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Pasta salads are a welcome addition to a lunch box.
Fill a pita pocket with the salad and wrap well before packing. Make fruit fun by skewering small chunks of strawberries, grapes, melon and seedless orange segments on long cocktail toothpicks. Or, pack apple slices with a small container of peanut butter for dipping. The dipping approach works equally well with vegetables. Pair baby carrots, celery, bell pepper strips, cherry tomatoes, snow peas, broccoli or cauliflower florets with a small container of low-fat dressing or the chick pea spread called hummus.