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Looking for quick lunch ideas? We know many of you are trying to make an effort to pack your lunch more often, and we’re here to help. Here’s a roundup of 18 recipes that will help you throw a lunch together, at home, at the office, or on the campus.
Weekday Lunch Recipe ideas
1. Spring Roll Meal Prep Bowls for the Week
No time for a full meal prep? No matter how busy life gets, these make-ahead Spring Roll Meal Prep Bowls are easy to put together and filling enough to pass for a regular meal! They’re delicious, with protein and healthy fats to help satisfy hunger.
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2. Mint Cucumber Chickpea Salad In a Jar
Crazy good! This crisp and refreshing lunch salad in a jar is about to make your work week a thousand percent better! Perfect for back to school, lunch at the work office or simply on the go, this chickpea salad is ready in 10 minutes and full of protein and fiber.
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3. Ham and Cheese Barley Salad
This flavor-packed barley salad is sure to keep you full until dinner. Fresh, crunchy and high in fiber, it works great as a complete lunch you can bring to work or at school.
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4. Oven Baked Mashed Potato Cakes
Healthier than pan fried potato patties, these ham and chive potato cakes are baked in oven for a result that is crisp in the outside and melting in the inside. Freezable in Ziplok bags and easily portable, they are perfect for a quick lunch at the office.
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5. Quinoa Cucumber Mason Jar Salad
For a portable, portion-control lunch you can bring at work, this mason jar salad packed with fiber and protein is exactly what you need. It’s is made in a cinch and you don’t even need a second of cooking.
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6. Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Ideal for a quick lunch at home, tangy apple and grilled mushrooms team perfectly with sweet, melty onions. Enjoy with a crisp salad!
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7. No-Mayo Potato Salad
A quick and lighter version of the classic potato salad, with a delicious kick of spice.
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8. Swiss Chard and Bacon Quiche
This quiche recipe is full of smoky bacon with swiss chard and creamy shredded cheese; it comes together quickly and would be ideal with a crisp green salad.
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9. Meal Prep Grilled Chicken Veggie Bowls
Meal Prep to refresh your workweek lunches. This quinoa veggies and grilled chicken meal-prep bowl is a tasty and wholesome meal. Plus, you’ll get the added benefit of the nutritional powerhouse that is quinoa!
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10. Chickpeas, Green Peas & Tomato Greek Salad
A fresh, crisp salad full of good-for-you-ingredients and filling enough to keep you on tracks for the afternoon.
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11. Greek Chicken Meal Prep Bowls
These greek chicken meal prep bowls with greek sauce and cucumber salad make an inexpensive and well-balanced lunch option for the office or on campus. Devoting a bit of extra time on Sunday will make for four effortless eats for the week!
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12. Pizza French Toasts
Pizza french toast for lunch? Yes, please! Start your day off on the right foot with these savory french toasts packed with tomatoes, red onion, mozzarella and basil. Quick and easy to make, you’re definitely going to want to eat them, like every day!
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13. Grape Tomato and Basil Pasta
This grape tomato and basil pasta comes together in less than 15 minutes, making for a delicious and super easy lunch you’ll love.
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14. Swiss Chard Potato Cakes
Like all dark leafy green vegetables, swiss chards are nutritious, inexpensive and easy to cook! You can easily freeze the patties and use them for a quick lunch to reheat in a snap.
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15. Chicken Salad Wrap
This 20 minute, healthy chicken salad wrap will become a quick family favorite.
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16. Vegan Stuffed Avocado with Thai Sauce
Love avocado? This healthy stuffed avocado is full of flavors with tomato, cucumber, red bell pepper, cilantro, and a delicious thai peanut sauce. Perfect for a light lunch.
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17. Puff Pastry Bell Pepper Poppers
These lovely stuffed peppers in puff pastry are so simple to make, so creamy and so fragrant! For more convenience, you can assemble the peppers ahead of time and bake them at the last minute.
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18. Bacon & Cheese Grilled Sandwich
Pair it with a green salad for healthy crunch and you have a winner to put on the table for a quick family lunch.
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