List of P Foods

I just love the letter P, because there is a multitude of foods that begin with it!  There are SO many options for making a Letter P lunch.

For a preschooler: create a finger food lunch of Pretzels, Provolone cheese, Pudding, Plums, Peanuts and Peas - all things relatively familiar to a young child.

For a more sophisticated bento to eat at your office, try Pappardelle Pasta with Prawns, Pattypan squash and Porcini mushrooms, with Pomegranate juice to drink.

For a picnic-style lunch: Pita chips, Provolone cheese, rolled up Pastrami, dried Pineapple bits, Prunes and Pickles. The combinations are almost endless! What will you put together?

Breads/Grains:
Pancakes
Pappardelle pasta (wide fettucine)
Pearl millet
Pita bread
Pita chips
Polenta
Popcorn
Porridge
Pretzels
Pumpernickel bread

Dairy:
Paneer cheese (Indian cheese similar to queso fresco)
Provolone cheese

Desserts:
Panne cotta (Italian cooked cream)
Pannetone (Italian sweet bread)
Pastry
Peppermint
Pizelle (traditional Italian waffle cookies)
Pop rocks
Pop Tart
Pudding

Fruits:
Papaya
Passion fruit
Peach
Persimmon
Pineapple
Plantain
Plum
Pomengranate
Prickly pear
Prune
Pummelo

Meats/Protein:
Pancetta (Italian bacon)
Pastrami
Peanut butter
Peanuts
Pecans
Perch
Pine nuts
Pinto beans
Pollock
Poached egg
Pork
Prawns
Prosciutto (thinly sliced, dry-cured ham)

Vegetables:
Palm
Parsley
Parsnip
Pattypan squash
Peas
Peppers
Pesto
Pickles
Pico de gallo
Porcini mushrooms
Potatoes
Pumpkin

Combos:
Pad Thai
Paella
Panini
Philly cheese steak sandwiches
Potstickers

A "Letter P" Bento

Let me tell you ... not only does this Letter P bento look scrumptious, it tastes delicious too! I just might have sampled some tasty morsels while I packed my kids' lunches. For quality control purposes, of course!

First, I made grilled Panini sandwiches - layers of thinly-cut Pastrami tucked in between slices of Pumpernickel bread with gooey, melty Provolone cheese oozing out of it. Yum!

Surrounding this delightful sandwich are crunchy strips of red and yellow Peppers.

In the upper left corner is a fruit salad consisting of juicy Peach slices, tasty Pineapple chunks and bright red Pomegranate seeds.

To complete this perfect P bento is a flaky, raspberry-filled Pastry.

On Thursday, I will post a list of foods beginning with the Letter P. Until then, be thinking about what kind of P lunch you would create!