Lunch Ideas

brianklitzke
brianklitzke Posts: 11 Member
edited September 30 in Food and Nutrition
I need ideas!!!! looking for lunch meals that are filling, healthy, in the 500 cal range, and most of all easy.......... the turkey sandwich aint cutting it. thoughts? ideas?

thanks,

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  • babyblake11
    babyblake11 Posts: 1,107 Member
    yummy as! eat one whole serving or have 1/2 or 1/4 as a side.

    Mixed Bean & Brown Rice Salad. Serves 4.

    1 cup uncooked brown rice, cooked & cooled
    1 can five bean mix, drained
    1 cup green beans, cooked
    1 250g punnet cherry tomatos, halved
    1 red onion, sliced
    1 cup parsley, chopped
    1 tbspn dijon/wholegrain mustard
    2 tbspn white wine vinegar
    4 tbspn extra virgin olive oil

    add together, yum :)
    427 cals a serving

    this is todays lunch:

    2 wholemeal light mountain bread wraps
    50g sliced turkey breast
    1 portion laughing cow cheese or cottage cheese
    1 slice onion
    1 cup cucumber
    6 cherry tomatos
    3 olives

    make into wraps & toast

    serve with lettuce and carrot sticks. 307 calories :)


    yummmmy sandwhich:

    1 boiled egg
    two pieces wholemeal bread
    50g sliced turkey breast
    cottage cheese
    dijon mustard
    lettuce
    tomato
    onion
    cucumber
    olives

    serve with carrot sticks :) around 330 calories

    a yummy side for a dish is 1 medium tomato cut in half with a little garlic, breadcrumbs and spices on top and put in the grill till soft
  • Kryssy7786
    Kryssy7786 Posts: 11
    Bump...I wld love to change it up!
    My current recent lunch is a 100 cal wrap with chicken and cheese...not to filling but its under 500 cals so u cld add to it.

    Im not a veggie fan so adding some of them may work :)
  • Dragonwolf
    Dragonwolf Posts: 5,600 Member
    I like doing a good tuna sandwich (tuna salad, tomato, lettuce), or BBQ chicken and ranch salad (your favorite salad base, ranch dressing, and chicken cubed, cooked, then simmered in your favorite BBQ sauce and topped on the salad. I don't think that's quite 500 calories, so finishing off with something like yogurt, cottage cheese and fruit (I use peaches), or a banana usually is great, filling, and healthy.

    Also, if you're out and about, a Chipotle bowl is actually around 500 calories, depending on what exactly you put on it (check out http://chipotlefan.com/index.php?id=nutrition_calculator for exact numbers of your favorite combinations).
  • JasonsWeightliftingWife
    JasonsWeightliftingWife Posts: 59 Member
    I really like Nori Rolls with spinach and hummus:).
  • Jenlynphi
    Jenlynphi Posts: 183 Member
    I make turkey, ham, and chicken wraps. You can buy the 100 calorie wraps, add the meat, tomatoes, onions, lettuce, black olives, and a low cal dressing. Yummo! A fresh green salad with grilled chicken. A personal pan pizza with fat free mozz, fat free feta, spinach, tomatoes, fresh basil, and black olives. Those are a few lunch dishes that I make that are under 400 calories. :)
  • tsolomon75
    tsolomon75 Posts: 26 Member
    Believe it or not, if you're pressed for time and you're passing fast food spots, my trainer gave me fast food options...

    They are ALL under 500 calories:

    McDONALD'S: Hamburger, Garden Salad and small one-percent milk

    Total: 470 calories, If you have to have salad dressing, get a fat-free vinaigrette one.

    Chicken McGrill and Garden Salad
    Total: 440 calories,

    KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN: 3-piece Crispy Strips and Baked Beans

    Total: 490 calories... the baked beans are high in fiber

    Roast Chicken Breast and Corn on the Cob

    Total: 500 calories

    TACO BELL: Chicken Gordita Supreme and Mexican Rice

    Total: 490 calories. You can have the hot sauce it has no fat.

    Grilled Chicken Soft Taco and Pintos 'N Cheese

    Total: 380 calories. The pintos has FIBER!

    

PIZZA HUT: Two slices of The Edge "The Works" pizza and a tossed salad

    Total: 380 calories

    One slice Supreme, Thin 'N Crispy pizza and a tossed salad

    Total: 410 calories

    SUBWAY: 6" ham sandwich on a deli roll plus one oatmeal raisin cookie

    Total: 423 calories,

    6" Super Turkey Breast sandwich

    Total: 333 calories
    **At Subway if you get mustard instead of oil, it's fat free & get veggies instead of cheese...


    Hope this was some helpful info...
  • bearsfan68
    bearsfan68 Posts: 85 Member
    Ham, cheese, lettuce, mushroom wrap. Lowfat peanut butter and banana sandwich. Salad w/garbonzo beans and veggies. Pink salmon in the pouch on salad or you could do lite mayo and make a wrap w/lettuce. Toasted pita or whole wheat tortilla then top with BBQ sauce, chicken and cheese then melt in oven. You can also do canadian baco n, pizza sauce and cheese pizza on a tortilla. Wheat pasta with spaghetti sauce and light red kidney beans (for protein). Chicken, brown rice and a veggie.
  • Abigailblue39
    Abigailblue39 Posts: 212 Member
    I pre-prepare most lunches:
    2 cups of salad & veggies
    1 tbsp parmesan grated
    2 tbsp Walnuts or other nuts
    1 egg, tuna cup
    Or
    The salad with
    Boneless skinless chicken breast 150 g

    I like Sophia’s no fat no sodium cilantro lime dressing, but sometimes make my own with balsamic vinegar, or Greek yoghurt and lemon (I sometimes add a little A1 Steak sauce to it)

    This is around 450 ccal in my guestimate

    Works for dinner, too
  • kperez19
    kperez19 Posts: 3
    A can of Progresso soup can be microwaved or stovetop in minutes. The Traditional chicken noodle is 200 calories a can and the Light is 140 calories a can. An entire can for lunch at noon keeps me full until dinner. You can add some saltines for 60 calories for 5 crackers. It's a hot filling meal and a good escape from cold sandwiches.
  • plantgrrl
    plantgrrl Posts: 436 Member
    Lean Cuisine Butternut Squash Ravioli is loaded with Veggies and quite tasty. Only 280 per container.

    Every frozen lunch I've ever had from Trader Joe's has been delicious and under 500 calories. :)
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