Healthy lunch ideas (not leftovers or green salad)

[Anonymous]

I feel like I often fail to eat a healthy lunch. What are your healthy lunch ideas? Interested in grain based salads, but not lettuce based. I never have dinner leftovers because we have a family of four with two teens and generally cook from scratch for two nights at a time to help with efficiency. But that means there are rarely dinner leftovers for lunch.

[Anonymous]

These frozen quinoa bags are so good, so easy and make a great base for most of my lunches. Can be made in advance and served cold. Add anything you want -more veg, avocado, protein. Sometimes I eat a bowl in the morning with a fried egg.

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[Anonymous]

If you're interested in grain based salads, you need to specifically cook a pot of grains (or grains and beans) at the beginning of the week. Or like PP shows, you can buy instant pouches and pair them with canned chickpeas or something.

[Anonymous]

I made a tortilla quiche yesterday and it’s lunch today and tomorrow.
Super easy to make.
WG tortilla in a cake pan so sides are up
Mix 4 eggs and small container of cottage cheese. Add in whatever veggies u like.
Pour in the tortilla
Sprinkle fav cheese on top.
Cook on 350 20 mins.

[Anonymous]

Google “dense bean salads”

Lots of good options

[Anonymous]

I make a grain salad with couscous (or quinoa), black beans, corn, green onions, cilantro, jalapeno (fresh), and a lime vinaigerette. You can add avocado or cheese (cotija, sliced cheese stick "coins" also have a fun texture and are portion controlled).

I also like couscous with chopped cucumber, carrot, red pepper, hearts of palm, pickled peppers, chick peas, herbs. I usually just make a chick pea vinaigerette salad and combine that with the grains the night before (with dressing) and addmore delicate veggies like tomatoes the morning of. I keep the cheese separate until later. Sometimes I add feta, sometimes I like parm shreds. I also like some croutons for crunch.

[Anonymous]

I like making a frittata with ham or bacon, vegetables, potatoes and cheese. Cut into 4 pieces and eat for lunch cold.

[Anonymous]

Minestrone with barley

[Anonymous]

Quinoa can be cooked ahead for the week and refrigerated.

Saute onions, garlic, veggies (peas, carrots, broccoli, pepper, water chestnut etc.). Add some spices - I add roasted cumin, salt, turmeric, red chilli pepper. And toss the quinoa in it.

Serve with a serving of chickpeas simmered in curry sauce. Or layer some sliced cooked loaded omlette with any sauce on top of it to get some extra protein.

[Anonymous]

Wheat bulgur is super easy to prep and high fiber. You can add almost anything you want to it. Tabouli is traditional. But you can do bulgur + sundried tomatoes + cucumbers and olive oil and a vinegar. Pack a can of sardines, a serving of nuts, and an apple and you've got a super lunch. No, the sardines aren't that smelly, because they're in olive oil.

[Anonymous]

I make this healthy hibachi chicken for the week. Defined Dish Hibachi with the most delicious sauce. I batch cook the chicken (use white meat tenderloins) and then make mushrooms, zucchini, squash and carrots. But you can use any veggies. Add rice if you want. So good!

[Anonymous]

Lentil soup

[Anonymous]

Chickpea salad

Veggie chili

Tuna/chicken/egg salad on whole grain crackers

Avocado toast with sliced boiled egg

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I made a tortilla quiche yesterday and it’s lunch today and tomorrow.
Super easy to make.
WG tortilla in a cake pan so sides are up
Mix 4 eggs and small container of cottage cheese. Add in whatever veggies u like.
Pour in the tortilla
Sprinkle fav cheese on top.
Cook on 350 20 mins.

Not op, but this is great.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Google “dense bean salads”

Lots of good options

Costco actually has a delicious bean salad. It’s in a big glass bottle.