What do you eat for lunch?

Suzay
Suzay Posts: 60
edited September 30 in Food and Nutrition
I'm fine with healthy eating for my breakfast, snacks and dinner but I'm always eating rather negative type of foods for lunch. So, I'd like to know what you all eat for lunch!

Danke.
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  • katm427
    katm427 Posts: 227 Member
    Right now, I'm making a grilled chicken sandwich for lunch. Usually, it's a can of tuna with reduced fat dressings, a lean cuisine, or grilled salmon.
  • mgmlap
    mgmlap Posts: 1,377 Member
    orowheat multigrain sandwich thins
    raspberry fruit spread
    almond butter..

    some almonds and a peach...
  • ♥_Ellybean_♥
    ♥_Ellybean_♥ Posts: 1,646 Member
    Had left over Coconut Breaded Chicken and a side of Garlic Potato's and Green Beans...
  • taso42_DELETED
    taso42_DELETED Posts: 3,394 Member
    today - turkey chili
  • deadstarsunburn
    deadstarsunburn Posts: 1,337 Member
    I just ate raw mushrooms and yellow peppers with microwaved sweet potato then put it in a rap. For dessert I had pineapple tidbits. Was soooo yummy!
  • Chiquita_Banana
    Chiquita_Banana Posts: 500
    i had whole wheat pasta with a homemade lemon/butter garlic, fresh tomato n basil sauce....
  • karistrickler
    karistrickler Posts: 20 Member
    I mix lowfat cottage cheese with a tuna fish packet and spread it on a piece of whole wheat toast. So good! If I have an avacado I place a couple slices on top.
  • sexybeautifulme
    sexybeautifulme Posts: 17 Member
    For lunch I often have this healthy quesadilla recipe courtesy of my weight management clinic:

    Ingredients:

    1 corn tortilla (0-1 gram of fat and not over 100 calories per serving)
    2 ½ oz fat free cheese, shredded or slices
    1 ½ cups total chopped lettuce, tomato & onion
    ¼ cup salsa
    1 Tablespoon fat free sour cream

    Place cheese & salsa on tortilla, then heat in a non-stick pan until melted. Top tortilla with lettuce, tomato and onion. Dip fork in sour cream, then spear a bite of your quesadilla so you can get the taste with every bite.
  • bry_all01
    bry_all01 Posts: 3,100 Member
    today I had baked chicken, brown rice and brocoli. Generally I have baked or grilled chicken and rice or some carb/starch and try for a veggie, too, if possible (leftovers).
  • End6ame
    End6ame Posts: 903
    I'm fine with healthy eating for my breakfast, snacks and dinner but I'm always eating rather negative type of foods for lunch. So, I'd like to know what you all eat for lunch!

    Danke.

    If you eat a healthy dinner, then just make extra and bring it for lunch the next day. Problem solved.
  • Caseyanna
    Caseyanna Posts: 53
    I had multi grain bagel thin, with tuna, toasted and right before it was done, I cut up one of my laughing cow cheese and put it on the bagel in the toaster oven. Delicious and surprisingly filling. I wish I was a veggie person!
  • MeanWeen80
    MeanWeen80 Posts: 6
    I usually eat a big bowl of romaine with all the veggies (peppers, cucumbers, tomatoes....) about 3-4 oz of lean protein (tuna, grilled chicken, etc) and a lowfat/low cal dressing of some sort.......
  • jbucci1186
    jbucci1186 Posts: 440 Member
    i like to have a sandwich with carrots, sometimes an apple, and 2 vitatop brownies (hahaha so good...)

    for the sandwich, i use ezekiel bread, i guess it's really damn good for you?
  • sc1572
    sc1572 Posts: 2,309 Member
    3 fruits and a yogurt :) Lunch is actually my lightest meal of the day...I focus more on a big breakfast, have a snack after lunch, and then try to be healthy for dinner. :) BUT, one idea I loveeee is celery with pimento cheese!
  • Grimmerick
    Grimmerick Posts: 3,342 Member
    Today I had home made gazpacho with cut up avocado and a side of lemon and pepper tuna.....YUM!
  • AlphaGoldenGirl
    AlphaGoldenGirl Posts: 12
    Typically Taboulleh :) I get my Poly/Mono Fats/ Wholegrain Complex carbs/Proteins and veggies. Soooo good :) Cooking Light has a great recipe for it. That's my standby
  • baisleac
    baisleac Posts: 2,019 Member
    Usually leftovers from the night before... last night, not so much so my emergency lunch:

    1/4 c. cous cous + 1/4 c. water (Hint - cous cous doesn't have to be heated to "cook", it just takes a teensy bit longer)
    3/4 c. frozen veggies (stir fry mix today)
    (usually 75-100 gr. of chicken tender, but we're out of pre-cooked ones so...)
    1-1/2 Tbsp peanut butter + 1/2 tsp Thai fish sauce + 1-1/2 tsp lite soy sauce - (instant peanut "sauce")
  • TheNewLK
    TheNewLK Posts: 933 Member
    Today it was lean sirlon steak on a salad wtih oil and vinegar dressing
  • johnwhitent
    johnwhitent Posts: 648 Member
    I live 5 miles from where I work so I often get to go home for lunch. I usually have grilled chicken breast on whole wheat and 8-10 Wheat Thins with a 40 cal fudgesicle to top it off. When I have to eat out it is similar, grilled chicken sandwich at Chick-fil-A, Wendy's, or where ever with a fruit cup or baked potato side. Subway has whole wheat bread subs of chicken, steak, etc. that are acceptable with sliced apples on the side. There are quite a few decent choices around if you give it some thought.
  • sharonsjones
    sharonsjones Posts: 574 Member
    lemon pepper fish (lean cuisine) and tropical fruit in natural juices. I eat lean cuisine every day and some fruit, I know, I know BORING but the cafeteria at the hospital that I work at serves nothing but fried, with a side of fried. YUCK!!
  • godblessourhome
    godblessourhome Posts: 3,892 Member
    normally leftovers, but last night (overnight) i cooked a pork loin with potatoes and carrots to cover all the lunches this week. oh the options i'll have. :)
  • sexybeautifulme
    sexybeautifulme Posts: 17 Member
    Here is another good one:

    Spinach Wrap

    Ingredients:

    1 corn tortilla (0-1 gram of fat & under 100 cal/serving)
    1 cup raw spinach, torn into bite size pieces
    ¼ cup cucumber, chopped
    ¼ cup tomatoes, chopped
    2½ oz fat free feta cheese, crumbled
    fat free Greek or Italian dressing (under 30 cal/serving)
    dried oregano (to taste)
    cracked black pepper (to taste)

    Marinate cucumber and tomato in dressing for at least 1 hour. Place spinach and cucumber-tomato mixture on tortilla and add feta cheese. Sprinkle on oregano and pepper, then roll up tortilla.
  • stanvoodoo
    stanvoodoo Posts: 1,023 Member
    I usually take a sandwich, veggies and a fruit. If I need to go out I have things like Chicken Fajita Pita (Jack in the box) or the Grilled Chicken Go Wrap (Wendy's), Fresco menu at Taco Bell. I never eat all the tortilla or pita either. A favorite is Chipotle. Just one taco and not over filled, chicken, small amount of rice, veggies, guac, small amount of sour cream, cheese and corn.

    Sodium will be higher as processed food but not the same as a burger and much less fat!!!

    You can do it!
  • 27strange
    27strange Posts: 837 Member
    When you work full-time LUNCH is generally the hardest meal to eat healthy. It can be time consuming to pack ahead of time, there a few good options eating lunch out, bringing healthy snacks to work can be tough unless you have access to a fridge or can pack a small cooler, and so on. Not to mention the coworkers tempting you with all kinds of bad fast food and treats and so forth...and the work parties...oh my....

    Try to pack sandwiches and bring fruit and fresh veggies to eat.
    A lean cuisine every now and again is an okay option.
    Bring leftovers from the night before.
    Grill chicken ahead of time and bring it to work
    Fix crockpot dinners that can easily be brought to work and re-heated.
  • kittybitz79
    kittybitz79 Posts: 213
    Stirfry mix (snap pea stirfry mix, chicken and a little sauce) over brown rice. Delicious with a small container of sugar free pistachio pudding for desert.
  • rwetzel319
    rwetzel319 Posts: 19
    i usually have grilled chicken and vegetables. i buy frozen vegetables and keep them in the freezer in my office and just microwave them. you can bring in grilled chicken or any meat from dinner left overs. someitmes i bring in cans of healthy choice soups. eating out for lunch is most often bad for you its key to bring in your own foods. i also have oatmeal sometimes.. i know thats usually categorized as a breakfast food but its filling so it makes a good lunch to hold you over for dinner
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  • roxyjo1
    roxyjo1 Posts: 29
    I usually I make a salad to take to work. Not a boring salad, though. I mix in all kinds of things to keep it interesting. Chicken or crabmeat, grape tomatos, hard boiled egg, grapes, raisens or dried cranberries, shredded cheese or feta cheese, real bacon bits, croutons, sunflower seeds or chopped pecans or walnuts. I use low fat raspberry vinegrette or other reduced fat dressings.
  • alyssamiller77
    alyssamiller77 Posts: 891 Member
    Sliced roast turkey and white rice with a little bit of margerine. Low calorie and high protien, perfect lunch after my workout.
  • heathersmilez
    heathersmilez Posts: 2,579 Member
    New vegan here;

    I tried this yesterday and am so exited to do it again tomorrow.

    GIANT salad; 100g iceburg lettuce, 25g green peppers, 4 grape tomatoes, ¼ cup roasted chickpeas and 1 serving (about 3-4 tbsp worth) of homemade Slimcado guacamole.

    166 calories!
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