Beat The Brown Bag Blues: 5 Angry Birds Lunches

Directions:

• 1 Cut three slots (two for eyebrows, one for beak) in the upper half of a bell pepper.

• 2 Slice a black olive into 2 rings (for eyes) and use the remaining piece to form Red’s eyebrows.

• 3 Cut the triangle beak from a carrot.

• 4 Fill eyebrow slots with cream cheese and add two dots on the bell pepper skin for eyes. Attach the olive “eyebrows” and the carrot beak.

• 5 Spoon hummus into an Extra Small Ziploc^® brand container and place vegetables in Ziploc^® brand Angry Birds bags.

• 6 Place beak-shaped pineapple and tortilla chips in additional Ziploc^® brand bags.

Directions:

• 1 Use a Ziploc^® brand Angry Birds bag as inspiration for Chuck’s expression. Then use a small knife to “draw” on banana (don’t worry if the lines seem light, they will darken by snack/lunchtime).

• 2 Combine dried fruits to make trail mix. Combine nuts to make “bird seed”

• 3 Then place in separate Ziploc® brand Angry Bird snack bags

• 4 Spoon yogurt into extra small Ziploc^® brand container

Directions:

• 1 Start with ½ of an avocado. Remove the skin with a sharp knife to create Bomb's belly and eyes.

• 2 Make a small hole to insert beak.

• 3 Slice a small carrot piece for the beak and cut eyebrows from the red bell pepper, attach both. Pipe cream cheese eyes using a Ziploc^® brand bag with small hole in one corner. Attach black lentils or avocado skin pieces for pupils.

• 4 Turn the avocado over and make a cross-hatch pattern so it's easier to eat (send along a spoon to scoop it out at lunchtime).

• 5 Cut your favorite sandwich into squares and assemble in a Ziploc^® brand container.

• 6 Place pomegranate seeds and cherries into a “Bomb” themed Ziploc^® brand Angry Birds bag.

Directions:

• 1 Cut a green apple in half and carefully remove the skin to form eyes, using chocolate chips for pupils. Draw a circle between the pig's eyes and carve out two holes inside of the circle to make a nose. Add a mouth at the bottom of the apple. Use coconut flakes to add small teeth.

• 2 Cut two holes on top left-hand side of apple. Press almonds into the holes to make ears.

• 3 Make crowns from cheddar cheese, mustaches from a carrot, and helmets from kiwi skin. Add to Ziploc^® brand Angry Birds bags for piggy “accessories”.

• 4 Slice a cucumber into sticks to form a little house to keep the apple in place.

• 5 Bonus: Place unused fruits and veggies into a Ziploc^® brand Angry Birds bag so that you can make an “angry” salad later on!

Directions:

• 1 Use a knife to carve out space in a hard-boiled egg for a bird beak, eyes, and eyebrows.

• 2 Press half of an almond into the egg to create the beak. Use sunflower seeds for eyes, coconut for eyelashes, and pumpkin seeds for hair.

• 3 Snap pretzel sticks into small pieces and add to a muffin cup for a nest. Top with skinless almonds for eggs.

• 4 Add mozzarella balls and grapes to Ziploc^® brand Angry Birds bags.

• 5 Place the hard-boiled egg bird into a Ziploc^® container, add the h mozzarella and grapes, and place the nest. Fill the remaining space tightly with grape tomato “eggs” so everything stays put.