Easy Lunch Recipes Veg

Hello and welcome to the best quick vegetarian lunch idea: the Hummus Bowl! At it’s base, this simple concept requires no cooking at all: layer a dollop of hummus with crunchy veggies and greens (with optional pre-cooked rice). It takes just 5 minutes to make this Mediterranean-style meal that’s bursting with creamy, tangy, crunchy, fresh, and savory flavors.

This Mexican Pinwheel recipe is all about making a healthy lunch or family dinner recipes as fast as possible. While we often serve them for lunch, we’ve eaten them for dinner when we need it FAST. The pinwheels are packed with healthy veggies: bell peppers, spinach, and black beans. They’re mixed with Mexican spices and rolled into a tortilla with a bit of hummus. Dip into salsa if you’d like!

Here’s a customizable make-ahead recipe that works for healthy lunch idea: Egg Muffins! Bake up scrambled eggs in muffin tin cups with healthy veggies, then refrigerate them for meals all week! This works as a grab-and-go breakfast, and it’s perfect for kid lunch boxes. The filling is packed with good stuff: loads of spinach, cottage cheese for healthy protein, and jarred red pepper.

Looking for an easy vegetarian lunch? Here’s one that’s super simple and totally customizable: lentil bowls! Lentils are one of the healthiest foods on the planet, so why not incorporate more of them into your everyday? This recipe results in perfectly seasoned, tender lentils. For lunch, eat them in a bowl meal: dollop with Greek yogurt or cashew cream and add pita wedges.

Try Cottage Cheese on Toast! This simple way to make a tasty lunch is not rocket science, but it’s incredibly satisfying every time. Spread this high-protein cheese onto a piece of toast, top with savory toppings, and enjoy! Here are a few of our favorite ideas for toppings: we like them all, but the smoked salmon toast is out of this world good.

Next up in our vegetarian lunch ideas: healthy banana bread muffins! Because they’re made mostly of oats and bananas, they’re basically like eating oatmeal and banana, to go! We’d serve these with peanut butter or almond butter to make them even more filling, then accessorize with some of the veggies and dips below. They’re blender muffins so they’re very easy to make at home. We freeze them and use them in our son’s school lunch throughout the week: and snack on them ourselves too!

These hummus and veggie roll ups are one of our favorite simple concepts to make eating veggies fun and delicious! Simply spread hummus on a tortilla, add chopped broccoli, cauliflower and carrots, and roll it up! It sounds deceptively simple but tastes fantastic. We’d add a few other no think components like a handful of almonds and green apple slices. It’s one of our easy vegetarian lunch ideas that works for both kids and adults.