What's for lunch today?

Shinersmom

Alright folks, I am needing some easy and new ideas for healthy lunches. I am currently having chicken salad. What are you having?

Adsnwfld

Had a homemade wrap with turkey, spinach and tomato, it was real good and a nice change from the average sandwich. That and 2 sticks of celery ended lunch at around 200 calories

GURLEY_GIRL3

I had a Lean Cusine mushroom, spinach & chicken panini. Pretty good

Shinersmom

A wrap sounds delish! What dressing to you put on it, or do you eat it plain?

McDougal416

I Pan fried Chicken (kinda like grilled chicken) on my flat cast iron skillet and some brown rice w/a little soy sauce (kinda like chicken fried rice) and now I'm munching on wheat thins. Talipia and brown rice is really good too!!! And Grilled chicken just wrapped up in a tortilla (kinda like a fajita) is one of my fav's also.

barberella

Had the whole container of Green Giant's brussel sprouts in butter sauce (so yummy, I could eat another box!) and a BLT that consists of Oscar Mayer's Pure Cooked bacon (the stuff you don't have to cook..4 slices is only 70 cals), Natural Ovens Weight Sense whole wheat bread (1 slice=50 calories) and a slice of tomato and baby spinach all washed down with a diet snapple diet peach green tea. VEry good!

Chrismata

Congrats on the weight loss

chrysnel

I'm going to have some leftover spaghetti & meatballs - made with W/W spaghetti, homemade turkey meatballs, and a nice low-cal, no sugar added pasta sauce

BuceesNana

I had a grilled chicken salad from Sonic. Not the best choice, but no healthy leftovers from last night. I usually cook a healthy dinner and then have the leftovers for lunch the next day. Today at work we discussed having a kind of a lunch club where we will all pitch in for healthy quick things and have it in the lounge. Some things we are going to have next week are grilled chicken(frozen), low-sodium, low-fat lunch meats and cheeses, salad fixings, fresh fruit, almonds, walnut, and yogurt. THere are 6 of us so the cost for an entire week will be about $5-$10. I'll let you know next week how it works out.

Nigel99

I burned nearly 1400 calories shoveling snow this morning, so I needed to get some calories back. I had a NY Strip (13 oz), steamed asparagus, and grape tomatoes.

anovasjo

Chickpea salad with cut vegetables, rice crackers, and a bloody mary :drinker:

NikkisNewStart

A morningstar grillers veggie burger patty with a square of colby jack cheese melted on it and sprinkled with oregano... topped with fire roasted tomatoes and a side of parmesan-tomato pasta. Felt like an Italian sorta day for me.

princesshoagie

Made a kick-*kitten* lunch today. I've been craving gyros, so I decided to make a healthy version. I took 3 thin slices of roast beef lunch meat and cooked it until almost crisp in a skillet and seasoned it with Cavender's Greek seasoning. Then I took two slices of Nature's Own 100% Whole Wheat bread, toasted it, and "buttered" it with Laughing Cow Light Garlic cheese. So good and only 161 calories!

bouldert

I had turkey and lettuce wrap with lite itilian spritzer

sexygenius

cambell's chunky healthy request clam chowder, striaght out of the can lol

monicanicoletta

I am going to have some grilled chicken strips with basil pesto sprinkled over & some steamed veggies!

Shinersmom

Buccees - that is a great idea! Actually, I started a freezer meal swap group last year. We each baked one dish, but 5 total. Then we would get together and everyone (there were 5 of us) would get one of each persons dish to put in our freezer.

brancakes

Lean Cusine Pasta Ramono with Bacon and a piece of wheat toast with spray 0 calorie butter and green beans total calories 375

sdwelk11

Alright folks, I am needing some easy and new ideas for healthy lunches. I am currently having chicken salad. What are you having?

NOT TO GO OFF TOPIC but you totally look like a friend of mine. I seriously think you could be twins!!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

jbars11

Beef Barley Soup, string cheese and an apple!!

anovasjo

cambell's chunky healthy request clam chowder, striaght out of the can lol

:laugh:

Tomhusker

Leftover Homemade Chicken & Brown Rice soup.

bgagn085

One of my favourite things to make is green bean sald for lunch. Its loaded with protien from the chickpeas, and folate and fibre from the kidney beans!

All you need is:

- Green beans (washed, and cut into small chunks)
- 1 can of Kidney Beans
- 1 can of Chick Peas
- 2 big cloves of garlic (you can add less if youre not a garlic fan like me!)
- olive oil
- red wine vinegar
- Thyme
-ground pepper (to taste)

Just mix it all up and enjoy!

Another healthly option is quinoa and veggies. Quinoa is a tasty alterntive most grains as it is loaded with fibre, protien, phosphous and iron. Also really simple to make, and for those of you who are celiac, its gluten free! All you need is:

-Chicken or Vegetable stock
-Carrotts (chopped into fine pieces)
-Celery (chopped into fine pieces)
-Peas
-Pepper (to taste)

Cook the quinoa according to the instructions, substituting the water for stock (adds more flavor), and allow to cool. Sauté veggies in a pan on the side, allow to cool and mix into the quinoa.

Definitely the type of lunch that won't leave you hungry!

jdelisle

I kid you not, my status on FB, Twitter & here a mere two seconds ago:

"Participation time: What are some of your favourite healthy lunch ideas? I'm getting bored of my usual soups, salads & sandwiches."

So.... BUMP!

Shinersmom

Thanks for the ideas, everyone!