SAHM - what to eat for lunch?

What about beans on toast, or a pita with some hummus/veggies? Buy a tub of cherry tomatoes, some cottage cheese, or what about tuna with corn thins/crackers and veggies? Or make some tuna mayonnaise up and use it in sandwiches or in a wrap? If you want to cook, why not make some easy cook long grain rice and mix it up with whatever you like, alongside a protein?

An omelette is my usual go to quick food. You can add some veggies and herbs to make it especially tasty.

Sautee a bit of onion or scallions with spinach and red bell peppers in a tad of butter or olive oil. Add some chopped dill and/or parsley.

Make a southwest omelette with beans, corn, tomatoes, salsa, fresh cilantro.

Make it thai style with soy sauce, ginger, garlic, a touch of sesame oil, scallions, cilantro, veggies, and eat it with some thai sweet chili sauce.

Go kid like with cheese and ketchup.

I've also been really into chickpea pancakes. http://ohsheglows.com/2013/09/15/jumbo-chickpea-pancake-a-high-protein-filling-vegan-breakfast-or-lunch/. They don't reheat so well though. ;(

I try to keep roasted chicken/beef in the fridge at all times for such an occasion. Mix it with rice/pasta/some other grain and veggies or keep some wrap bread around for sandwiches.

Have you ever tried middle eastern style fava beans? You can buy them canned or make them from dried. If you buy canned try the California Brand. Eat them in a salad with boiled eggs, tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, scallions, with a bit of fresh lemon and parsley.

For that matter pretty much any bean salad is super easy, especially if you either use canned or keep a stock of cooked from dried and frozen around.

If you're only making enough for 1 or 1 and a small child the veggie portion chopping of all of these should take less than 10 minutes.

Being at home, we should be able to come up with a very steady menu plan.

I eat a big lunch of meat (chicken or ground beef) on top of veggies (salad or cooked). Sometimes with crackers or rice cakes. And usually with frozen cherries for dessert.

Keep it simple and healthy and fast to make.

One of my favorite things to do is grill a lot of chicken early in the week, then cut it up for salads, wraps, etc each day for lunch. My kids love it too. I buy the big tub of spring mix at Sam's, lots of tomatoes, cucumbers, croutons, cabbage, zucchini, jalapenos, and etc and make huge salads almost everyday for lunch during the week. I love them! They are always so good!!

My kids pretty much only ever want sandwiches, so I usually make them pb&j or some combo of meat and cheese. For myself, I love experimenting with new protein smoothies (especially since I usually work out right before lunch). Otherwise, I will have leftovers or cook a ground beef patty or a chicken breast with plenty of Frank's Red Hot for dipping, and eat that alongside a big pile of mixed greens with balsamic vinaigrette. Lately, unfortunately, my husband has been coming home from work and wanting to go out to lunch. This actually helps the kids diversify, but it's totally my downfall. In fact, I find that getting lunch outside of the house is one of the biggest factors in my weight issue!

Avocado sandwiches, smoothies, hummus, carrots/apples and peanut butter, cottage cheese, leftover veg soups... those are the healthy examples of what I eat for lunch

I think the easiest and simplest is just to take a lunch sized portion out of whatever you made for dinner the night before and put it in the fridge before you serve dinner. Instant lunch. Or if you made a traditional "meat and two sides" dinner, just cook an extra piece of whatever you cooked and serve it on a giant salad the next day.

I actually have been overusing the cook once eat twice/three times to the point where I'm now actively trying to eat down my "stash." In the fridge right now I have 1.5 11 oz chicken breasts, half of a 10 oz salmon fillet, and a 6 oz pork chop all already cooked and ready for lunching on.

Chicken salad with apples, walnuts and grapes. Hard boiled eggs or egg salad. Veggie salad with fruit and chicken. Tuna with mayo and tomatoes. Hummus and veggies ( peppers, carrots etc). Cottage cheese with fruit. One of my favorite fast food places for lunch (actually had it for supper tonight) is Wendy's. I get the 1/2 size apple pecan chicken salad with a small chili (with a packet of sour cream of course).