Healthy Lunch Ideas Easy To Make

It is important to eat right. When you have access to healthy lunch ideas easy to make, it will be much easier to start eating right. You do not need to buy fancy and expensive food, but instead focus on finding easy to prepare recipes. Don’t worry – it doesn’t mean you have to become a professional chef to prepare them! Healthy lunch ideas are easier to make than you think.

I have created a list of Healthy Lunch Ideas Easy To Make. This list will help you create easy, quick and healthy recipes for lunch. You do not have to spend lot of time and money on meal preparation for lunch if you are eating out. Explore the collection of simple recipes below.

Healthy Lunch Ideas Easy To Make

Healthy lunch recipes for the office? Are you kidding me? You mean my living room that desperately needs some cleaning? Yes, that’s exactly what I mean. These are some easy and healthy lunch ideas for work, whether you work from home or actually go somewhere. If you’re trying to lose weight, great. If you’re not trying to lose weight – also great. These are some healthy recipes that are delicious, nutrient-dense and don’t have too many calories, but will fill you up! These easy lunch recipes include healthy lunch bowls, soups, tasty quesadillas and even a garlic grilled cheese sandwich, because why not eat garlic at every meal? After a year like 2020, we all know life’s pretty unpredictable, why not have the things you want. Also, nobody will know with that mask on.

1. Shredded Chicken Bowls

This recipe is fresh, flavorful and low carb, but in a very healthy way. With some roasted vegetables, cooked shredded chicken and a salad this lunch bowl is satisfying and easy to meal prep.

2. Garlic Avocado Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Use wholegrain bread to make this more nourishing, or if you’re gluten-free/low carb/paleo – use the type of bread that works for you! This recipe is super easy and it’s super tasty – I had it for dinner recently with my tomato cucumber salad and it was perfect.

3. Coconut Curry Shrimp Soup

It’s getting colder and there’s nothing better than warming up with some soup! This one is a spicy, fresh and flavorful coconut curry shrimp soup. It’s low carb and it’s light and just perfect for lunch. I love it with lemon grass in there, but if you don’t have lemon grass, you can also use lime leaves. Love those too!

4. Mediterranean Salmon Salad

If you love salmon and the Mediterranean diet, you’ll love this delicious healthy salmon recipe. The ingredients include salmon (I just cooked mine in the air fryer), feta cheese, arugula and roasted peppers. To speed things up, you can definitely make the salmon and the roasted vegetables ahead, as well as wash and chop the fresh vegetables.

5. 15-Minute Quinoa With Chicken

If you’re like me and cook a bunch of things ahead like quinoa and chicken, you’ll be able to whip this super tasty dish for lunch (or dinner) in no time. Don’t worry if you don’t have quinoa or kale or any of the ingredients – use what you have. For example rice would work instead of quinoa, spinach would work instead of kale, you get the point – empty the fridge and make something delicious using simple ingredients!

6. The 5-Minute Mediterranean Bowl

This is one of my most popular recipes and no wonder – it happens to be one of my go to recipes. It’s super easy, quick and full of flavor! Great for meal prep too if you want to make everything from scratch. If you’re short on time – you can buy all the individual parts and use cherry tomatoes and a chopped cucumber instead of salad.

7. 10-Minute Chicken Quesadilla With Feta Cheese

If you’ve got some cooked chicken, feta cheese and vegetables you can easily make this tasty quesadilla recipe in 10 minutes. You’ll put all of the ingredients in a bowl, mash them together, spread over a tortilla, fold in half and toast in a pan. Use whole grain tortillas (or tortillas that fit your diet). I usually love pairing this kind of sandwiches or quesadillas with something fresh. Usually I make a quick salad and it keeps me full until dinner.

8. Low Carb Tasty Avocado Chicken Salad

This is a super tasty and easy avocado chicken salad and it is one of my favorite chicken salad recipes. It’s super flavorful, fresh and filling.

9. Chicken Egg Bake

If you’re often on the go and don’t have time to eat over the sink during your 5 minute lunch break, you might consider mixing a bunch of things together in a bowl and baking them. Without sugar. With chicken and vegetables instead. That would be one disgusting banana bread….But no, it’s not banana bread – it’s an egg bake. You can use any smaller baking pan you have at home to make this delicious egg bake that I shared on my sister’s blog. It’s filled with vegetables, cooked chicken and it’s super easy to make. The recipe says breakfast, but you can eat it any time you’re hungry for something savory – it’s perfect for lunch, great to meal prep as well.

10. Vegan Quesadilla With Chickpeas

Another quesadilla recipe! Fill this one with chickpeas, herbs and vegetables spread the mixture on one half, fold and toast on both sides in a pan. Serve with some guacamole, salad – anything fresh! It’s an easy, quick and delicious vegan lunch.

11. Mediterranean Salmon Bowl

One of the few salmon recipes on my blog and it is one of my favorite recipes for lunch and dinner. To be honest I never make a recipe exactly the same way twice, but I often make some variation of this bowl. Feel free to use the vegetables you have at home for this one. It’s great for dinner too!

12. Super Fresh Avocado Chickpea Salad

I used to make salads like this one every single morning before I went to work. I would pack it in a container, it took me about 10 minutes and it kept really well in our fridge in the office. It tastes so fresh, but also has the saltiness from the feta cheese and the olives and it’s really filling. Now that I don’t leave the house, I seem to find more excuses not to make salads like this one. It’s really weird. However, I’ve recently started counting my vegetable servings (aiming for 8) and am getting back to making salads for lunch, because we need those fresh vegetables to feel good. Great story, can I eat it? If you want to make this delicious chickpea salad.

13. Crustless Tuna Quiche

Canned tuna is a super versatile ingredient and it goes really well in a crustless quiche. Super easy to pack and take to work, great for meal prep and very filling and tasty.

14. Quinoa Fried Rice

Fried rice has to be one of my favorite meals – it’s easy, quick, super delicious and you get to use all of your old food. If you don’t have rice, but quinoa, you can still get the same treatment with the recipe right here.

15. Mediterranean Chicken Bowls

This is a super simple, quick and delicious Mediterranean recipe with chicken, chickpeas, hummus and a salad. I mean it’s got all of my favorite things.

16. Chickpea Spinach Cakes

I feel like chickpeas are gonna win an award for the most used ingredient on this list. But there are no awards, so sorry chickpeas. You’re only gonna get smashed in a bowl with a bunch of other ingredients and eaten. I know it sounds scary, but you’re delicious. And these chickpea spinach cakes are tasty too, perfect with some garlicky sauce like this cashew sauce and a quick tomato cucumber salad.

17. Sweet Potato and Black Bean Bowls

Roast some sweet potatoes and cauliflower in the oven and make these bowls in no time! They’re plant-based, easy and delicious.

Healthy Lunch Ideas For Adults At Home

Healthy lunch recipes for adults at home can be hard to find. You’ll spend all that time preparing a delicious and healthy meal only to realize you won’t be able to enjoy it because of your tight schedule. Or, you might realize after eating a full meal that it was just tasteless or very difficult to chew for the kids. We know how frustrating this can be.

We chose to offer a different kind of recipes to cater on everyone’s needs and tastes. Our lunch recipes are easy, quick and delicious. They will help you to save time and money, preparing a healthy, low-calorie and vegan lunch for your family.

If you love the cold sesame noodles at your local Chinese restaurant, you’ll be happy to see how easy this make-at-home version is. Add some edamame, tofu or chicken to amp up the protein. If you have any veggies on hand, such as cucumbers, carrots or red peppers, slice them up and toss them in, too.

This healthy version of chicken salad swaps traditional mayonnaise for Vegenaise, an egg-free spread that’s high in omega-3s. With garlic, mustard and celery to perk up the flavor, you won’t notice any difference in the taste. Make a sandwich with whole-grain bread or a wrap, or pack it up in a container with additional veggies and add a scoop of cooked grains, such as quinoa. If you want to get crazy, you can add an additional healthy sandwich spread.

Get your Chipotle fix DIY-style with these make-ahead bowls, which you can customize with brown rice or quinoa as the base. Since you’re in control of the toppings, you can favor the healthier ones (such as homemade salsa, veggies, guacamole) and take it easy on the less healthy ones like cheese and sour cream.

Have a picnic at your desk with this bright-tasting salad with snap peas and charred corn (from a bag, so you don’t have to cook it!). Quinoa and feta cheese provide plenty of protein, but if you want even more, feel free to add some drained and rinsed canned black beans or chickpeas, leftover cooked chicken, and even a handful of nuts.

Make a big batch of the lentil and quinoa base for these DIY power bowls and you can have a different take on the grain bowl everyday of the week by customizing it with different toppings and dressings. Leftovers are your friend when it comes to power bowls and just about anything can work: roast chicken, sliced steak, deli turkey, cooked or raw vegetables, nuts, cheese and all sorts of dressings, sauces and spreads, including pesto, hummus, harissa and any salad dressing.

These portable rice balls are inspired by Japanese onigiri and, just like onigiri, they can be customized to create a satisfying meal. Try adding cooked fish, chicken or tofu and any leftover veggies you might have on hand. Rice balls are great for people following a gluten-free diet, too, just be sure to use gluten-free versions of any seasonings that usually contain gluten, such as soy sauce.

Got a microwave at your office? Don’t forget about soup, stew and chili for your healthy make-ahead lunches. This one is full of good-for-you ingredients, including heart-healthy lentils, plus sweet potatoes, kale and turmeric.