous, and the jelly rolls would also be awesome. You have helped take the worry out of what snacks to take, thanks so much.

  9. Melissa VandenBerg on August 7, 2013 at 8:20 pm

    We live in Michigan so we have beaches all over. These are excellent reminders/ideas of food that travels well to these very sandy places! Thanks for the great ideas!

  10. marissa lee on August 8, 2013 at 7:28 pm

    these are wonderful ideals..I love fruits so the Fruit Kabobs it’s a great ideal…thank you for sharing.

  11. sheila ressel on August 11, 2013 at 9:46 am

    Thanks so much for this post! We go out on our boat a lot and are always trying to think of portable foods to take with us and get tired of the same things. There are so many ideas here we now have a variety of choices so we will never be bored.

  12. christina moore on August 12, 2013 at 11:10 am

    Great tips, I will use these when I go to the beach

  13. Starr Greenwell on August 12, 2013 at 11:15 am

    These are awesome ideas, especially the veggies in a jar. thanks.

  14. Nancy Bowers on August 13, 2013 at 4:56 pm

    Not just the beach! Good ideas for when the grand kids visit 🙂

  15. Lisa Schweizer on August 13, 2013 at 8:02 pm

    Thank you for all the great ideas! We live by the water and these all sound so yummy 🙂

  16. christina moore on September 2, 2013 at 2:04 pm

    Great tips,

    • rochelle haynes on September 5, 2013 at 2:01 pm

      nice tips

  17. Rebecca Parsons on September 14, 2013 at 3:04 pm

    These all sound good. The fruit Kabobs are something we do at home to make eating fruit fun.