The snack box that is secretly a lunch

Crackers, a chicken pouch, a fig bar, a fruit cup. String cheese from the store. It is the yellow-box lunch kit with the mark-up removed.

Serves 1 lunch; the box repeats all week2 minutes

What to buy

• Amazon Grocery Original Cheese Crackers, 12.4 oz SNAP EBT a handful $2.31checked yesterday
• StarKist 25% Less Sodium Premium White Chicken, 2.6oz Pouch, 1-Pack SNAP EBT the pouch, opened at lunch $1.88checked 2 days ago
• Nature's Bakery Whole Wheat Fig Bar, Fig, 2 oz SNAP EBT one bar $3.32checked today
• Amazon Grocery, Diced Pears, 4 Oz cups, 4 Ct SNAP EBT one cup $2.38checked 2 days ago

One tap. Everything above lands in your Amazon cart at Amazon's current price; you check out there.

SNAP EBT Every ingredient in the cart was listed as SNAP EBT eligible on Amazon when we last checked. Amazon decides at checkout.

From the grocery store

string cheese, one stick per lunch. Any store, on the way home. Not in the cart button; we do not sell cheese.

From your kitchen

a lunchbox with compartments, an ice pack for the cheese.

What to do

1. Crackers in one compartment, chicken pouch in another, fig bar and fruit cup in the rest. Cheese stick on top, ice pack under.
2. Crackers, chicken, cheese: that is the sandwich, they assemble it themselves. Kids like assembling it themselves. That is the whole trick of the expensive version.

If you want to show off

• Goldfish Disney Pixar Toy Story Cheddar Cheese Crackers, 6.6 Oz Bag SNAP EBT Goldfish, the branded kind, for the kid who will notice $2.99checked today
• Nature Valley Granola Bar, Oats and Honey, 1.5 oz SNAP EBT a granola bar instead of the fig bar $1.98checked today
• Fruit By the Foot, Berry Tie Dye, Mini Snacks, 3 ct SNAP EBT a Fruit by the Foot, for trading $1.99checked today