40 Best Back-to-School Recipes

Back-to-school season can be a stressful time for families, with busy schedules and the need to prepare nutritious meals that prepare easily and quick. As school is around the corner I want to share with you 40 of my best back-to-school recipes that you can prepare for your children in advance. Most of them are recipes that you can easily take as a breakfast on-the-go or pack in lunch boxes or simply as an after school healthy snack. 

The recipes are easy to make and you can prepare them ahead-of time and just have them ready for the next few days. You can even consider freezing some and save for later. 

The kids will love these 40 back-to-school recipes and will definitely make their school days much more delightful. 

Breakfast Muffins – Refined Sugar Free Muffins

I have tried to come up with a refined sugar free muffins recipe and I am really pleased with how these breakfast muffins turned out. The muffins are soft and fluffy, sweetened with banana and honey, and packed with berries and oats.

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Oatmeal Banana Chocolate Breakfast Cookies

Oatmeal banana chocolate breakfast cookies – one of the healthiest breakfast cookies, nutritious, delicious, flavorful with a great texture. No butter used.

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Knots 4 ways

If you like bread recipes these knots are a must-try for you. Making these beautiful dough knots is much easier than it looks. Easy rich yeast dough, filled with your favorite filling, cut into strips and tied into knots. There’s no room for mistakes, every knot is perfect in its way. Soft and fluffy dough bursting with flavor perfectly served warm right after taking them out of the oven.

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Potato Tuna Patties

Easy, quick recipe for potato tuna patties with simple ingredients everybody will love. Perfect for breakfast, lunch or dinner or even as appetizer.

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Cheese Muffins

Quick and easy recipe for one of the most savory cheese muffins, fluffy, cheesy inside with a great crispy top, perfect near a good fresh salad or soup.

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Pumpkin Crescent Rolls

These buttery and fluffy Pumpkin Crescent Rolls are the perfect combination of sweet and savory, with the rich flavor of pumpkin mixed with the soft, buttery texture of a croissant. Your guests are sure to love them, and you'll be the talk of the dinner table.

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Roasted Potato and Cheese Tater Tots

Crispy on the outside and soft in the inside, this Roasted Potato and Cheese Tater Tots recipe is so easy to prepare yet so delicious.

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Baked Cornflake Crusted Chicken Strips

Why make fried chicken when the baked cornflake-crusted chicken strips look and taste so incredibly good and are a healthier alternative?

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Mushroom Empanadas

Mushroom empanadas – pastries filled with a lot of vegetables and cheese, perfect for lunch or dinner or even as appetizer. Either warm or cold are delicious.

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Grilled Corn Fritters

Corn Fritters are an amazing dish you can prepare for breakfast, lunch or dinner or even as an appetizer. Making these delicious fritters with fresh corn it is a must during the summer, you definitely won’t regret. Grilled fresh corn takes these fritters to a whole new level. The best part of these delicious fritters is that they can be made all year round as canned or frozen corn may be used instead of the fresh one.

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Frittata Primavera

Frittata Primavera is a great recipe for breakfast or as an appetizer. It is quick, easy and full of flavor resulting into a unique Italian combination.

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No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars

Even if you don’t like peanut butter you are going to love these no bake chocolate peanut butter bars. The flavors combine so well, a bit of sweet, salty, chocolaty, nutty flavor, mmmm…totally amazing.

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Quinoa and Broccoli Patties

These tasty, nutritious quinoa and broccoli patties served with a chili sauce, or alongside a good fresh salad are healthy and everybody will love.

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Ricotta Blueberry Pancakes

Blueberries have always been great in pancakes, and are amazing in these delicious pancakes made with ricotta cheese. The whites are whipped separately and then folded into the pancake mixture. That makes the pancakes fluffy, soft and simply irresistible.

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Apples and Oats Biscotti

These Biscotti with apples and oats, featuring rolled oats, apples, and walnuts are likely the healthiest biscotti ever, crunchy and flavorful, packed with a lot of cinnamon flavor.

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Zucchini Fritters

Zucchini fritters taste very good, the parsley and dill bring such a nice summery flavor. They are best served warm alongside some garlic sour cream and can make a great lunch or appetizer.

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Bread Cones

Bread Cones – very light and fluffy and wonderfully flavored, perfect for a friend or family gathering. Fill them with you favorite filling and everybody will be delighted.

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Strawberry Bread Pudding

This delightful Strawberry Bread Pudding is so easy to prepare and it is absolutely an amazing treat the whole family will love.

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Cheese Puffs-Gougères

Cheese Puffs – Gougères – light and fluffy appetizer, big hole inside, intense cheese taste. They are amazingly delicious and will literally be gone in seconds.

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Banana and Coconut Bread

This Banana and Coconut Bread is a quick and easy recipe for moist bread that combines so good the taste of banana, walnuts and coconut flakes.

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These recipes are versatile, easy to make and packed with nutritious ingredients. They are perfect to make ahead of time and pack for school lunches. These recipes will help make back-to-school time less stressful and more enjoyable for everyone.

Hope you will try some of these recipes and don’t forget to tag me on Instagram if you do. Would love to see how they turned out for you.

For more recipe ideas you can prepare for lunch or dinner check our Main Dish Recipes.

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