Quick, easy hot lunches?

Anonymous
Any ideas for quick, easy hot lunches? Minimal cleanup is a bonus.

Our current favorite is to cut a bell pepper in half, fill with tuna salad, top with a slice of cheese, and stick under the broiler for 7 minutes.

We’ve also gone through phases of grilled or toasted sandwiches, quesadillas, and omelets with leftover veggies from dinner.

Any other suggestions (besides leftovers, which we usually save for dinner)?
Anonymous
Pizza bagels or English muffins - take a bagel or English muffin, smear on some pizza sauce (or plain tomato sauce if you like), add shredded cheese and any toppings if you want them. Put under a broiler for a few minutes until the cheese melts and the bread is heated through. My kids love this.
Anonymous
Make a soup or stew on Sunday and eat it throughout the week
Anonymous
Heat up a can or two if drained-not-rinsed black beans, add a bunch of cumin and some lime juice, serve with tortilla chips, salsa, and sour cream. And an avocado if we have it.

Pre-cooked chicken sausage with rice heated from frozen.

Fried egg and toast, maybe with avocado

Grilled ham and cheese sandwiches
Anonymous
Frozen dumplings.
Anonymous
^ I was going to say the same. My kids love frozen dumplings, defrost and fried up.

Quick fried rice, butter noodles, mac & cheese cups.
Anonymous
Ramen (I like tom yum flavor) with added tofu and vegetables
Anonymous
Leftovers

Trader Joe’s frozen meals.
Anonymous
Cook chicken on the weekend. Puts a chicken over salad during the week. Eat soups. Veggie burgers on the stove top.
Anonymous
Eggs, mac and cheese, frozen pizza are all favorites of my kid

I personally like leftovers (then having dinner be mostly unique each night).

or partial leftovers - like maybe we grill enough chicken for the week and use in salads for lunch

Or sometimes I just do cheese crackers and pepperoni, but that doesn't work if you want it to be hot

My DS likes pre-made soups from whole foods
Anonymous
I cook a lot of dried pasta. I like it with just olive oil and parmesan. It cooks quickly and requires almost no attention.
Anonymous
I eat frozen chicken strips in the air fryer all the time. Either in a tortilla with lettuce, cheese, and greek yogurt ranch, with dipping sauces, on a salad, etc. Takes no time to heat up. They’re hard to find but the Tyson blackened strips are amazing.
Anonymous
Reuben sandwiches
Cheesesteaks with leftover grilled chicken or steak
Korean pancakes with kimchi
Frozen dumplings
Boboli pizzas in toaster oven
Anonymous
baked potato w/ melted cheese, bacon bits, etc
Anonymous
Roast beef sandwiches with au jus (user leftover roast from dinner)
Fried rice
Grilled ham and cheese
Taquitos
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