So you’ve decided that you want the convenience of pre-sliced deli meats but you don’t want all of the additives and other “yucky” stuff that can be found in many of the prepackaged meats. At the same time, you don’t want to sacrifice taste when looking for a good alternative. This is where Applegate Organic and Natural Meats enter the picture.
Applegate Natural Meats are humanely raised without the use of antibiotics, and are free of nitrates, nitrites, and other artificial ingredients. They don’t sacrifice flavor or texture when providing a healthier alternative to traditional packaged meats on the market.
Now, if you’re like me and live in an area without a bunch of health food stores, you may find the meat a bit difficult to find. In fact, you may learn that you need to pick up the meat when you’re visiting a location where they have places like Whole Foods, Sprouts…. (Our local stores carried a few Applegate products, but they did not carry the natural meats.) You can check out the store locator to find a retailer near you. On a positive note, when you do locate them, you’ll be pleased to know that they are gluten free. In fact, many of the Applegate products are gluten free.
Of course, since we’re gluten free, we often find ourselves taking our lunches on the go which means I need to find easy lunches/snacks for on the road. We enjoy having things like meat, cheese, and crackers with veggies and/or fruit when we’re on the go. If I get a little more creative, Munchkin may find herself having a fun lunch like the Mouse Egg Salad pictured above.
Would you like to try out the Applegate Natural Deli Meats? Two of my readers will win an Applegate Natural Deli Meats prize pack courtesy of Applegate through Moms Meet. Giveaway is open to US residents and ends 10/31.
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Disclaimer: I received this product for free from the sponsor of the Moms MeetSM program, May Media Group LLC, who received it directly from the manufacturer. As a Moms MeetSM blogger, I agreed to use this product and post my opinion on my blog. My opinions do not necessarily reflect the opinions of May Media Group LLC or the manufacturer of the product.
My favorite kid friendly lunch idea is flatbreads to make a roll up sandwich
I need to come up with a good gluten free flatbread as we also enjoy a good flatbread sandwich.
bento boxes are my kids’ favorite lunches – they DETEST sandwiches. But they’ll happily eat sandwich ingredients if they’re packed separately – bread bites with chunks of cheese and meat with a side of ranch, with grape tomatoes and olives on the side. Tuna salad sandwiches are a big YUCK here also. But, magically, tuna salad in a cupcake liner with a side of crackers or pita bread, some baby carrots and sliced kiwi is a favorite.
Isn’t it funny how the presentation can really change the way kids respond to food? We have sandwich fixings without the bread all the time around here.
I really like Applegate Natural meats, especially the turkey! Thanks for sharing this giveaway!
My little guy likes lunch meat rolled up with slices of goat cheese. We eat this with carrot sticks and apple slices.
My granddaughter likes cheese quesadillas for lunch
We like veggie rolls with Greek yogurt for lunch.
My son likes roast beef with white American cheese.
We are gluten free here too. We love applegates sliced meats as a rollup with cream cheese and herbs. So yummy!
my grandson loves whole wheat bread, beef and thin slice of onion
my son loves hummus with whole wheat pita for lunch
My daughter loves ham and cheese sandwiches.
the kids like pita wraps with turkey breast and mayo along with veggies and plain yogurt dressing for the veggies
We do alot of turkey/pepperoni roll-ups.
I have been really wanting to try this stuff! I like to make lunch fun for my son so I will decorate the plate with different fruits and veggies and stuff to dip them in. We also, skip the bread most of the time and roll the meat and cheese together or cube it so it is a little different.
Roast beef and swiss cheese . .mmmmm
Always nice to have lunchmeat on hand for quick lunches. All natural is great!
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We love homemade pizzas and pinwheels!
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I’ve never heard of Applegate but I’d love to try some all natural meats! I love to make wraps 🙂
we just love pb and j.. or leftovers!
Fruit is always kid friendly!
We love Applegate Farms hot dogs! Sometimes we mix them with mac and cheese. 🙂
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my favorite kid friendly lunch is organic yogurt cup with apple slices and pb&J on multigrain bread.
Our girls love turkey, bologna, and pb&j.
I tend to do a lot of dinner style lunches for my daughter. One of my favorites is doing roasted tofu. My hubby won’t eat it, so it’s a lunch favorite 🙂
My family loves turkey and swiss melts or peanut butter and jelly 🙂
I really like Applegate Natural meats, my kids love sandwiches may be because we eat them really rare, lunch for us is always a bowl of soup
My kids love whole wheat wrap melts. I use roast beef, turkey and ham with swiss cheese. Add a little diced tomato, lettuce and drizzle a bit of raspberry vingerette. It’s know a healthy italian melt. Add baked pita chips. YUMMY!!!
I would love to win!
My son likes salami, crackers and cheese in a ziplock bag for him to assemble at lunchtime at school
Love apple gate provolone cheese. Looking for more creative lunches other that PBJ or turkey!
I like to roll a stick of cheese in a piece of lunch meat and serve as finger food with a vegetable or fruit.
Grilled cheese sandwiches are a favorite with my daughter.
my kids like when I make their sandwiches with flatbread
My daughter is 4 and anything that you can dip always works. She loves hummus and veggies, chicken to dip, and etc.
I would make a sandwich, cottage cheese, and a fruit cup.
Thank you for the chance! We do a lot of wraps here! My children are teenagers and one in particular is very picky 🙂
My way of making lunches more kid-friendly is to have lots of dip options. For some reason, carrots and the like are much more fun (and messy!) with something yummy to dip it into 🙂
Cheese quesadillas are always a favorite in our house!
Thanks for the chance!
PB&J is the best and I enjoy it too!
we send bento boxes for lunch and it is always fun even if i am not very creative
We love to make rollups similar to snack wraps.
I pack honey ham sandwich with yogurt
We do alot of veggies and fun shapes sandwiches for lunch.
We have started putting the Hershey shelf stable chocolate milk in the kids lunches because they don’t allow chocolate milk at their school cafeteria anymore.
We make a lot of sandwiches with lunch meat here- hot and cold!
My son’s favorite lunch is a plate of “all different things” (his words). They include chopped up veggies, fruits, olives, cheese/crackers, pepperoni, and that type of thing.
Thanks for the giveaway. My granddaughter loves cheese and grapes in her lunch box.
I always pack my kids protein in the form of meat or pb, fruit, and dairy. They also drink lots of water!
My daughter loves turkey wraps!
My kids are on a reduced gluten diet so they love meat and cheese roll ups! They are easy to please. 🙂
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My daughter loves turkey wraps
Sandwiches cut into fun shapes are a crowd pleaser
I know it’s not a new idea (nor allergen/gluten free) but all three of my kids eat peanut butter sandwiches almost every day. They love them! They eat fruit and veggies too, but the staple is PB and bread!
my kids are addicted to turkey and swiss cheese sandwiches!
My daughter loves baby carrots as snacks~
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The meat slices look very tasty.
We love to make wraps with lots of veggies!
I love applegate ham w/ saltine crackers and cheese:) for lunch
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my daughter loves making wrap sandwiches
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We use the herb turkey breast from Applegate,my kids love it on a samdwich or rolled with cottage cheese on the side.
Love these products- no questionable ingredients!
My kids love veggies dipped in hummus.
my kids love wraps
Thanks for the contest.
That salami looks so good!
My favorite kid friendly lunch idea if ham, cheese and cucumber sandwiches cut into shapes with cookie cutters.
Hot ham and cheese sandwiches and vegetable soup.
I make my sons subs look like snakes 🙂 We make the eyes out of olives and the tongue is a piece of ham.
Also we make race car carrot sticks. The carrots are the body of the car, grapes for wheels and we make race tracks with ranch dressing :)! My kids love it
we like applegate! have used the hot dogs and lunch meat.
I have not yet tried Applegate Natural Deli Meats but I will now that I am aware.
Thank you for your giveaway oportunity.
We like Quesadillas
When my daughter was little she loved salami and cheese sandwiches with celery and baby carrots w/ranch dressing.As an adult she still likes them.Thank you for the yummy giveaway! 🙂
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I love ALL Applegate meats!
My son loves veggie sticks and tuna sandwiches with fresh baby spinach. Healthy and easy.
I like buying natural food products.
Thanks for the chance. 🙂
My husband could live on salami alone
my daughter loves to eat sliced up pepperoni and cheese for lunch.
i always had ham and cheese sandwich for lunch
Pepperoni and grilled cheese sandwich, yum!
This looks good!
My kids all love having ham or turkey rolled up with cream cheese and small veggie sticks
i have found that you can wrap anything up in a tortilla or bake it in a crescent roll with cheese and the kids will eat it! thanks for the giveaway
I would love to try Applegate products!
My favorite kid friendly food is peanut butter and jelly.
Croque monsieur with their deli meats.
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we love grilled cheese for lunch here
Love their products!
I put a hot dog inside a croissant and bake it. Sometime I add a slice of cheese inside also
we cut sandwiches into fun shapes to keep things exciting.
My kids love ham sandwiches or ham rolls.
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we make bacon and cheese wraps.
My kids love corndog muffins. (Basically cornbread muffins with cut up hot dogs inside).
My son would say anything with Peanut Butter!We make PB parfaits w/ vegies
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My daughter loves progresso Chikarina soup. It has mini meatballs in it. She loves carrots in dip to
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Thanks for the giveaway!
I like that these products are gluten-free.
My kids loves grill cheese and ham with a side of apples.
If I cut things into bite size pieces- anything healthy or make it a fun scene my kids will eat it!
Jelly sandwiches made with natural spreadable jelly, then cutting up in fun shapes!
I love the Applegate meats
I would love to win and try Applegate natural deli meat! Thanks for the chance
We love Applegate Natural Hot Dogs in my house!
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Sandwiches cut into fun shapes!
I like Uncrustables. If you freeze them and then take them for lunch they thaw nicely. Food in tiny bags is good too. Like pretzels and Goldfish crackers. Yum! kristiedonelson(at)gmail(dot)com Thank you.
ham and cheese sandwich with a side of fruit
my daughter takes nutella to school, with something to dip into it…pretzels, strawberries, etc.
Thank you for the giveaway
We do a lot of meat and cheese rollups in my house.My 4 kids love them.
Mac and cheese with chopped salami
I think fun shapes make everything taste better!
I also love that this is gluten free!
like chicken wraps
what a cute mouse you made