Healthy Lunches

MissRoseyJ
MissRoseyJ Posts: 8
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Hi all - I'm looking for some healthy lunch ideas so please share! I'm looking for more variety during my day and am struggling to come up with anything! No special dietary requirements except no cheese :)
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  • Lightbulb1088
    Lightbulb1088 Posts: 189 Member
    Here are some idea's
    I take for lunch all kinds of salads, Yogurt, baby carrott, I cut up califower, fruit of all kinds. sometimes Peanut butter and honey on wheat.
    I make turkey roll ups letuce, mustard, turkey or ham, I will add pickels, red peppers, onions, black olives, green olives, mild peppers or what every you can think of to add to it.
    When it is cold out I like tomato soup. There are many soups to choose from or make in advance.
    I hope this helps a little.
  • wrests
    wrests Posts: 84 Member
    Here are some of my favorites:
    Greek yogurt with carrots, along with an apple with cottage cheese (dump nuts/granola/trail mix here if you want, it's delightful!)
    Tuna salad on cucumber slices
    Overnight oats (don't have a recipe, but it's yogurt, milk, and oatmeal)
    An avocado with cottage cheese (just mush em up together, BEYOND TASTY)
    Brown rice, fried with leftover veggies and a few eggs
    Yogurt parfait (I take plain Greek yogurt, add some Jello powder to make it more flavorful for about 10 cals, then add nuts, fruit, or, my fave, Cheerios!)
    Leftovers from dinner

    Hope that helps!
  • PeauxPeaux
    PeauxPeaux Posts: 71 Member
    A quick lunch I love is GARDEN LITES Vegan Soufles -- 140 - 180 calories, and really yummy. I have them with a piece of fruit or sometimes homemade bread.
  • EmmaKarney
    EmmaKarney Posts: 690 Member
    Well today I brought to work in a little tupperware tub - 3 scrambled eggs with pesto plus a bunch of roasted vegetables leftover from last night's dinner.

    Easy and nutritious and I just heated up in the microwave here in my office - but I would eat cold at a push!
  • lingading
    lingading Posts: 258 Member
    1 can chunk light tuna 100 calories 24g protein 0g fat 0g carbs
    2 mini pitas 110 calories 6g protein 2g fat 21g carbs
    1 cup raw green beans 34 calories 2g protein 0g fat 8g carbs
    10 cherry tomatoes 30 calories 0g protein 0g fat 10g carbs
    1 light&fit yogurt 80 calories 5g protein 0g fat 16g carbs
    Total: 354 calories 37g protein 2g fat 55g carbs


    2oz deli ham 98%FF 60 calories 9g protein 2g fat 0g carbs
    2 mini pitas 110 calories 6g protein 2g fat 21g carbs
    3 cups light popcorn 60 calories 3g protein 0g fat 12g carbs
    ½ cup LF cottage cheese 90 calories 14g protein 1g fat 5g carbs
    Total: 320 calories 32g protein 5g fat 38g carbs


    1 cup grapes 62 calories 1g protein 0g fat 16g carbs
    ½ cup LF cottage cheese 90 calories 14g protein 1g fat 5g carbs
    1 can chunk light tuna 100 calories 24g protein 0g fat 0g carbs
    2 mini pitas 110 calories 6g protein 2g fat 21g carbs
    Total: 362 calories 45g protein 3g fat 42g carbs

    just a few options =]
  • IowaJen1979
    IowaJen1979 Posts: 406 Member
    I usually just cook a big batch of something on the weekend and take the leftovers for lunch all week. I love to cook so this works for me. :-)
  • BreakingUpWithObesity2013
    BreakingUpWithObesity2013 Posts: 276 Member
    I always cook for the week ahead. Today I had lemon pepper salmon =) I cook everything on sunday and put it in containers and pick what i want to eat each day. Works great for me and keeps me from wanting to go out and order crap.
  • nayelli78
    nayelli78 Posts: 6 Member
    Great ideas!! Thanks to all for sharing :wink:

    I love sugar snap peas and cuties, so when I am hungry between meals, I snack on those... :heart:
  • abbyrae1
    abbyrae1 Posts: 265 Member
    Almost every lunch I have at work, is leftovers from the night before....some people will even do meal prep on Sundays so they have lunch all week, I'm a little particular about how long something stays in my fridge, so I can't do that, but I do make dinners with the idea that my lunch (and my fiancé's ) will come out of that.

    chicken (4oz) with green beans--make an extra chicken breast or 2 and heat up some steam-in-bag veggies in the morning
    shrimp tacos
    salad with (insert leftover protein from last night)
    pork chop with homemade applesauce and veggie
    hamburgers (no bun) and sweet potato chips (baked)
  • bgraz1994
    bgraz1994 Posts: 56 Member
    1. Whole wheat wrap with peanut butter and sliced banana or a sliced apple
    2. Spinach salad with sliced boiled egg, mixed raw veggies, and balsamic vinegar
    3. Plain yogurt, sliced apple, 10 almonds, and a pinch of cinnamon
    4. Raw brocoli and cauliflower with garlic humus
    5. Chicken, spinach, a brie cheese in a whole wheat pita
    6. Vegtable soup, 4 whole wheat crackers, 4 slices of mozarella cheese
    7. Brown rice with mixed raw veggies and two sliced boiled eggs and a pinch of soy sauce
    8. Whole wheat thin bagel, one half with peanut butter and sliced banana and one half with jam and sliced strawberries
    9. 8 baby carrots, 8 whole wheat crackers, real sliced turkey or chicken
    10. Whole wheat wrap, scrambled egg, spinach, and feta cheese
  • JenRunTriHappyGirl
    JenRunTriHappyGirl Posts: 521 Member
    My favorite right now:

    take 1 large low carb high fiber whole wheat tortilla, spread 1 wedge of laughing cow spread (any flavor but I recommend the chipotle kind), add a couple of slices of thin sliced deli turkey and 1/2 cup chopped cucumbers. Roll.

    Very filling and only 180 calories.
  • LisaLamb1
    LisaLamb1 Posts: 149 Member
    Today I had:

    Greek yogurt
    Dried Cherries
    Almonds
    Celery with Natural Peanut butter
    Banana chips
    Left overs: Roasted veggies
    Boiled egg

    I don't really bring meals, just stuff I can eat throughout the day when i need to.
  • ryry_
    ryry_ Posts: 4,966 Member
    Something I tried today were some kashi crackers to eat some tuna salad with veggies and dip on the side. Very tasty.
  • Anna800
    Anna800 Posts: 639 Member
    I usually just cook a big batch of something on the weekend and take the leftovers for lunch all week. I love to cook so this works for me. :-)

    This is what I do.
  • theblondetrick
    theblondetrick Posts: 192 Member
    My take on Caesar salad:
    2 tomatoes
    1/2 cucumber
    a few leaves of lettuce
    2-3 pieces of rusk
    50 grams of light mayo
    1-2 tbsp of sour cream or Greek yogurt

    Chop up tomatoes,cucumber,lettuce and rusk and mix them all together with mayo and sour cream.
    It's very simple and tasty and it has a little bit under 500 hundred calories,but you will definitely be full after eating it.You can add some fried chicken breast,but then it would be higher in calories.
  • KML617
    KML617 Posts: 220 Member
    I don't like to buy special stuff for lunches... I just always make extras at dinner and use the leftovers for lunches. Sometimes they can be modified into something new... like leftover salmon made into salads or sandwiches, etc.
  • IzzyBooNZ1
    IzzyBooNZ1 Posts: 1,289 Member
    I often have leftovers as well

    i like chicken and brown rice

    yesterday was tinned tuna mixed with some sweet thai chiii sauce

    today I have some chicken drumsticks

    Shirataki noodles are great to make a stir fry with

    hmmm now I am hungry !
  • sylv1979
    sylv1979 Posts: 44 Member
    Whole wheat tortilla wrap with either 100g turkey, chicken or half tin tuna with either tablespoon of extra light mayo, sweet chilli sauce or nandos medium sauce and salad of lettuce, tomato, red onion, cucumber. 250-300 cals depending on wrap size, very filling and delicious :)

    or

    tomato soup and wholemeal roll
  • Daresie
    Daresie Posts: 41 Member
    Thanks for the many great ideas!!
  • MummyMikaela
    MummyMikaela Posts: 130 Member
    http://www.rivercottage.net/recipes/chorizo-tomato-instant-noodles-in-a-pot/
  • taiyola
    taiyola Posts: 964 Member
    Nearly every day I have Quorn mince, pasta, mushrooms, onions, pasta sauce, cheese (can just have it without) and garlic bread.

    About once a week I buy food from work.
  • AuntieMC
    AuntieMC Posts: 346 Member
    bump
  • dillydally123
    dillydally123 Posts: 139 Member
    i made awesome cannellini bean dip today. two tins cooked beans. juice of a lime. clove of garlic and some rosemary fried in two tablespoons of olive oil. blended. and it freezes.
  • watchmeshrink16
    watchmeshrink16 Posts: 205 Member
    Bump!
  • deathbypretzel
    deathbypretzel Posts: 45
    I go a little crazy with my lunches and make them adorable and bento-style, but with Americanized food. Today I took a whole rainbow of fruits and vegetables, and a sliced up spinach and ricotta wrap that was nice and pretty :) I mainly try and focus on fruits and vegetables for lunch.
  • WendyBlendy
    WendyBlendy Posts: 124 Member
    I love just a big salad with low-fat dressing. My favorite toppings include:
    cottage cheese
    sunflower seeds
    diced chicken
    choppied tomatoes
    cucumber
    hard boiled egg
    celery
    carrot

    Huge salads are my comfort food, especially in the summer when it's too hot for anything else! :) Normally they're around 300-350 calories.
  • mrsburghart
    mrsburghart Posts: 166 Member
    I'm big on making dishes and freezing them in individual servings. I currently have enough in my freezer for 3 weeks worth of lunches!
  • jmsouth5
    jmsouth5 Posts: 138 Member
    Hi, so most of these are super fancy for me. Every day I will bring an apple cut in 1/2, in the fridge. I always have Trader Joe's "Better n Peanut Butter" on hand (at work and home) will have a 1/2 with one tablespoon of the peanut butter. I also keep on hand string cheese, bananas (with one tablespoon of peanut butter), cottage cheese. Leftovers like black beans with some salsa. I am a huge fan of Progresso soups, so many of them are less than 200 calories for the whole can, so I get full without the guilt. Always have my Lite Yoplait and my baggie of slivered almonds too.

    Then just for each little meal, pick whatever combo. that suits my taste. Any of these will hold me for 2 to 3 hours till my next snack.
  • ameliaannakin
    ameliaannakin Posts: 344 Member
    Shameless plug, I know, but I post all of my meals with recipes and pictures to my food diary blog - ameliasfooddiary.wordpress.com. I like variation so tend to change it up a lot with different soups, savoury muffins and that type of thing. It might give you some ideas :)

    Ax
  • sleibo87
    sleibo87 Posts: 403 Member
    I do tuna a lot with pop chips. easy peasy

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